Thursday, May 29, 2008

Red-breasted flycatcher or: Having meetings at Ottenby Bird Observatory

I spent last weekend on Öland or more precisely, in Ottenby, to attend a volunteer course arranged by the Swedish Ornithological Society (Sveriges Ornitologiska Förening, SOF). It was really a lot of fun and on top of that I got 8 new species for my Sweden list and 5 new lifers. The female red-breasted flycatcher shown below was not such a lifer, but still - how often do you get to see it that close?

 

Background to that particular pic: The committee for bird interest (which has recruited me a few months ago) had a meeting at Ottenby Bird Observatory and the guy in charge of the ringing was so kind to drop by the meeting room whenever he had something we might want to see. Which was very appreciated. To be continued...

Bird of the day:
Red-breasted flycatcher -- Mindre flugsnappare -- Zwergschnäpper -- Gobemouche nain -- Ficedula parva

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