2018-04-30

In the forest

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 Birch

 It was a tree once!

Goldcrest - Kungsfågel



Blueberry twig
© NF Photo 180429

Seen in the forest yesterday. The tiny Goldcrest high up in the tree, hardly seen, still captured Sometimes you get lucky  :)
The orange twig is blueberry (bilberry) I think the strange orange colors comes from the draught last summer.

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2018-04-28

White birds today

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Whooper swans and Black-headed gulls
© NF Photo 180428

White birds today at Sjöholm and Östra Vingåker.  Whooper swans and Black-headed gulls.
It feels so good to see the birds coming back. :)

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2018-04-26

Rain and hail today

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Östra Vingåker, rain and a drop on the lens :(



My balcony, hail
© NF Photo 180426

In the afternoon,, at the wetland it was heavy rain. In the evening, on my balcony, it was a hailstorm.


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2018-04-24

Horned grebe

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Horned grebe
© NF Photo 180422, ÖV

Finally, they have arrived. I´m sure I spotted five birds but there were probably six. Three pairs that is! Last year was a bad one as no young was hatched due to the drought. Hopefully that will not happen this season.

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2018-04-22

Ramsjöhult

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 Ramsjöhult

Twirled tiles
© NF Photo 180418

Ramsjöhult farm is nowadays a place for recreation. People can walk the forest, jogging on forest paths or just enjoy a walk. There are a bird feeder and a fireplace. The barn is probably just a place for storage old stuff nowadays. And it is slowly breaking down.

I played around with a part of the roof. Just for fun. The tiles are beautiful in their present style.   :)

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2018-04-21

First tern arrived

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 Common tern

 Common merganser
© NF Photo 180420

Not much of migrating birds yet. They seem to be only passing by. I did see the first tern. But only one. And that one did not like it when I pointed my camera to it.  And the Merganser did not have a female as company. At least I did not see any.

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2018-04-20

Birdwatching in Japan

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Blakiston´s fish owl
© NF Photo 160202

The top image is snowing visible in the light. there was a special light that we could see but that did not disturb the owls. The owls was wild so you could never be really sure if they arrived. We did see 2 of them, a family of 4.

I think the pattern of the snow was due to the light that was "blinking"  rapidly. Not sure how it worked.

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Snowdrop reflection

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Snowdrop reflection 
© NF Photo 180417

This is a large snowdrop I found at the City park. It is placed on a mirror so what you see is the flower, the reflection and the roof in my kitchen :)

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2018-04-19

Sunset view

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Sunset view from my kitchen
© NF Photo 180414

Seen from my kitchen with a brand new camera. A LUMIX G80, not as heavy as the old Canon. But it has to be tested  to see what it can and can´t do! So far I know it has problems following a fast flying bird. But it seem to have other great functions like this sun image. I like the full coloring of the sun. It is not manipulated.

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2018-04-17

Blakiston´s fish owl

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Blakiston´s fish owl
© NF Photo 160202, Hokkaido, Japan

Going through my files from my Japan trip two years ago I came across this image I have not posted before. So, here it is! A fishing owl taking off.

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2018-04-16

Spring flowers

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Hepatica
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Crocus
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Finally! Spring is here.

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2018-04-15

Barn at Duveholm

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Barn reflection
© NF Photo 180220 Duveholm

I was looking through my files and found this one when there were still snow. This barn is still in use but I don´t know what they have there really. Machinery most likely.


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2018-04-14

Small critters

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 Little pony
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Little lamb
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I was driving in teh countryside when I spotted that little weirdlooking horse. I had to turn back to see what I actually saw. It was small even for a pony. Nor sure if I think it is cute or not. But certainly special.
The little lamb was the first one I seen this year. Had to stop and take a shot. That one IS cute.

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2018-04-13

A broken gear

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A broken gear
© NF Photo 180401

It would have been nicer if it had been clean but it was not mine so it had to be "good enough".

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2018-04-12

Visiting the moss

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Visiting the moss
© NF Photo 180411, Ökna 

An Osprey with it´s prey. If you wonder, the fish, a pike, was not captured in the moss. It was at a nearby wetland.

And, today Blogger-GOOGLE decided to help me with the language. For the first time in 10 years, since I started them, the language is Swedish. Now I have to see where I can change it back to English. I wonder if I am alowed to write in English???


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