The sun is here and it’s warmer. 🧡

I traveled to the south of Sweden today. And this one turned up totally unexpectedly when I was looking for moorhens and little grebes. Walking around casually along a little stream next to the river. So cool! 🤎

RE: https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/116037845266933092 This is a nightmare. 😓

First owl of the year this morning! 🩶🦉

I read advice for photographers cause I would like to get better. But some of it is just weird. Like the thing I read the other day: ”Never photograph ducks from above. All photos should be at the ducks eye level.” But I met a happy preening tufted duck today. 🤷🏻

Was out on a quick birding trip during lunch today and met another birder. An elderly lady. She asked me what I did. I told her that I’m a programner. She said: Me too! So naturally we talked for a bit. I briefly mentioned AI and that I hope there is still value in the knowledge and experience […]

On my way for another try at finding the kingfisher. Also looking for black woodpecker and crested tit. Lets see how the day turns out!

Every PDF is a failure.

Birthday today so here’s the cutest mandarin duck I met recently. This one was hanging out with about three hundred mallards. As far as I could tell they were being nice to each other. Maybe they thought ”cute!” as well? 🥹

Yesterday I met two(!) water rails. Got a tip that a rail had been seen in a ditch near some pipes. But it turned out to be two! Lucky! 🍀 This is the first time I’ve been able to photograph a rail. Super difficult cause they are so fast and always moving, running and, of course, hiding a lot.

What the fluff? ☁️

Am I the only one who feel like the goldeneye must be the bird version of the moomin character the Groke? (By the way, Mårran, as their name is in Swedish, is one of my favourite characters!)

Thinking about some web projects I’d like to do as well. Realizing they’re all bird-related. Oh well. 😅

Any gull experts here? I’m getting really confused trying to id the gulls nearby. The variation between third gull from the left and the fifth is just too great. They got to be different species. No? Or are they really all just herring gulls?

I’m on a bus again. Hoping to maybe spot my first ever horned lark. It’s not a super rare bird in Sweden but quite a rarity where I live. It’s not going to have any horns. It’s january after all. But I’ll still be super happy if I spot it. If it’s still there that is. We’ll see.

Today it was a couple of minus degrees outside but the wind made it feel twice as cold. I spent all daylight hours outside anyway. And I was rewarded by meeting some really cool birds. Like this happy jay. ❄️

Open question: how do tech folks keep track of interesting events and conferences you might want to attend. Back in Web 2.0, Upcoming was great for this. I know @andybaio resurrected it several years ago, but not sure if it’s currently maintained (it seems to only have a Twitter login option […]

Those of you who know me also know that I watch this slow tv-show every year. There is a distinct sound in the forest in that show: The sound of a thousand small circular saws. This might be one of them. 🪚

Waiting for the bus. Going to attend a group walk for birders around a lake. Hoping for rough-legged buzzard and waxwings. 🥰

It’s literally snowing massively and vertically where I am right now but who is out here singing? The wren of course! 😂

Any new recommendations for books on birds and birding? Not field guides though, I’m looking for stories!

I’m in the south of Sweden right now for the holidays. I did not bring my camera cause it’s too heavy and I know I will not have the time to shoot anything. I miss it a bit but it’s ok. Spent some time at the beach yesterday with nieces and nephews. It was […] [Original post on front-end.social]

It’s been a long time since I last saw the hare couple in my local park. Yesterday I even thought to myself that they might have moved on. Would be totally understandable since there are way too many dogs there. But today I saw them both again inside some […] [Original post on front-end.social]

Found a happy jay in the low-hanging winter sun today. I’m probably totally projecting but it looks like they are just as happy as me to finally get some of that golden light.

Where is the sun?

I’ve been seeing this lone bullfinch multiple times in my nearby park. Often high up in a tree calling with the melancholic “pju”. I always wished for her to get some company and today it happened. She had a girlfriend! Unfortunately I wasn’t quick enough […] [Original post on front-end.social]

Today I learned that whooper swans can get wrinkles on their beaks. Like crow’s feet!

I’ve had problems with dogs two days in a row now. 🫠 Yesterday was really scary. I was walking slowly along a path and suddenly I hear someone shouting, and a large dog comes running, barking and growling, straight towards me.

Really good video on lead poisoning in eagles and other raptors. Too bad it’s only on instagram and doesn’t have captions. But if you are more ok with youtube than insta there is also this video from two years ago with English subtitles. https://youtu.be/JDjMEZCLPOs?si=cp27CA3bsCQU1c6O […]

So I started watching ”Drive your car” on SVT Play. But was too tired to finish it. And now they have removed it. 😔 Any alternatives out there where I can watch the end of this movie?

5. Türchen: Basstölpel Nur drei Meilen entfernt von unserer Unterkunft in Schottland lag Troup Head mit seiner einzigen Basstölpelkolonie auf dem britischen Festland, wo man sie fast so nah wie auf Helgoland beobachten kann. Dieses Jahr hatten es mir vor allem die […] [Original post on fnordon.de]

I’ve caved in and bought another camera lens second hand. It’s on it’s way and will probably arrive next week. A bit more zoom and, (the best thing), better autofocus. Downside is that it weighs more than the double of my old lens. But I hope it will at least be “draggable”. Extremely excited! 🤩

Got a new owl on walking distance from where I live! Felt very judged though as I passed by and took a photo. 😅

This week I was in Gothenburg for the @t12t event. I had a few hours to explore during the morning after so I went to Torslandaviken. It was extremely foggy and at times snowing so you could barely see anything. But it was pretty.

Why are you posting a blurry photo of a person? Because it’s #wrensday!

It’s Monday morning. Lets do this!

Spot the bird! Good thing with these guys is that they have a quite distinct sound. If they were silent they would be so much harder to spot. 😮‍💨

Found this amazing podcast the other day: Wild Bird Acoustics It’s made by Alan Dalton and features recordings of Swedish birds and interviews with people who record birds. Listening to the interview with Teet now where there is a recording of ”varglommen” (the loon sounding like a wolf) […]

I’m so behind on my timeline. Should I just post more photos of birds instead of scrolling? 🥲

#ffconf was lovely. Thank you everyone! Extra thank you to the girl from Wales who recommended Komodo to me. Their coffee is so good. ☕️

The weather is rainy and gray but the teen-gulls are growing. This one was just a baby this summer but look at it now!

On my way to #ffconf! Last time I was there was in 2010. And it’s been a few years since I was at an international conf. Nervous! 😅

My dad who is 81 recently got into trouble cause the app where he pays his bills decided that his phone is too old. He has a fully functional phone that’s a couple of years old but he now needs to throw it away because of software. I think this is bullshit.

The waxwings have finally decided to pay a visit at my local park! But almost all the people who passed them got their headphones on and stared intently into the ground. They missed the feast of berries and the sound of tiny silverbells. (I wanted to tell them. But I’m a swede so of course I […]

These berries are mine! Don’t even think about it!

They sky is dark grey. The sun and the light feels far away. Good thing that blue tits and yellow leaves exists.

Sometimes I do very much wish I had a bigger lens. 😓 But at least I was able to capture a memory of the drama with a couple of crows harassing a female sparrowhawk.