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.

Just got another "why are you posting photos when <bad thing> is happening". While posting photos may not be the most socially productive activity, it beats scolding strangers on the Internet by miles.

Are you really allowed to be this cute?

Said hello to the tawny owl today. Checked the data on the place and it could be that the same owl has been there for about nine years now. I wonder how old they are?

This morning was freezing cold and I didn’t have enough warm clothes. But it was so pretty!

When you’re in the park and you get the feeling that someone is staring at you. 👀 Yep, it’s the jay, every single time.

Got the latest issue of my local birding magazine. Of course our fancy american gull visitor is on the cover! 😆

I felt really discouraged when I woke up and heard the wind howl. It was really windy. After going back and forth I still decided to go out. Didn’t see much and it was, of course, really hard to hear something. But I caught this pair of tree sparrows taking […] [Original post on front-end.social]

I was here this morning. Yes, for people birding in my area, I wanted to see the stonechat. It really is very rare here and I don’t even remember the last time I saw it. I did see it. In fact I spent over an hour watching it pop up and down searching for […] [Original post on front-end.social]

Hey there! I'm one of the blind folks who read alt text on here. I'd like to say thank you for adding that so that I can also enjoy images of cartoon animals. A little effort from you means a world of difference for people like me #accessibility #alttext #blind

Yesterday morning while I was out walking in the fog a tiny chiffchaff landed right in front of me. I often hear these birds but almost never get a good look so this was really cool. Why does it look so shy though?

So little birding-story from this week. On thursday at lunch I got a notification on BAND, an app not necessarily made for birding, but heavily used among birders in Sweden. The notification said: Glossy ibis seen at Broängarna, Upplands-Bro.

Met some greylag and barnacle geese today. But I miss the white-fronted geese. They got this happy sound. Hopefully they start passing by in big numbers soon.

It’s #wrensday! *screams*

Seen some bad alt examples recently like ”screenshot”, ”website” and ”poem”. So here’s some thoughts. I think many people think of alt as an image description and then, subconsciously, describe it to people with sight. But alt is a substitute for the image. So maybe ask this question instead […]

Om du är medlem så glöm inte att rösta idag för att mota högerkrafterna och värna våra skogar.

Hello accessibility friends, I'm working on gathering information for accessibility bug tickets - our customer supporters would like to know what to ask the people chatting in. My first concern is how to respectfully find out as much as we can about the customer's setup without outright asking […]

I offer up these #gulls for meme creation