10 September 2012

getting ready for lapland.

if you have been reading Passer Domesticus for a while - you might remember that I have already been to Lapland with Jacopo in july 2011 and it was a really beautiful summer road trip.
PX 680 from that journey:
this coming sunday though I will be leaving for a one week workshop in Kilpisjärvi with a group of people from the Environmental Art program - among which are some close friends of mine. I am very excited about the trip: I have got my first pair of trekking shoes and I am going to bring my Nikon FM with a couple of good film rolls. I have also been looking through a list of birds that are possible to spot in Lapland.
10 birds that I would love to see:

✻ from my book of birds Pohjolan Lintukirja: Bohemian WaxwingArctic WarblerBluethroatLong-tailed TitSiberian TitLapland LongspurSnow BuntingBramblingArctic RedpollPine Grosbeak
P.S. at this time of the year in Lapland there should be already what in finnish is called RUSKA - when the landscape gets all the beautiful colours of autumn!

23 comments:

  1. u have to take a picture of bird number 4! please!

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    1. I really hope I will be able to spot that bird: the long-tailed tit is actually easier to find a little southern than where I am heading to, but I have read that people had seen some of them in Lapland too! ;-)

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  2. Sei tenerissima che fai la lista degli uccelli <33

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    1. quelli che ho messo in lista sono pochissimi rispetto a tutti quelli che si possono trovare in Lapponia! :-) spero proprio di riuscire a vedere tanti uccelli e tanti animali! non mi dispiacerebbe per niente rivedere qualche renna! ;-)

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  3. I looove this! I love your blog(:

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    1. thank you for your enthusiasm, Soph! :-)

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  4. I am envious, Polly! :O
    I hope you see all the birds on your list! :D

    xoxo

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    1. I hope so, Charlyn! :-) I will be watching out for birds for you too! ;-)

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  5. have an awesome trip, and good luck with those trekking shoes!

    fancy {no}pants

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    1. thank you, Lily! I will need it! :-) I enjoy walking in the nature, but to be honest I am not much of a hiker, so I am hoping the shoes will help when I walk up the side of Saana mountain! ;-) http://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitxategi:Lappland_Lapin_Enontekiö_Saana_Kilpisjärvi.jpg

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  6. Oh my goodness, I am so jealous! It sounds like a lot of fun and seeing any of the birds that you posted would be such a treat. I've always wanted a field-guide for bird-watching and now I'd love one even more! Have fun on your adventures :)

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    1. thank you, Valerie! :-) I actually cannot wait to start the adventure, even though these days I have been suffering from a bad cold and I really hope it will be gone before Sunday, the day of my departure!

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  7. those birds are so beautiful and exquisite... i don't think i've ever seen any of them...
    i speciallt like the long-tailed tit!

    have a good trip!
    i'm looking forward for the autumny photos :)

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    1. thank you, Joana! hopefully I will come back with some good photographs of Lapland in autumn, to share with you! :-)

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  8. oh! i used to go bird watching with my granny. very relaxing. have so much fun!

    lindsey louise

    hellomrrabbit.blogspot.com

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    1. thanks, Lindsey! :-) I hope I will spot many, even though it might be snowing up there!

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  9. Wow, I hope you have a ton of fun! I would love to visit Lapland someday, it seems like such a beautiful place. I hope you get a chance to see all those birds too!

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    1. thank you, Rachel! Lapland is a wonderful and unique place and I hope you'll have the chance to visit it someday soon too! :-)

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  10. Kiva blogi, linnut ovat suloisia - itse olen huono tunnistamaan lajeja tosin. :)

    Puhut suomeakin?

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    1. kiitos kiitos! :-) I understand a lot when people speak and write in Finnish - after all I have been here for more than two years - but I'm still feeling conscious about speaking it. I hope I will get there soon, though! ;-)

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  11. Awesome bird images! Really nice!

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    1. thank you, Ric! I have scanned them from a Finnish book about birds from the 1970's: it was my first Finnish book ever and I love it so much! :-)

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