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 Waxwing • Arctic Warbler • Bluethroat • Long-tailed Tit • Siberian Tit • Lapland Longspur • Snow Bunting • Brambling • Arctic Redpoll • Pine 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!
u have to take a picture of bird number 4! please!
ReplyDeleteI 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! ;-)
DeleteSei tenerissima che fai la lista degli uccelli <33
ReplyDeletequelli 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! ;-)
DeleteI looove this! I love your blog(:
ReplyDeletethank you for your enthusiasm, Soph! :-)
DeleteI am envious, Polly! :O
ReplyDeleteI hope you see all the birds on your list! :D
xoxo
I hope so, Charlyn! :-) I will be watching out for birds for you too! ;-)
Deletehave an awesome trip, and good luck with those trekking shoes!
ReplyDeletefancy {no}pants
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
DeleteOh 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 :)
ReplyDeletethank 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!
Deletethose birds are so beautiful and exquisite... i don't think i've ever seen any of them...
ReplyDeletei speciallt like the long-tailed tit!
have a good trip!
i'm looking forward for the autumny photos :)
thank you, Joana! hopefully I will come back with some good photographs of Lapland in autumn, to share with you! :-)
Deleteoh! i used to go bird watching with my granny. very relaxing. have so much fun!
ReplyDeletelindsey louise
hellomrrabbit.blogspot.com
thanks, Lindsey! :-) I hope I will spot many, even though it might be snowing up there!
DeleteWow, 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!
ReplyDeletethank you, Rachel! Lapland is a wonderful and unique place and I hope you'll have the chance to visit it someday soon too! :-)
DeleteKiva blogi, linnut ovat suloisia - itse olen huono tunnistamaan lajeja tosin. :)
ReplyDeletePuhut suomeakin?
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! ;-)
Deleteok :)
DeleteAwesome bird images! Really nice!
ReplyDeletethank 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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