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I was back at Lohja dump Saturday morning for a brief visit. 

I connected pretty much instantly with the same Caspian from Monday, now having paled up a little bit even in just 5 days. Was nice to hear it calling too.




That underwing. Yummy.









Gull numbers really starting to build up on site here, however looks like they may be about to rebuild a waste storage building that burned down a few years back. If so, could really decimate gull numbers. Let's see.

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