Power Of The Ancients
I can't exactly say the past few weeks have been quiet (though I've certainly been busy, too busy to blog). My garden has gone somewhat quiet in terms of rarities and scarcities. In fact, after an excellent two years of pandemic rarities, this autumn was fairly poor in adding new birds. On top of that I'm looking at the first winter of no overwintering Robin (tragic I know, but I had gotten used to having a temporal scarcity on hand). Luckily, there's of course real goodies to enjoy, such as these Grey Headed Woodpecker and Northern Long-Tailed Tits. Grey Headed Woodpecker - an incredible assault of colour in winter. Northern Long-Tailed Tit It's shaping up to be a pretty decent winter for Hawk-Owls, with several in residence in and around the city. I even managed to find one of my own, jamming into it in the Espoo suburb where my In-laws live. Hawk Owl I haven't found many self found Hawk Owls down south. Up in Lapland, sure, you trip over them, but in the sou...