Long Halloween
A four day weekend just after Halloween meant a long weekend out at Mökki. However the weather for most of this was less than inspiring. I spent a small amount of time, on both Thursday and Friday, at Lohja dump, but with pretty miserable conditions my only reward was a single male Goshawk, a couple of Arctic Redpolls and some very damp gulls, although, as always in a Finnish Dump, there were interesting looking beasts. Luckily the season of the Nutcracker is upon us, and I spent a very pleasant hour or so at the nearby feeding station, where my offering of a couple of kilos of peanuts was gratefully devoured by the attending Crested tits, Willow tits and Nutcrackers. I adore these birds. Watching from the car really allows you to absorb their behavior with each other. They are exceptionally complex and intelligent birds, constantly communicating with each other with an amazing array of calls and song. Their general tactic is to ...