Birder’s diary - 26.01
Birder: Margus Ots, linnuvaatleja.ee
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
Velvet scooters
January 26
This morning I was in Ristna by early dawn. But I stayed for just an hour, there were no particular bird movements to see. Only small numbers of long-tailed ducks were migrating, also a few loons and velvet scooters and today’s most exciting bird, a razorbill. Steller’s eiders were not to be seen anywhere. The wind had brought a mass of broken ice to the Ristna tip and there were not many stationary birds either. I would not even have stayed for that hour but it was exciting to see how at least 5 white-tailed eagles and a goshawk harassed the waterfowl. But they didn’t catch any.
All today’s observations from a rather dull bird day are in the e-Biodiversity database.
The Estonian Ornithological Society (EOÜ) invites all to the winter garden bird survey this weekend (January 28-29). How it works can be read on the EOÜ web page.
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