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Red-footed falcons

 
The bird race Estonian Open 2013 that took place on Saturday, August 17th, was very exciting.

The teams met interesting species in the race area: in Tartu County at Lake Lahepera there was a young red-footed falcon FALVES, near Haaslava a two-barred crossbill LOXLEU, at Mehikoorma a hoopoe UPUEPO, in Ilmatsalu a black kite MILMIG, at Järvselja a Tengmalm’s owl AEGFUN, in Kallaste at Lake Peipus an Arctic skua STECUS, and at Padakõrve a Terek sandpiper XENCIN was migrating. In the race area many migrating waders could also be seen.
 
The race was won by Estonian team RC & Co this year too, having met 139 bird species. Once more congratulations to them!
 

The ranking list of teams and respective number of species encountered:
1.  RC & Co                       139     Andrus Jair, Margus Ots, Uku Paal, Peeter Raudsepp
2.  FC Fallos                      137     Tuomas Seimola, Jukka Hatva, Hannu Huhtinen, Sampo Laukkanen, Pasi Pirinen
3.  Eesti Douchebags         136     Margus Ellermaa, Heikki Eriksson, Juho Könönen, Markus Lampinen, Jari Laitasalo
4.  Eesti Naised                   134     Mariliis Märtson, Thea Perm, Reet Rannik
5.  Muovilapajengi                 131     Teppo Lehtola, Petteri Mäkelä, Jarkko Santaharju, Roni Väisänen    
6.  Sylvia                             129      Mika Bruun, Stefan Knoppman, Asko Rokala, Roland Sundström
7.  Team Ristisaari               128      Timo Böhme, Petri Ripatti, Petteri Tolvanen, Ari Vuorio
8.  Nahkhiirmees 4-pack       128      Lauri Mäenpää, Jan Nordblad, Matti Rekilä, Juha Sjöholm
9.  Himantopus Himantopus  124      Andris Klepers, Ilze Bojare, Ivars Brediks, Marek Kilups, Marcis Tirums
10.Bad Company                 116      Erki Aun, Madis Karu, Mati Salumäe, Tiit Vohta
11.Tartu Vaim                      115      Mihkel Metslaid, Hannes Pehlak, Tarmo Teppe
12.Les Miserables                113      Risto Lammin-Soila, Jari Linjala, Gustaf Nordenswan, Timo Pettay
13.V³                                   104      Raul Vilk, Kris Voog, Kaarel Võhandu
14.Veskimehed                    103      Andres Kalamees, Andrus Kuus, Veljo Volke
15.Qkakk                              86      Jarek Jõepera, Rene Ottesson, Meelis Suurkaev
16.Buteo                               85      Eedi Lelov, Kulno Nauts
 
ACES (species encountered by only one team)
RC & Co    Capercaillie TETURO
FC Fallos    River warbler LOCFLU, White-winged tern CHLLEU, Terek sandpiper XENCIN
Eesti Douchebags    Kingfisher ALCATT
Eesti Naised    Black-throated loon GAVARC
Muovilapajengi    Two-barred crossbill LOXLEU, Bar-tailed godwit LIMLAP
Sylvia    Blyth's warbler ACRDUM, Golden eagle AQUCHR
Team Ristisaari    Lesser black-backed gull LARFUS, Black kite MILMIG
Nahkhiirmees 4-pack    Arctic skua STECUS
Himantopus Himantopus    Corncreak CRECRE, Tengmalm's owl AEGFUN, Little grebe TACRUF
Veskimehed    Horned grebe PODAUR

 

Next year the bird race Estonian Open will take place on August 16th, and since it is a jubilee event (the race will be the 20th), the race area will be the whole of Estonia.

 

Best regards,

 

Mariliis Märtson

Estbirding board chairman