Tag: Sweden

Trips

To bird or not to bird…

June 22, 2024 by Peter No Comments

Naturally, I am thinking of Shakespeare’s play while the ferry approaches Helsingør’s Kronborg Castle (Elsinore). The sea is frothing with Great Cormorant and Herring...

Trips

Skåne: a Swedish love story

June 8, 2024 by Peter No Comments

Once upon a time, there was an adventurous Mexican young woman called Miriam. She packed her bags, waved her family goodbye, and left for...

News

Don’t Mess with Capercaillie

April 1, 2014 by Corey No Comments

A Swedish news reporter decided, for some reason, to try to interview a displaying male Capercaillie. It did not end well for the reporter...

Birding, Trips

Birding Sweden on the Fly

February 12, 2014 by a Guest 2 Comments

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking...

Birds

What is the National Bird of Sweden?

March 25, 2011 by Corey 5 Comments

The national bird of Sweden is the Blackbird Turdus merula, otherwise known as the Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird, though, of course, in Sweden...

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