A couple of days ago I found one
Tarsiger from my working area in Rautavaara. Because I was doing the counting I didn't have any ringing stuff with me so I had to go there again. I went and tried to catch this bird but it was not interested of the tape at all. Fortunately at the same time I found another male in the same area and this one I managed to catch. It was a very shiny and blue adult male indeed.
Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) adult male.
Summer 2010 male number 9.
The breast and head pattern.
The pattern of GCs.
The pattern of PCs and ALs. It seems to be typicalfor many adult males that some inner PCs are not
fringed bluish.
The tail pattern.
