Thursday, August 29, 2013

Xema!

Two days ago somebody found a beautiful summer-plumaged adult Sabine's Gull in Lempäälä. The bird disappeared quickly but was found 4 hours later from Vesilahti. Tomppa picked up Jari, Jarkko, Jenni and me and we drove those 170 kms just in time to witness this bird to take off from the lake and to circle a couple of minutes above us and to disappear to south. We were lucky to arrive in time because this bird was never relocated again. It's 14th record for Finland.

Sabine's Gull, adult. (c) Tom Nordblad