An update is appropriate, don't you think?

Yeah, I've been away for a while. It's been a lot around me the last few months but I promise I will update as much as I can and as often as I can. Now, I will update this blog with a few pictures :)

We'll start with a few pictures from when friends of my dads came down to us. We went for bird watching over the weekend and this is the result:

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This is a really bad picture of a Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena). This one had it's nest not far from where the picture was taken. Both birds where extremely hard to photograph since they kept diving all the time. It's frustrating, but worth it once you get a good picture :)

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This is a rare bird here in our part of Sweden. It's called Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone), but here in Sweden it's called "svartkråka" (Black Crow). It's not so common over here. It's only known to live in Scania and the other southern parts of Sweden. The picture was taken at a distans, later the crow was a few feet from the road, not even worried about people almost walking over it!

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I hope most people recognise this bird: the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). The male in the picture (the adult one to the right) kept his eyes on us all the time as we walked by.
Apparently we where a little to close for his liking :)

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Now, this is maybe the only picture you'll see on a church on this blog.
This church is called Saint Birgitta and was founded in the 13th century.

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This image contains the church from the picture above, the stone cross and the lighthouse. The stone cross was on the sight before the church. It was founded in the 12th century. The lighthouse is way much younger, it was founden in the 1840s. The people in the picture is (from the right) my dad and his friends.

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Now, this cutie has come back for years to our backyard since we moved here. Although resent suggestions from scientists says they move around a lot, but I think I recognise my "hedgie" after all these years :)

Well, that was all I had for this time. Hope you enjoyed it! :)

The nature through my window

Blue tit (Parus caeruleus)© Vargen Johansson

I thought I might show you some of the photos I took today. These nutcrackers (or birds if you like) has been seen through my window today:

A pair of Blue tits (Parus caeruleus)
A bundle of Great Tits (Parus major)
A couple of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
A lone Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

It's quite funny actually. During the whole winter we have fed the birds but no bird has been seen at all at the "bird table". We've only found some tracks after the Roe Deers that has have a bad winter this time. But now that the spring is here and people are starting to stop feeding the birds.... Well, let's just say that the food is good enough now. It's practicly packed every day! But if they spot you, they disappear directly and won't come back until the day after. Well, I though I'd share some more photos with you. Enjoy! :)

Oh, by the way. Click on the images to enlarge them!

The Great Tit (Parus major)
© Vargen Johansson

The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

© Vargen Johansson

 The Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

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Ottenby here I come!

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© Vargen Johansson

Or well... If the weather had been better it would have sounded better. It was foggy and when we came closer to Ottenby it started to rain a little and then even more. When we got there it was raining constantly. But we did see some animals and birds along the way.

This is what we saw:
2 Ringed Plovers
Unknown number of Eurasian Oystercatchers
A big flight of Eurasian Golden Plovers
Unknown number of Northern Lapwings
1 Rough-Legged Buzzard in flight
1 Common Buzzard in tree
Unknown number of Fallow Deer (see picture)
Unknown number of Roe Deer

It was to bad that the weather wasn't great. The more south we came the more foggier it got. We barely saw anything in front of us.

Hopefully the weather will be better the next time we go somewhere :)

Camels, museums or my own store?

I've got a lot to think about these days. What job do I want? What kind of work do I want to do? Of course I still want to photograph and make movies about wildlife but I simply can't do that if I don't have any cash or equipment. It's so frustrating!

I've found a place near were I live where they have camels and llamas. I've worked with llamas during my highschool years but never in my life have I been near a camel. I did send them an e-mail a while ago, but they didn't answer.

And then there's the museum. It's about 60 swedish miles away from where I live now, it's located in my home county Wermland<3. Yes, I do smileys every now and then. I love history and this museum got lots of it. It specializes in the history in Wermland, the people who lived there and still do.

And there's is this third thing. My own store. Lately I've been almost terrorised by the thought of having my own store. My mother think it's a bad idea, she says I don't have the money and so forth. But if I remember right, when a new company/store opens they get an allowance or contribution from the state. But that's if I remeber right. I so hope I remember right!

So.... this is what I go through during my days. Decision Agony!