tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55684950514686483602024-03-13T16:55:15.302+01:00Blissful Solitary Wanderings"Things at times may seem forlorn,
but in solitude, wonderful things are born."
by Charlene N.K.Charlene N. K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07072869649591170822noreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568495051468648360.post-24756590976498101242019-03-30T11:55:00.000+01:002019-04-08T19:24:31.457+02:00Finding The Rare Birds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In my previous post, I mentioned about the rare birds (rare in our place, that is) that we searched for. Oh, yes, we found them!</div>
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It was hubby who actually discovered them when he went to that biotope while I was working. The snow was so thick that he made a trail with his snow shoes for the benefit of those who would visit the place later, as news of such new sightings spread quickly among the bird enthusiasts.</div>
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The first that he saw was the Eurasian three-toed woodpecker, a lifer for him and for me later. It was so beautiful that I wanted to see it too, so I asked him to take me there one day after my work, which is just around 30 minutes drive from our city. </div>
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Before that, however, one of our friends asked hubby to take him there, and that's when he spotted a huge bird flying through the thick forest, and when they peered through the spotting scope, the bird was confirmed be a great grey owl, another lifer for hubby and me.</div>
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When it was my turn to be taken there, our friend and his wife also drove there ahead. There was also another man who arrived later. We searched for the two birds. The woodpecker wasn't around, but the owl was seen leaving a tree. We waited until it would come back. When I finally saw it, the back was turned toward me, but I took a shot anyway since the back is also beautiful. Then I had to run to the other side where our friends were, but when I arrived, it had already flown to the other side of the trail, hiding somewhere.</div>
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We were about to give up and get into our car when the owl suddenly emerged from the woods and flew across the trail and perched on a tree some meters away from us. It sat there long enough for us to take a few shots. Since it was getting dark that time, I couldn't capture it clearly. This photo may not be my dream shot of an owl, but at least, I have a new life bird. That's exciting too! I learned too that there were actually two of them here, and this was the male, smaller than the female, which is the world's largest owl in length.</div>
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Two days later, we went back there in hopes to find the owl again, so I could take better pictures. But this time, it was the three-toed woodpecker that appeared, and the owl was nowhere in sight. Isn't that great too? It was a male one pecking on a tree, not minding us at all. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">And then it flew to another tree. We followed, and got a big surprise when we saw another one, a female, on that same tree! What a bonus that was! We were so close to them as we had our cameras clicking non-stop until we had our fill.</span></div>
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On that second week of March, I saw two new life birds! Funny thing is I haven't really counted how many life birds I've seen....ha-ha-ha!!! I'm just thrilled every time I see a new one. But someday, I'll get into counting.</div>
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I'm including pictures of the same place when we visited it again on the spring equinox. We may not have seen the birds that time, but we had fun having snacks on the snow banks.</div>
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Now that spring is here, more migrating birds have come back, and I hope to find new rare birds. </div>
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But we're also waiting for the awakening of the spring blooms.<br />
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Vernal equinox has arrived (March 20 this year), but we're still deep in snow and it keeps snowing recently. So I can say that we're still into winter birding. An extension of our winter birding, if I may add. Yes, even in winter, there are lots of birds around here too, many of them flock to the feeders that people maintain in their private yards.<br />
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Since these places are mostly blanketed with layers of untouched snow, it's quite hard to get there without sinking deep into the soft snow. So we need gadgets to traverse the area that leads to our destination, such as these snow shoes. They prevent us from sinking and help keep our balance.<br />
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In searching for a rare owl and another kind of a rare woodpecker, we had to use our snow shoes to access the woods where they stay. The snow here is so thick that it's almost impossible to make one's way into the forest, especially for those who are carrying cameras with huge lenses and mounted on equally huge and heavy tripods. But hubby fixed a trail for the other birders by treading hard on the snow and making it compact. Our friend took pictures of me and hubby as we headed to the woods.<br />
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Our winter birding is not only about searching for birds, but also about being out in the wild, connecting with nature which de-stresses and rejuvenates us, having a good exercise while walking strenuously in the snow, and spending time with nature-loving friends. It's also about appreciating and enjoying the wonders of creation that our loving Creator generously presented to us.<br />
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Last night's (Feb. 4) northern light was classified as weak, but it danced beautifully enough for a few minutes before it faded and the clouds rolled in.<br />
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This is one of my favorite winter scenes when the temperature is something like -22 degrees C, the sky is clear blue and the sun kisses the snow-rich trees.<br />
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I watched from our balcony on this extremely cold morning of January 20, starting at around 8:00 a.m.</div>
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The moon augmented more and more as it neared the horizon.<br />
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As I watched and took pictures, I noticed that the lunar disk formed ridges around its edge, as opposed to a smooth disk while up in the sky, and it truly looked like a blazing ball.<br />
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I watched until the last glow faded away.<br />
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At noon, hubby and I drove to a nearby cape for our usual photowalk. Shortly thereafter, we saw the enormous moon rising behind the trees, almost transparent and yet enchanting.<br />
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It sailed smoothly across the pink layer of the sky....<br />
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....toward the airplane that was getting ready for the landing.<br />
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The sky shifted colors to deep blue and purple as the moon journeyed on.<br />
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For one last time before we left the place, I took a few up-close shots of this luminary that held me spellbound and which would soon be eclipsed as it would pass through the earth's shadow.<br />
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The night advanced and deepened. At home, the moon was not visible from our side of the building. After preparing some warm winter clothes in case I had to go out of our apartment to capture the blood moon and after setting my alarm clock at 4:30 a.m., I retired for the night.</div>
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The total duration of the eclipse would be 5 hours and 12 minutes, but I started to shoot from the partial eclipse, skipping the penumbral phase. I planned to shoot every 15 minutes, taking a nap in between shots. In some instances, I overslept, thus missing some of the phases.<br />
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When the partial eclipse was ending, thin clouds gathered around the lunar disk. It was still a beautiful sight though.<br />
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I went back to sleep in the sofa while waiting for the moonset just like the other day. When I awoke, the moon was gone and broad daylight greeted my searching, sleepy eyes.<br />
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That's okay. I was satisfied with the entire drama. It was an amazing 24-hour lunar show that got me "moonstruck"!<br />
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It's a one-of-a-kind drama that silently declares the glory of the One who created it.<br />
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"He has made the moon for appointed times."<br />
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Writing, nature and photography are still my passion that keeps burning inside me. I have been out in the natural world recently more than ever. Hubby and I have been actively birding, photo-walking in the wild in search of interesting things in nature. I share my pictures with my personal friends in other sites where I write the stories behind the photos.<br />
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Why I could not get myself to write here as I used to remains vague to me. Maybe it has to do with my overwhelming stockpile of photos. As many of my readers know, I use a LOT of pictures in my blog. The problem comes when I choose the images to include. I have so much to choose from, and it's exhausting just to go over all the pics and then pick what's best to represent my stories. Yes, I think that's the main block getting in my way. Another could be lack of time and fatigue after my jobs. I usually feel so exhausted at the end of the day that I can only manage to do the necessary things.<br />
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And then the itch to blog keeps annoying me, goading me to mull over the matter. It wouldn't go away, so I have to give myself a little push, though not so hard, having in mind my past resolve that I must do things in my stride.<br />
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still peering at the tiny ice crystals and taking macro shots</div>
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As you can see, I spurred myself to write this after a long time. I hope this is not the only time but there will be more coming up. And I hope that I can keep up my stride. Maybe one of these days I could verbally and visually stroll back in time through this blog.<br />
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Words about a rare bird called white-backed woodpecker reached our ears. This is actually a hush-hush matter because of the governmental decree to protect it due to its declining population. I heard that only about 30 of them remain in the whole country. News about its existence in our city floated in secrecy, but we were fortunate to catch the words from a reliable source.<br />
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On March 8, we set out to a nature reserve where we hiked last summer and followed the snowy trail through the coniferous forest until we got to the local patch where some birds stop by to feed.<br />
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Total silence greeted us when we came to a halt and waited for our "quarry" bird. Several minutes passed before I peripherally saw a silhouette of a bird flitting through the bare trees. And then we heard the familiar drumming of a woodpecker. It was a downy woodpecker.<br />
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A few minutes later, another winged creature flew by. And there it was, the white-backed woodpecker! I was so excited as I followed its flight from one tree to another until it stopped to feed.<br />
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As it kept appearing and disappearing, I kept waiting patiently and shooting frenziedly. It was so beautiful and luminous that I was utterly captivated!<br />
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When all the excitement abated, another bird showed up, a Eurasian jay, and perched still on a branch. I've seen one some months ago but I had difficulty capturing it as it was too afraid to sit still. This time, I had a good chance to take a lot of shots.<br />
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As we exited the woods, my eyes were caught by an atmospheric optical phenomenon looming over us. It turned out to be a composite of 22<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" title="22° halo"><span style="color: black;">°</span></a> halo, parhelia or sundogs, upper tangent arc, supralateral arc and circumzenithal arc, each one heralding the presence of ice crystals in the atmosphere. This was an extra treat for us during that birding day!<br />
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And then came March with its radiant sun and clear blue sky, which was a promise of upcoming aurora displays. Sure enough, our first chance came on the 14th. There was a lot of commotion in the "aurora-hunters" community in our city with palpable excitement in the air.<br />
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I usually watch and take pictures from our balcony or just outside our apartment, but this time, hubby and I agreed to go some place where we could see the lights more clearly.<br />
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And so we took a drive to a lake in the countryside where some aurora fanatics previously took their shots. We wheeled along a rural pathway with raised snow banks on both sides, and into the pitch darkness of the forests which emitted light only when the reflective sign boards or poles caught the car's headlights.<br />
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I wondered if we were the lone travelers as no other cars going that way. When we reached our destination, a few cars were parked here and there. Okay, we had company! Our fellow aurora hunters came earlier and found their own desired viewing spots. We pulled over the side of the frozen lake and trod the almost knee-deep untouched snow toward the open lake where we waited for any auroral activity.<br />
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And then the show commenced, faintly at first, which gradually burst and intensified. Oh, bliss! And, oh no, it was all over the sky and I could not fit the whole show in just one frame! I just kept on shooting frantically here and there, missing some spectacular shows going on while shooting another part.<br />
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One bonus that we get from watching the aurora in a place of total darkness is that we can see the whole sky richly studded with stars, their sparkles more intense. It's like they're competing with the aurora as to who performs the best show. The starry sky actually enraptured me as much as the dancing lights!<br />
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The dancing lights seemed to go on endlessly as we rolled on, their brilliance spilled over the frozen road, making our drive colorful and the night exceptionally memorable.<br />
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Winter has officially ended when the spring equinox arrived on the 20th. And yet, winter is still hanging around and bringing more snow to add a thick layer over the snowbanks and mounds that had started to shrink. And then again, the mild warmth of the spring sun melts the freshly fallen snow. Some nights we get snow dusting as revealed by the appearance of the trees and the ground in the morning.<br />
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Spring's sun shows up almost everyday with a burst of intense brightness. Although I liked those winter days when the sun rolled just above the trees across the horizon, I equally like seeing the sun rolling upward to the zenith, making the daylight much longer.<br />
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Spring is here, yes, but the awakening of the vegetation that has lain dormant throughout winter is yet to come. Before that happens, and before winter totally vanishes, I want to store a few of the thousand pictures that I took while taking notice and appreciating the things around me, the great and the small.<br />
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This is one of my favorite mid-winter scenes, when the low-lying sun at midday is reflected by the mist wafting over the frozen river. Can you see that little solitary white-throated dipper bird hunting for food on the semi-frozen edge of the river?<br />
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I love the days when the trees are coated with hoarfrosts.<br />
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The sight of these snow-laden trees somehow elevates my spirits!<br />
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And I take pleasure in capturing the bluish long shadows on the snow.</div>
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Frosty mornings amaze me, especially when I see these tiny frost sticking on our window panes and glistening in the morning sun. Note: they're so small that one can't quite make out the designs and patterns unless they are magnified or macro-shot, such as what I did with these images.</div>
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Other icy things that fascinate me are these lacy edges of the snowy river banks, icicles dripping from the roofs and sparkling with rainbow colors, chunks of ice strewn over the frozen sea that glitter like spilled diamonds.</div>
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This is my lengthened shadow as I stood on a frozen river, joyfully taking pictures of the frosts that formed on this section of the river, the footprints of some critter, the bare trees in the background, the blue sky on this super cold afternoon.</div>
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Winter nights are my friends. Camera ISO and long exposure settings show the colorful, scintillating beauty of the night. All these photos were obviously taken from our balcony.<br />
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And these indoor potted crocuses proclaimed the coming of spring!</div>
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Winter has left, but not altogether, and spring has come. But as I'm writing this, the snow is falling, and I feel euphoric!</div>
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Winter comes and winter goes. Our life keeps flowing with the passing seasons. We get old but the inner child remains within. Our life moves forward no matter the changing seasons. It goes on and on until it reaches the end. And the end is not really the end because this life is not all there is. Our Creator promised us:</div>
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"And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away. And the One seated on the throne said, 'Look! I am making all things new.' Also he says, 'Write, for these words are faithful and true.'" (Revelation 21:4,5)</div>
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Among the wintering birds, the blue tits and great tits are the most common.<br />
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They're everywhere, flying as a "gang" or solo.<br />
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They gather amongst the spruce and pine foliage, and hold their unseen yet audible "conferences".<br />
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They perch on bare twigs, basking in the sun, showering in the snowfall, singing, calling.<br />
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They snuggle among the fluffy cushions of snow that settled on the clusters of pine needles.<br />
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They swarm around the feeders to dine in or take out a seed, a nut or a bit of fat. They come to our balcony feeder everyday, so I have several chances to observe and photograph them.<br />
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The coal tit is a lifer for me this winter. Since they are not so common around here, I was so glad when I spotted my first one.<br />
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Later, one came to visit our feeder a few times but it was moving the whole time so I had difficulty capturing it. One dark day it perched on the tip of the spruce tree beside our balcony and I had the chance to shoot it through our window pane, which accounts for the blurry and grainy images.<br />
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The willow tit is another lifer that I unexpectedly spotted in a pine forest while waiting for the gray-headed woodpecker to show up. It was quite hard to find it as it perched among the frosty pine needles.<br />
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The month of March began superbly!<br />
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The morning sun ascended across the cerulean sky radiantly, splashing iridescent colors onto the thin clouds that escorted it.<br />
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I stopped by the city river for some minutes to watch the unfolding of natural wonders before going to work.<br />
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I stood on the snow, gazing at the shifting prismatic colors of the cloud strips, being entranced by their gauzy elegance and keeping my camera busy.<br />
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It was a perfect day to carry out an experiment that didn't go well in my previous attempts - soap bubble freezing in the snow. It didn't turn out well either. I'd thought that it was too cold so that the entire bubbles instantly froze the moment they settled on the snow. I learned later that it has to do with the soap bubble formula, of which I had no idea at all. I just used a simple kid's ready-to-use bubble blow.... ha-ha-ha!!! Nonetheless, the whole globule turned to frost with iridescent feathery patterns. I think they're charming too!<br />
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Ah! The magpies were also basking in the "cold sunshine" on this lovely day!</div>
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Passing by a creek along the way to my work place, I espied these floating ice disks with lacy edges and the resident ducks meandering through them. Such simple things can make my heart leap with joy!</div>
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Coming home after work at around 5:00 pm, I perceived a golden face peering through the bare twigs. I searched for a spot where I could see it clearly. There it was! The moon beamed at me as it mounted into the hazy lilac sky.<br />
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On this day, all these beautiful creations harmoniously declared the glory of the One who brought them into being.<br />
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And the day faded into night, but the marvels that it brought have been preserved to be viewed again and again with delight.<br />
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I've never imagined that it's possible to go birding in winter, especially in a place where thick snow and frosts blanket the ground and coat the trees. But a friend said that it's a good season for birding as the birds would be out looking for food, making it easier to spot them.</div>
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And so I'm often out with hubby and a couple, searching for new birds in the ideal environment such as the woods. As I've said previously, I can tolerate the painful freezing sensation in my fingers and toes as I stand in a corner of the forest waiting for the birds to perch on some pine or spruce trees. Later on, we found out that we could buy hand and foot warmers for a more comfortable stay out in the snow and cold. They work! And I'm so glad for that!</div>
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So far, I haven't found the birds that I'm dying to see, which have been reportedly spotted in some places. But I saw a few lifers. The hunt goes on though.</div>
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I will be posting in a series some birds that I "gathered" this winter. This is actually my first winter birding, and it's exciting!</div>
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This first post focuses on the woodpeckers which I often spot these days. I've taken lots of photos of them, so much that I almost stopped capturing them except when the perfect ambiance presented itself.</div>
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I took these great spotted woodpeckers on sunny winter days when the skies were clear blue while the ground I was standing on was blanketed with thick snow that glittered beautifully. </div>
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Here's a regular customer in our balcony bird "restaurant". It's eating here mostly twice a day.</div>
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It perches on the top of this spruce tree beside our balcony before plunging down to the buffe table that we arranged for our winged guests.</div>
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Here's one in a forest feeder. Woody shares a "table" with others too, such as this spotted nutcracker and this great tit.</div>
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The grey-headed woodpecker was one I was hoping to see in this pine forest. Guess how excited I was when it came along with some other lifers. I had three other companions that time, but they missed this one because they were distracted by the other birds. </div>
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Some weeks later, I was alone in this same forest in hopes to find another one I was dying to see which unfortunately didn't show up. Instead, I was treated with a surprise show when two woodpeckers came, the great spotted and the grey headed, pecking at the same time on two adjacent trees equipped with feeders by an ornithologist. </div>
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Now, it's a contest! Who pecks best? 😊😊😊</div>
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Other new birds for me that I've come to be fond of are the nuthatch and the tree creeper. Both crawl up and down the trees, but the tree creeper is harder to capture as it moves quickly the whole time as seen from the mosaic below with blurry shots.</div>
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I'm not done with 2017 yet. I still have a number of summer and autumn adventures that need to be stored in my cyber-memory chest, which I'm going to get down to when I have enough time to spare. So I'm letting my one foot stay in 2017 and the other in 2018. 😃<br />
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Meanwhile, with this post, I'm officially and belatedly putting down in writing my wholehearted welcome to the winter season. The 2017 winter solstice came last Dec. 21, a day with the shortest daylight in the year.<br />
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This is now my 8th winter, and my love for it has not wavered. Amid the arctic coldness, my heart sizzles with bliss as I walk about on a snowy day. The sense of novelty, fascination and astonishment just gets reawakened every year, as if winter is something new to me.<br />
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I still love to see everything icy - the ice crystals, such as snowflakes, frosts and ice patterns on a frozen body of water. The frost- and snow-laden trees still captivate me. This photoholic creature, which is me, gets intoxicated with the fragile and subtle charm of the crystalline whiteness that abounds everywhere, while my tirelessly cold-defying fingers cling to my camera, primed to shoot anytime my eyes spot something pleasant.<br />
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Whereas others try escape the supposed harshness of winter by traveling to warmer countries, I stay here to luxuriate in the purity and the serenity of a world turned white, to watch the falling snow that fosters meditation, to pay close attention to anything lovely that the season provides and take the lessons that each teaches us. I don't want to leave a winter wonderland and miss the apex of its luster.<br />
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In winter, our birding activities keep going too. Although it's quite hard to go birding in the wild on account of the brief daylight and frigid temperature, somehow I enjoy seeing new birds, and the joy that I feel makes up for the painful sensation in my frostbitten fingers and toes due to long exposure to a sub-zero temperature. I'm also thrilled to watch the winter birds swarming around the feeders furnished by the community in several places, and in our own balcony. This is my first winter birding ever.<br />
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As to winter's darkness, I don't see it as hostile or uncomfortable. I see it more like an amiable impetus to homely activities, cozy repose after a day's work and setting up decorative candle lights and subdued electric lamps.<br />
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And so.... this year too, I'm fortifying my kinship with winter, with the snow especially. I'm letting its immaculate whiteness metaphorically purify my thoughts which eventually engenders a self-assurance that I'm at peace with myself and with everyone I come in touch.<br />
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December 25 slid by quietly. The night grew quieter and colder. Too eerily quiet, no palpable movement anywhere, as if everybody else froze except me. </div>
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After watching an episode of a TV series that hubby and I are following, I peeked through the glass door to our balcony and perfunctorily checked if there was a northern light going on that night. Something on the horizon snapped my head sideways. Two vertical bars with intense light shot up in the air. Reports of such sighting in the past led some to believe that UFOs were visiting. But I instantly knew what those light bars really were.<br />
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And so I dashed to grab my camera that was already sitting on the tripod, which is always ready in case some atmospheric phenomena would occur, while the words "Uh-uh... this is gonna be a phenomenal moment!" kept ringing on my head. I've seen a few in the past, though only 2 or 3 bars in color white. This time, though, several colorful light bars projected in the air.<br />
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This is called light pillars phenomenon caused by the reflection of light from tiny ice crystals suspended in the air. According to Wikipedia, the vertical band of light appears to extend above or below a light source. In this case, the light came from the ground, the city lights.<br />
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Wikipedia explains further: "Unlike a light beam, a light pillar is not physically located above or below the light source. Its appearance of a vertical column is an optical illusion, resulting from the collective reflection off the ice crystals, only those of which that appear to lie in the vertical line direct the light rays toward the observer."<br />
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This otherworldly spectacle was worth all these discomforts though. It was amazing to watch the columns gradually grow and skyrocket while the colors intensified. And then without warning, the pillars spread out to surround the whole city like a thousand light-sabers encircling the whole place! ( It looked more like a Jedi invasion and not a UFO attack ...😊😊😊) The show took my breath away! I stood there in our balcony, my head turning left to right and vice versa, utterly stunned by the ongoing show.<br />
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Amid this astonishing atmospheric event, the semi-active aurora borealis unpretentiously performed its own show even though the light pillars stole the entire scene. But the two events did a marvelous double performance in the same night, on and off from past 11:00 p.m. onward for several hours.<br />
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Wonderful things without number."</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">FROSTS</span><br />
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"From whose womb did the ice emerge,</div>
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And who gave birth to the frost of heaven?"<br />
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We're almost halfway through December and yet I haven't stored a memory of the fall in our city this year.<br />
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We have had a number of heavy snowfall that created a thick blanket of snow over the whole city.</div>
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As the snow thickened and melted away, the yellow and brown carpet of fallen leaves re-emerged, reminding us that autumn was still underway.<br />
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I froze (excuse me for my hyperbole) after realizing that I let the season slip away without having it journaled. </div>
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So I'm going to put this year's fall on record through some of the photographs that I took along the course of the season.</div>
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It's the time when many writers and bloggers re-echo the quote "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." Yes, "flowers" of gold, tangerine and scarlet are in a riot. </div>
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A treat from our balcony - nasturtiums in profusion popping up and dangling from the rectangular pots attached to our balcony's railing, and a view down the street.<br />
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The super abundant vermilion berries and crab apples that deepen the colors of the season never fail to arrest my admiration.<br />
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When the wind blows, the leaves softly rustle in an orchestra as others frolick in the air and pirouette around each other before landing to form a sea of fiery colors.</div>
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It's been quite some time since I posted northern-lights occurrences, though there had been lots of them this year except in the summer when the brightness of the night washed out these colorful lights. </div>
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The summer nights started to get dark in late August, and that's when we started seeing the auroras again. But then, summer this year didn't really go well, what with all the showery days and overcast night sky, which went on until autumn. That means that we missed all those strong auroral activities these past months. The first one that I watched this season was that on September 28-29. And then came other intense ones on October 13th and 19th. After that, the sky was mostly overcast, and if ever it was clear, the aurora borealis was quiet.</div>
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And then, on November 7 (I call it 7/11), as the evening grew and deepened into night, the green lights gradually spread across the sky, their vivid colors unhampered by the intense light of the waning gibbous.<br />
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It was a long-term activity, with up to Kp 7 magnitude, that extended to the 10th of this month. Each night, the show went on, though I missed the acme of the following nights' shows.</div>
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The first night was the best I've seen in this series. From its faint inception, the light kept intensifying and exuding strong colors of green, pink and purple, gracefully fluttering, dancing, gliding across the sky, and then fading, subsiding. After a few minutes, the light sparked again from where it faded and fluttered across to the opposite direction.<br />
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Actually, at times, several lights flared simultaneously from different parts of the sky, each of them moving swiftly and racing against each other, making it quite hard to photograph with a lens that can cover only a fraction of the whole show. So I just pointed my camera here and there. While waiting to complete the full exposure, I would usually miss the best parts of the show, such as the bursting of the corona.<br />
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The important thing in watching the aurora borealis, though, is the enjoyment of viewing the amazingly colorful movements of the northern lights all over the sky, the bliss that I feel as I stand under these showers of light and get a refreshing soul-bath.<br />
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These days when the weather is mostly dark, cloudy and rainy, we have to take advantage of any day when the sun is out and the sky is clear or partially cloudy, as long as there's enough light, to go birding.</div>
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Monday would be perfect as the sky was completely clear but I had to work during the bright hours, so I couldn't follow my hubby when he set about birding. When he reported his finds at home later in the evening, I wished I had joined him too. But I was happy that he found a lifer that day.<br />
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So the following day when I had my job done early, we both traveled to the same place in hopes of seeing the same bird. It was partially cloudy but sunny enough to see the birds clearly.</div>
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The first ones we spotted were the waxwings (sidensvans in Swedish) , hundreds of them perched on the tops of the bare aspen trees. They repeatedly swooped down on the nearby rowan trees and nibbled on the berries and flew back to the treetops.<br />
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I also noticed a couple of female pine grosbeaks (tallbit) festively mingling with the waxwings.<br />
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After observing and photographing them to our fill, we proceeded down the narrow pathway where hubby found the European goldfinches (steglits) the other day. Unfortunately, they were not around that time, or maybe hiding in the bushes.<br />
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We were not disappointed though, for something wonderful happened while we were there. A car was parked, and a man, obviously an ornithologist, was on a voluntary mission, tagging the common redpoll birds (gråsiska), counting them and releasing them afterward, and then he would submit the data to the Museum of Natural History. All of a sudden, he offered me to hold one of those birds, showing me how to "finger" it. Oh, yes!, I was thrilled to hold this one small cute bird that had eluded me before this moment. I had seen some before from afar but couldn't capture them clearly, and now, I had one in my fingers! I was so grateful for this new experience!<br />
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Anyhow, we saw hundreds upon hundreds of common redpolls and arctic redpolls flying together in a flock, crowding the trees, dangling from the twigs while feeding on their seeds acrobatically. The show was a delightful treat for us! We tried to take innumerable pictures of them in action, which was quite difficult due to their constant movement, distance and poor lighting.<br />
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The sun had sunk low, the birds had flown away, and so we had to leave too before the last glint of sunlight vanished. We marched back to our car parked at the wood's trailhead, our souls infused with an ample dose of metaphoric vitamins that strengthened our psyche.<br />
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"To be or not to be. That is the question." Whether we would visit the Kronborg Castle, a.k.a. Hamlet's Castle, in Helsingor, Denmark or not.<br />
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Actually, my hubby and I didn't need to deliberate on this because I had been dying ever since to see this castle that Shakespeare immortalized in his greatest classic tragedy, Hamlet. We didn't need to travel far either to get there since at this time, we were already in the south of Sweden and it would take only a few minutes for a ferry to cross the sea to Helsingor, Denmark.<br />
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So on the evening of July 15, we headed off to one harbour in Helsingborg, parked our car somewhere and took the Helsingor-bound ferry. The sail across to Denmark would take about 15 minutes, under which we explored the ferry and then settled on the deck along with many others who stayed there the whole time the ferry sailed to and fro, drinking a lot and chilling out.<br />
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As we neared the waterfront of Helsingor, I spotted a castle afar off, wondering if that was the one we were going to visit, and an old man sitting next to us said yes, it was the Hamlet's castle. I wowed!<br />
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Once we stepped on to another country, which is Denmark, we made our way toward the castle, stopping here and there to snap a few shots of some seaport scenery.<br />
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And then we marched into the castle's courtyard, gaped at this awesome Renaissance castle, which is famed worldwide as Elsinore Castle in Shakespeare's play, navigated the spacious precincts and had myself awash with wonder at seeing the grandeur of this place.<br />
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We couldn't get inside the building because we came past the visiting hours, but just skirting around the area switched me on to time-travel mode. I may not have been able to listen to the stories of the tour guide, Horatio, Hamlet's "surviving" best friend, but I could see and hear in my mind Hamlet expressing his famous soliloquy and other events in his life within the castle that floated on my mind at the moment.<br />
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Roving about the building also fed our birder's soul as we spotted several birds taking refuge there. Despite the imposing air of the castle, the courtyard seems to be a safe haven for different birds.<br />
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The castle's surroundings are also a honeypot for tourists and photographers. The picturesque sceneries vied for my attention, and not one was overlooked, of course! My sweeping eyes and my tireless camera just went on working.<br />
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Denmark and Sweden (across the sea) in one picture, with hubby</div>
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After circling the the castle's courtyard, we started off to the ferry that would convey us back to Sweden. The swans came to see us off, and faint sundogs showed up in the evening sky as we exited the area.<br />
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From the deck of the ferry that had sailed off the dock, I watched the castle being kissed by the muted glow of the sinking sun as I said a silent goodbye to it. My heart brimmed with satisfaction and gratitude for having this opportunity to finally see my "castle in the air" materialize and be a part of its historical and literary affluence that keeps expanding as long as it survives the ravages of time.<br />
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I'm making a quick leap from my summer adventure memoirs to a day in autumn when hubby and I took a short trip to a place where we usually look for waders. Some fellow birders here have been reporting about the herons that visited that area, and which I was dying to see since I've never seen them firsthand in my life. </div>
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After my work in the afternoon, we set off to a shore called Lillskärsudden, just about 30-min. ride from our city. I had no expectations to see the herons since they would appear and suddenly disappear, but thought somehow that there would be other birds feeding there. And if we couldn't see any waders, then there was still that option to photograph the heightening fall colors in this beautiful surrounding.<br />
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"Expectation postponed makes the heart sick, But a desire realized is a tree of life." (Proverbs 13:12) A "desire realized" turned out to be my portion!<br />
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The herons were there, a couple of them, the first things that met our eyes! They stayed too far, but with hubby's scope and my camera's zoom lens, we could see them clearly, though my captures are not so sharp and clear due to poor lighting as the sun was beginning to sink. But I was overjoyed to see them! I even kept singing the Colors of the Wind ..."The heron and the otter are my friends....And we are all connected to each other....."<br />
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As a bonus, we also spotted other waders feeding offshore on a dry seabed during an ebb tide, though they warily stayed away from the shore.<br />
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This is all about this afternoon's birding pursuit which I couldn't help putting on record. It was a day of immersing ourselves in the depth of nature and then emerging revitalized. The experience left me feeling rewarded and grateful. It was a wonderful end of the day.<br />
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<b>Sept. 21-24, 2016</b><br />
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In my previous blogs, I kept mentioning about a major event last year that I must store in my cyber treasure chest. I kept putting it off, using my available time instead to record the recent events. And then I realized that it's been a year since the memory was born. So now, I have to write it down before getting into this summer's big events.</div>
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Our hiking in Marsleden (see my blog here: <a href="https://polarblogger-charsmeanderings.blogspot.se/2017/02/the-marsfjallen-trek.html" target="_blank">The Marsfjällen Trek</a> ) prepared us for the big leap that we had planned for the following month. In our Marsfjällen trek, we hiked the 7-km. trail to the mountain shelter, while this time in Kungsleden (the trail in Vindelfjällen), we would hike 11 km. northbound to the first fjällstation or mountain cottages where hikers who don't like to sleep in a tent are provided a rented accommodation complete with amenities. This time, it was only hubby and I in this venture.<br />
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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." - John Muir</div>
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<b>Day 1</b><br />
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Off we drove to Hemavan. We parked our car close to the trailhead, beside the Naturum building, heaved our enormous backpacks onto our shoulders and started the steep uphill hike. We ascended strenuously, panting for breath while our hearts hammered with excitement. We passed through forests of crooked birch trees and ferns that had already turned golden. We kept treading the narrow rugged path until we came to an altitude where the terrain eased off and the forests thinned out. We walked past thickets and bushes as the sun started to sink.<br />
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We had to find a campsite to pass the night. We started the hike late, so we couldn't get to the "fjällstation" that same day. We found a flat ground with a brook nearby where we could get our water supply. We set up our newly purchased mountain tent which we used for the first time.<br />
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The night was chilly but the sky was clear, revealing the stars in a way that I could never see in light-polluted places. The Milky Way stood out distinctly amidst the star-studded space. My lens size could capture only the lower tip of the galactic band. I stayed outside our tent for a longer time to gaze at the celestial marvels. I could see the Andromeda galaxy, meteors zipping across the sky, coiling clouds, the rising moon and a faint glow of the aurora borealis. My heart burst with appreciation and gratitude for such nocturnal gifts from a Creator whose dynamic energy is inexhaustible (Isaiah 40:26). I could stay out the whole night watching the shifting wonders of the heaven, but then, the frosty air threatened to freeze my face and fingers. So I had to crawl back to our cozy tent and have a restful sleep.<br />
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We woke up to a lovely morning when the sun was just coming out, its warmth gradually dissolving the mists that shrouded the mountains. We sipped our coffee while enjoying this refreshingly beautiful morning, and then we ate our breakfast.<br />
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A few steps beyond our campsite offered us a view of the sought-after attraction in this part of the trail, called Syterskalet, a U-shaped valley with steep sides of the two huge mountains with glacial summits, the Norra Sytertoppen and Södra Sytertoppen. That's what we aimed to see. Unfortunately, fogs rolled in that afternoon, so we could only see the bases of the mountains. We stayed in our tent for the rest of that day on account of the persistent shower and piercing wind. We hoped for a clearer weather the following day.<br />
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The weather was no better this day too. Undaunted, we set out anyway to Syterskalet, hiking alongside the winding river that runs through that valley. The fogs hadn't lifted up either, thus concealing the two mountains. We tried to walk up the slope of the northern mountain and see if we could reach the nearest glacier. When we got to an altitude with a marshy terrain, we couldn't go on. The glacier was too far and it was quite tough to walk across a fen to get there. And so we just sat on a boulder by the edge of the fen and watched the river below while eating our "fika" or snacks. That was all we could do that day.<br />
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Still misty. The mountains remained obscured by thick fogs. We decided to not stay here longer and travel back home. We comforted ourselves with the thought that we had a reason to come back here in the future, to see the whole of Syterskalet and set up our tent right there. I'm not implying that we were disappointed, no, not in any way. The hike alone was thrilling and awesome. And the views were just so amazing! I enjoyed every step of the hike no matter how arduous.<br />
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Looking back to our Marsfjällen hiking, I had thought that it was really an difficult hike, even proclaiming myself a certified hiker afterward. ☺☺☺ But this one turned out to be more challenging, more exhausting, yet exceptionally gratifying. I have lived the words of the quote mentioned above. The mountain's "good tidings" have been etched in my whole being. And the joy that had filled my heart then lived on for a long time....<br />
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...until it was surpassed by something greater as an upshot of a more daring adventure that we have had this past summer, which I'm going to write in the future.<br />
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August has gone by and I haven't posted a single blog that month. It's not about the lack of something to write but the lack of time to write the countless memories and thoughts that I have accumulated this summer, plus the earlier ones that I put aside for a while. But as I've always said, I will surely store them all in my cyber treasure chest.</div>
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Meanwhile, I'm scribbling some random summer updates before getting into the details of the big events.<br />
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My readers know that I'm a photo junkie. I chronicle the passing seasons through the pictures that I insatiably take. That means I have a thousand pictures that are worth sharing, but I refrain from posting too much here, fearing that I'd bore my readers, though I can't help posting a little more than I should.<br />
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So, here are some of the summer scenes that appealed to my ever roving eyes.<br />
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I love those days when we were out birding and some charming scenes just presented themselves before my eyes while waiting for some birds to appear.<br />
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These sum up our summertime this year. Some said that it had been an unpleasant summer because of the frequent rainfall and cloudy skies. But I say it's still a beautiful summer with pleasant memories and abundant gifts of nature.<br />
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Midsummer eve (June 23) was a quiet, almost uneventful day save for the traditional celebration to welcome the Midsummer in the Nordic lands. Families and friends gathered together for a picnic somewhere. The streets were devoid of people and vehicles, the homes equally quiet as if everything froze in time. </div>
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Hubby and I drove away the day's ennui by taking a walk in the woods, somewhere not far from the city. </div>
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It was meant to be an ornithological trip, but it turned out to be a botanical one, photographically speaking. </div>
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Actually, the whole area teemed with different kinds of birds, but we couldn't see them as they were concealed by the thick foliage. We only knew that they were there through their calls and songs that resounded in the woods.</div>
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To allay my disappointment for not being able to see and photograph the birds, I diverted my attention to the forest's flora, which I also love to explore. My eyes are always captivated by the minuteness of the mosses and lichens, and I keep macro-shooting the same kinds every time I see them.☺❤</div>
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So glided this day by. The otherwise dull day became sprinkled with bits of sunshine that I gleaned from this short walk in the woods.<br />
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When we came back home, this 22 degrees solar halo graced the sky.<br />
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As the night deepened, the solar halo gradually emitted an upper tangent arc that stayed in the night sky for quite a time. And that wrapped up this day.<br />
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"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has even put eternity in their heart....<br />
I have come to know that everything the true God makes will endure forever."<br />
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Spring has glided by after staying almost unnoticeably. Its telltale signs were not as striking and sweeping as they should be. It snowed for the most part of the season, hindering the vegetation from budding and the buds from popping out. ( check out <a href="https://polarblogger-charsmeanderings.blogspot.se/2017/06/crazy-may.html" target="_blank">Crazy May</a> to see how spring looked like) As it inched closer to its end, all the leaves and flowers suddenly burst forth.<br />
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And then came summer. ( Summer solstice this year was June 21) . With all the warmth and sunshine, the young greens of spring rushed to deeper, mature greens as the summer flowers broke out. The succeeding days came to be mottled with the vibrantly colorful blooms of both spring and summer, like two generations in juxtaposition.<br />
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Then out of the blue, most of the blooming bushes and trees that I'm fond of became wrapped up in a plethora of blossoms in sundry colors. Their deliciously sweet scents floating in the air invigorate me as I walk around with a spring in my steps.<br />
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At this time too, the air reverberates with the songs and calls of birds in a delightful choral crescendo. Sometimes when hubby and I take a little walk in the woods in search of new birds, although we can't see the birds due to the denseness of the foliage, we can actually hear the whole forests singing in a pleasant ensemble of assorted birds.<br />
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Of course, our birding activities keep in stride with the heightening bustle in the ornithological sphere. We keep moving about, mostly in the evenings, to the woods, lakes, ponds and riversides to see about the new birds around our city. (I'm going to write about the development of my birding endeavors in my future blog.)<br />
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Needless to say, but I say it once more, that summer nights are awash with the light of the sun that doesn't sink below the horizon. Oh, yes, it's bright all night long! No sky luminaries are visible during this season except the sun by night and the moon by day. The other way around, huh? If sleep were not necessary, we would have 24-hour outdoor activities to take full advantage of all the lights that this short season spills out.<br />
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Midsummer's eve, June 23, came charmingly with this fringed sun halo looming steadily in the sky from around 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.<br />
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The following day was Midsummer, which was ironically a gloomy and rainy day. That was supposed to be a day full of sunshine and colorful flowers and all the lovely things that are quintessential of a true summer, but it didn't go well this year. The weather remained unaltered the day after. And then the following days came round to the real spirit of summer.<br />
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I used to wonder what's the big thing about birding. Enthusiasts and obsessive birders travel far and wide to find rare birds and expand their bird lists, invest a fortune in birding equipment and spend much time out in the wild almost everyday. I came to understand that words fail to bring out the deeper significance of this pursuit. It's only by experience that one can get to the core of its true essence, of that inscrutable feeling of elation and tranquility that washes over one's whole being while immersed in this activity.<br />
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I've been following birding blogs, watched films such as The Big Year, yet couldn't fathom the force that drives the birders to pursue that passion to such a degree that seems insane, or obsessive for that matter.</div>
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Now I get it. I came to understand what birding can do to one's being. I've been out to the wild myself, with my hubby who was also smitten with the birding fever. With the help of a couple, Gunnar and Nina, who have the mutual passion for birding, we got to know the popular birding locations. We met out there in the field with our "fika" made up of coffee and sandwiches, and we became friends in the process.<br />
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I've seen seasoned birders lined up with their expensive powerful scopes and cameras, scanning the fields for birds of prey through their lenses and waiting for the perfect moment to capture them in the act of depredation. I've seen amateur birders from other countries, young and middle-aged alike, come and go in search of newly arrived birds. I've seen their enthusiasm, their devotion.<br />
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It all started this spring, particularly in April, when the birds came back from their long migration during the winter season. Our male friend told us the best place to see them first. I was thrilled to see flocks of swans, ducks and geese going about their business over the withered fields and marshes. Those were the first ones I took notice of as a novice who has never seen such huge flocks of birds before. While the advanced birders watched out for predatory birds, I busied myself watching and shooting the swans and geese. At the same time, I took in the surrounding and luxuriated in the wildness of those marshland and prairie habitats.<br />
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I was hooked. Even hubby purchased several binoculars for this hobby. We became a team.<br />
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As we embarked on this new field of activity, we found ourselves frequently jaunting the same bird habitats and watching for new birds, most of which became our lifers. Sometimes, hubby would search the field's edge through his binoculars, and when he would spot an interesting bird, he would instruct me where to aim my camera for a shot. That's our teamwork.<br />
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Watching the behaviors of these winged creatures fascinated me. For the first time, I've seen the swans' mating display live. I was then engrossed in photographing the other birds when a synchronized honking or "singing" caught my attention and I saw just in time a group of swans performing that boisterous dance. The act went too fast and my camera wasn't really focused yet when I had to take the shot.<br />
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In the subsequent visits to the marsh, I aimed at the predator birds and tried to capture them in mid-flight and in the act of preying. It was quite hard to see them from our viewing deck which lies at the opposite edge of the marsh. But thanks to the kind birders who easily spotted them with their powerful scopes and told us the precise spots where the birds were. I tried to capture an eagle with its prey whisking across the field to a spot where it nibbled at its food, but it was too far I couldn't get clear shots. But this was just a first attempt. I'm still learning.<br />
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Right from the start, I've felt the waves of the therapeutic effects that many birders wrote about. Birding in itself affects our health positively in more ways than one could imagine. That I came to realize too. I don't need to enumerate the beneficial effects of birding here in my blog since they're already overpopulating the web. I'm just linking to this website for a good read: <a href="https://birdtherapy.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Bird Therapy</a>.<br />
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This is just the start. A thrilling start. And with it came the initial cognizance that "Birding really is the 'perfect tonic' on so many different levels." (quoted from Bird Therapy)<br />
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Here's an appealing article about birding based on one of my favorite Scriptures - Matthew 6:26:<br />
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Just when the streets had been cleared of the sprinkled anti-slip gravels, and we had been enjoying a temperature of up to 22 degrees C, a lot of snow came falling again, non-stop for a day or two, and sometimes sporadically over the days, thickly blanketing the ground with fresh snow that would nonetheless melt within the day.<br />
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Amid the thickly falling snow, the sun would peer through the clouds and radiate its light and warmth that turned the spring day into a bizarrely but nevertheless lovely winter scene.<br />
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So went the weather for the first half of the month. It was not at all unpleasant for me but was rather exciting. I took delight in seeing the spring bulbs frosted with snow, the budding bushes and trees coated with fresh snow and the ground blanketed with bubbly hails.<br />
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The intermittently fine days during this period gave us opportunities to pursue our newly developed outdoor hobby - birding. Hubby and I found ourselves among the group of expert birders in some popular bird habitats around Umeå. Those were also days of craziness, a positive and relaxing craziness though.<br />
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And then came the middle of May, tagging along the full sunshine, blue skies, stupefying cloud formations and sparse rain showers.<br />
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The late sunsets are awesome! The nights are bright, with the glow of the sun lingering above the horizon at midnight and all through the night.<br />
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Finally, May came to her senses and presented her annual gifts that soothe the souls of the nature lovers like me. And I've relished such gifts for the rest of the month.<br />
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Now, May has slipped away. Despite all her craziness, it was still a charming month packed with unforgettably heartwarming memories, not only in the realm of the natural creation but also in the company of cherished friends who sparked a measure of sunshine in our lives.<br />
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What do all these natural marvels tell us? Follow this link for enlightenment:<br />
<a href="https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102009441?q=beauty+of+nature&p=par" target="_blank">Awestruck by Nature</a><br />
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