Thursday, September 01, 2005
Isolepinkäinen Värriö III:lla - Great grey shrike in Varrio III
Isolepinkäinen (Lanius excubitor) lennähti istumaan keloutuneeseen kuusenkäkkärään Värriö III:n pohjoisrinteellä. Toisesta nimestään - Lapinharakka - päätellen sen odottaisi näkevänsä Värriön luonnonpuistossa ja ylipäänsä Itä-Lapissa useamminkin. Maastoretkillä sen tapaa verraten harvoin. Isolepinkäinen pesii silti Värriön luonnonpuistossa; tutkimusaseman havaintokirjassa on merkintä kolmesta löydetystä isolepinkäisen pesästä.
Grey great shrike (Lanius excubitor) flew into the top of a dry Norway spruce on the northern slope of Varrio III. Grey great shrike has a Finnish nickname "Lapland magpie". Thus one would expect to see the bird now and then in Varrio and elsewhere in Eastern Lapland. In the field observations Grey great shrike is rare. It is resident of Varrio nature reserve, however, as the research station logboog has three markings of found Grey great shrike nests.
Grey great shrike (Lanius excubitor) flew into the top of a dry Norway spruce on the northern slope of Varrio III. Grey great shrike has a Finnish nickname "Lapland magpie". Thus one would expect to see the bird now and then in Varrio and elsewhere in Eastern Lapland. In the field observations Grey great shrike is rare. It is resident of Varrio nature reserve, however, as the research station logboog has three markings of found Grey great shrike nests.
// posted by Veli Pohjonen @ 21:07 
