Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Taviokuurnat laulavat - Pine grosbeaks singing
Joukko (5-10 kpl) taviokuurnia (Pinicola enucleator) laulaa luritteli kiihkeästi Värriö ykkösen pohjoisrinteen kuusikossa, aurinkoisessa maaliskuun säässä. Taviokuurna on Värriön ensimmäinen kevään laululintu. Tänä vuonnakin Teuvo Hietajärvi havaitsi sen jo helmikuussa (14.2.2006). Maaliskuun kiihkeästä laulusta huolimatta taviokuurnalla on tuskin vielä pesää, se kun ei osaa vuorata pesäänsä yökylmiä vastaan niin kuin käpylinnut.
Pine grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) (group of 5-10) were singing in the spruces of the northern slope of Varrio one. The weather was bright sunny, but cold - as it can be in the end of March. Pine grosbeak is the first singing migratory bird in Varrio. The first specimen of 2006 was seen already on 14 February. Despite of passionate singing the pine grosbeaks hardly make their nests yet, as they do not insulate their nests against cold similarly as the crossbils do.
Pine grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) (group of 5-10) were singing in the spruces of the northern slope of Varrio one. The weather was bright sunny, but cold - as it can be in the end of March. Pine grosbeak is the first singing migratory bird in Varrio. The first specimen of 2006 was seen already on 14 February. Despite of passionate singing the pine grosbeaks hardly make their nests yet, as they do not insulate their nests against cold similarly as the crossbils do.
// posted by Veli Pohjonen @ 19:06 
