Here we go again. Some more pictures from me. Also this time some pictures from Finland. And from Sweden as well i think. Let´s get started,

 It all started with this bird. It´s a swallow but I don´t know which one.

 

And of course there was a bear as well. It looked tired.

 This is from the lake at the camp. A nice lake where you could swim.

 And now we are in Sweden. At the lake Ånnsjøen. I have a little cottage there. And from there it is a short walk to some interesting places to observe birds. The first place you´ll find then, is quite nice for photografing but the other places further on `the road`are more for observation. If you are lucky the birds come close enough but normally they are too fare away to get some nice pictures. But this little duck did I find at the first place.

This year we had this bird nesting right beside of our cottage in Sweden. I also did see owls but did not catch them with my camera. They were hard to find when the nesting season started. I did not find them any longer .

                                      

And this little bird was so unlucky to fly in at the door. Pang it said and he fell down. I thought now he´s dead, but surprise, it was alive and after about half an hour it was also kicking. he flew away. Happy ending.

    

That´s it for now. Remember to leave a comment. You can do that in English, Norwegian, Swedish, German and Dutch. I also understand a little Danish so A lot of possibilities.

Greetings

Jan Schippers

Here are som more pictures from my trip to Finland. Mirroring this time, Only Bears.

The last picture here is actually one of the first pictures i took. I was there 4 nights and did see a lot of bears every night beside of that there was wolverines but that you´ve seen that in my last upload. The white tailed eagles were there but i did not catch them with my camera. And most likely i allso saw a marsh harrier. 

If you are interrested than travel to Finland to Boreal Wildlife center in Viiksimo. 

Maybe i should write in english, perhaps i get more followers then........?

Anyway, here comes a new upload to my blogg. I started friday evening two weeks ago on a trip to Finland. After a short stay in my cottage in Sweden (Ånn) and a night at Dorotea hotel. I arrived in Vaasa in Finland about 19.15 I drove straight to the hotel and stayed there for a night and the next morning i drove to Kajaani more to the east in Finland to stay there the afternoon and night. I didn´t sleep that well..... So I decided to drive early to Boreal Wildlife Center in Viiksimo, which was my main goal. I met somebody there in the kitchen and after some phone cals it was clear were i should sleep after the nights in the hides. That was my main goal to get some pictures of wild animals like Bears, Wolverines and Wolves in the first place and maybe some other animals like foxes and so on or birds like eagles or woodpeckers. The results are shown below.

I started my adventure at the swamp. Came into the hide about 16.20 and was wondering where i should place my cameras. And while i was finished with my first camera then this one showed up. The second camera had to wait, 

This was the first bear that showed up. I wasn´t prepared yet and it was already there and while I was taking pictures suddenly a bigger bear showed up. And that one stayed there the whole night and was pooping and farting. 

 Jogi it was called

 But because I allso like birds I had to take some pictures of this woodpecker. The white tailed eagles were there but I did not get pictures of them. There was probably allso a marsh harrier.

 This night i was in the forest hide. Probably the best hide to see bears and wolverine. There where at least 4 different bears.

 The smallest one I saw on this trip

 Here is a portrait of the small one

 And finally the wolverine showed up. I did get some pictures for the first time. It was there also the night before

 I was maybe a little bit unlucky in the forest hide. I did not get the bears there where i would like to have them. But this morning gave me nice warm background colors

 But the night at the pond was unforgettable. The bear showed up in the right time when the light was perfect. Really nice-

 This is my absolute favorite picture of this evening

 Jogi at the swamp scratching his back because of all the insects

 In the forest hide again. I was there two nights and this was from the second night

 In the morning the fog came over the pond and that gave a very mystical atmosphere. There were also some bears swimming. I saw probably 4 different bears here as well. Very nice place and when you are so lucky to get the bears i this wonderful light and the water is like a mirror well then this must be paradise on earth

And now i say goodbye for this time

Hope you liked my pictures from this fantastic adventure. The journey home was much shorter by the way. Took me two days.

Jan Schippers

20.07.2018