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  Friday 19th of April 2019 and my alarm went off at 03:55 and they called from the reception at 04:00. I turned on the kettle and I prepared my “Oatmeal Surprise” ™ while waiting for my water to boil. A shower and I was in the car at 05:30 and it was cold, very cold, 0°C. I turned on the seat heater but I didn´t want to warm up the car. I gave it a quick blast on full heating and full fan for a few seconds before I stopped the heating. If I get too cosy in the car it will be like walking in to a wall getting out of the car at Trandansen.  0°C
Today´s Crane count: 960 Cranes  Still some Cranes at Trandansen
 Still some Cranes at Trandansen
I pass Trandansen but no Cranes, well they are far away so I continued to Naturum keeping my eyes out for Pheasants. No luck with any birds during the drive to Naturum. Some small birds, but the pictures went straight to the garbage bin. I reach Naturum and it is a gorgeous morning with sunshine and blue sky. There is a Jackdaw sitting on a wire at the visitor Centre and I get a nice picture. I go to sit in the Gull hide and I make a soundscape recording, of course, it is mostly Black-headed Gulls on the recording. And all the birds are busy building nest and defending their nests.  Western Jackdaw / Kaja
Naturum Hornborgasjön early morning
Early morning soundscape from the Gull hide
There is a Greylag Goose sitting on eggs in front of the hide and papa goose is in the water attaching everything coming close to the nest. He attacked the huge swans and Canada Gooses but I missed it with my video camera every time. But I didn´t miss the Black-headed Gulls building their nests. Flying back and forth collecting building material and it was very fun to watch them.  Male Tufted Duck / Vigg
 Male Tufted Duck / Vigg
 Red-necked Grebe / Gråhakedopping
 Red-necked Grebe / Gråhakedopping
 Red-necked Grebe / Gråhakedopping
 Eurasian/Green-winged Teal
 Black-headed Gull with building material
 Canada Goose / Kanadagå
 Canada Goose / Kanadagå
 Greylag Goose / Grågås
 Greylag Goose / Grågås
 Northern Shoveler
 Northern Shoveler
 Black-headed Gull / Skrattmås
 Greenfinch
 Black-headed Gull / Skrattmås
In beautiful breeding plumage
 Fieldfare
 Common Starling / Stare
 Common Starling / Stare
Walking out to the hide across from the Visitor Centre. Walking there and I spotted some birds in the trees when walking along the board walk. The hide was, well, only Black-headed Gulls and I left after 5 minutes. Walking back to the car and I left Naturum behind bound for Hångers Udde. My eBird checklist for Naturum DAY 4, click HERE Leaving Naturum and I keep an eye out for the Common Pheasant and I had not been driving long before I spotted a male and a female crossing the road. And I could not believe my luck, they were crossing the road to the side where I was between the sun and the bird.  Male Common Pheasant / Fasan
 Male Common Pheasant / Fasan
 Male Common Pheasant / Fasan
 Female Common Pheasant / Fasan
 Female Common Pheasant / Fasan
Driving until reaching road #184 where you turn to right towards Trandansen and Skara. A few hundred meters before Trandansen coming from Naturum and you have to turn right at a sign saying “Hångers Udde” 2 km. Then you have to drive through a forest where you keep an eye out for birds. Coming out from the forest and you can see a farm at the end of the dust road, slow down to 20km/h and drive to the parking lot on the other side of the farm. Park your car and walk down towards “Hångers Udde”.  Find your way to Hångers Udde
 Hångers Udde
 Coming from Naturum and you have to turn right to get to Hångers Udde
 Drive through the forest to reach Hångers Udde parking
 Leaving the car walking towards Hångers Udde parking
 Eurasian Blue Tit/ Blåmes
 Eurasian Blue Tit/ Blåmes
 Eurasian Blue Tit/ Blåmes
 Eurasian Blue Tit/ Blåmes
Listen to the Eurasian Blue Tit/ Blåmes
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
  Follow the orange coloured pins
There is a sign saying “Hångers Udde” at the parking and you turn left walking along the trees following the orange coloured sticks. There was a lot of birds among the trees you walk along on the way to the open field between the water front and the trees.  Walking along dead trees in the lake
 Walking along dead trees in the lake
You are basically walking along the water front, just keep an eye out for the orange coloured sticks. There is a lot of seabirds and as one Norwegian guy said to me. “It is pretty much the same birds at all the places along Lake Hornborga” Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull and mallards etc. So you get bored with the same birds all the time, but it is spring time and it is an interesting time of the year. Watching birds building nests and breeding, so it is fun to walk along the birds  First small board walk
 Board walk to the bird tower
   Eurasian Nuthatcher
You reach the board walk and you see the bird watching tower among some trees and you have reached the goal. Then it is just to walk back. A lot of seabirds and in the trees there is a lot of small birds, no birds that I could get on picture. My eBird checklist for Hångers Udde, click HERE Listen to the Western Jackdaw
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Back at the car and I leave Hångers Udde driving back to my hotel with a stop at Utloppet to look for the Jay birds. No luck with the Jay bird and I drive back to the hotel after 10 hours on the go. It is between 9 and 11 hours every day and it is easy to fall asleep in the night. Anyway, last bird watching day at Lake Hornborga / Hornborgasjön tomorrow. Just click HERE to find out if I see any birds tomorrow.
    
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