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href="https://www.10000birds.com/in-the-boreal-forest-part-one-spring-and-summer.htm" rel="bookmark" title=Permanent Link to In the Boreal Forest – Part One: Spring and Summer">In the Boreal Forest – Part One: Spring and Summer</a></h1><div class = "post-meta"> <a class="post-meta-time" href="https://www.10000birds.com/2024/10/06">October 6, 2024</a> <a class="post-meta-author" href="http://10000birds.com/author/clive">by Clive Finlayson</a> <a href="https://www.10000birds.com/in-the-boreal-forest-part-one-spring-and-summer.htm#commentform">4 Comments</a></div></div><div class="blogsingleimage"> <img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMTYwIiBoZWlnaHQ9Ijc3MCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDExNjAgNzcwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIiBzdHlsZT0iZmlsbDojY2ZkNGRiO2ZpbGwtb3BhY2l0eTogMC4xOyIvPjwvc3ZnPg==" width="1160" height="770" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-3-1160x770.jpg" class="attachment-landscape-photo-pmc-postBlock size-landscape-photo-pmc-postBlock wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-3-1160x770.jpg 1160w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-3-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-3-255x170.jpg 255w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-3-345x230.jpg 345w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px" /></div><div class="sentry"><div><p>The boreal forest belt that runs from Scandinavia right across to the Pacific and beyond holds some resilient bird species, which are able to survive the harsh and dark winters. When the days lengthen and the snow gradually starts to melt, some of these birds get into breeding plumage and nest in the deep forest while others migrate even further north to breed. I am familiar with the western end of this forest in Finland and Sweden. To observe some of its birds in spring and early summer, during the short breeding season, offers us a glimpse of the beauty of some of these birds that many of us living further south only see, if they reach us that is, in winter plumage. These birds of the Boreal belt shifted their geographical range southwards during the Pleistocene glaciations, some reaching as far south as France but not beyond.<br>A favourite place of mine, and many birders, is Kaamanen in Finland. At 69oN, it is well within the Arctic Circle in the heart of the Finnish Lapland. This is the land of reindeer and huge tracts of coniferous forest. The lodge at Kammanen is the ideal staging post on the way up to Arctic Norway. The slopes behind the lodge are kept constantly supplied with seeds, making it an ideal location to see and photograph the local resident birds and those moving through. The local squirrels also get attracted to the food source. The photographs illustrating this article were all taken at Kaamanen, albeit at different times of the spring-early summer season.</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNTAzIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDUwMyI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" decoding="async" width="630" height="503" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-630x503.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169025" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-630x503.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-300x240.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-768x613.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Male <strong>Pine Grosbeak</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>The most striking bird of this forest is, for me, the <strong>Pine Grosbeak</strong> (<em>Pinicola enucleator</em>). You cannot but be struck in awe when you first see this passerine – it is huge! The males are a bright red but the golden-coloured females are also stunning in their own right. Some of these birds move south, a relatively short distance, for the winter but others are resident. In spring you get a combination of migrants and residents at the feeders.</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNDg0IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDQ4NCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" decoding="async" width="630" height="484" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-2-630x484.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169026" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-2-630x484.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-2-300x231.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-2-768x590.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pine-Grosbeak-2.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Female <strong>Pine Grosbeak</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>If the <strong>Pine Grosbeaks</strong> are impressive, there is a bird that beats it for colour. It is a bird I was familiar with but which I always wanted to see during the narrow window when it obtains its breeding plumage. I’m talking of the male <strong>Brambling</strong> (<em>Fringilla montifringilla</em>). You have to get them well into the spring if you want to find birds with a full black head, without any white spots.</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNDU3IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDQ1NyI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="457" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brambling-630x457.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169027" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brambling-630x457.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brambling-300x217.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brambling-768x557.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brambling.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Male <strong>Brambling</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>Kaamanen also offers us a chance to compare two closely-related finches. Here you are in the overlap zone of the breeding range of the <strong>Common Redpoll</strong> (<em>Acanthis flammea</em>) and the rarer <strong>Arctic </strong>(or Hoary) <strong>Redpoll</strong> (<em>Acanthis hornemanni</em>). What beauties these little finches are.</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNDk4IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDQ5OCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="498" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Common-Redpoll-3-630x498.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169028" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Common-Redpoll-3-630x498.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Common-Redpoll-3-300x237.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Common-Redpoll-3-768x607.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Common-Redpoll-3.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Common Redpoll</strong></figcaption></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNTAxIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDUwMSI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="501" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Arctic-Redpoll-630x501.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169029" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Arctic-Redpoll-630x501.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Arctic-Redpoll-300x239.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Arctic-Redpoll-768x611.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Arctic-Redpoll.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"> <strong>Arctic Redpoll</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>Always in attendance at the feeders are the wonderful <strong>Siberian Jays</strong> (<em>Perisoreus infaustus</em>). If you like corvids, <strong>Siberian Jays</strong> will not disappoint you. Their antics and bold behaviour, allowing you to get up close, will soon win you over. There is another bird of the forest, one which I photographed elsewhere in Finland, which I would like to end with. Get them early in the spring and you’ll catch them still in their all-white winter plumage – the <strong>Willow Grouse</strong> (<em>Lagopus lagopus</em>). This bird can be difficult to locate due to the way it blends in the snow but in early spring the males will climb up tree branches to “sing” and display to the females.</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iODU4IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDg1OCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="858" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Siberian-Jay-630x858.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169030" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Siberian-Jay-630x858.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Siberian-Jay-220x300.jpg 220w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Siberian-Jay-768x1046.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Siberian-Jay.jpg 867w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Siberian Jay</strong></figcaption></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNDgxIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDQ4MSI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="481" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Willow-Grouse-630x481.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169031" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Willow-Grouse-630x481.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Willow-Grouse-300x229.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Willow-Grouse-768x586.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Willow-Grouse.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Male <strong>Willow Grouse</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>One last word on resilient species. I have highlighted some of the Boreal Forest specialities but we should not forget some residents which we can find across much of Europe and which are able to cope with the harsh conditions up here. Among them are <strong>Great Tit</strong> (<em>Parus major</em>) and <strong>Greenfinch</strong> (<em>Choris chloris</em>). My next article will look at the winter in these forests.</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNDg5IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDQ4OSI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="489" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Great-Tit-630x489.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169032" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Great-Tit-630x489.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Great-Tit-300x233.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Great-Tit-768x596.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Great-Tit.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Great Tit</strong></figcaption></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNDY1IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjMwIDQ2NSI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="465" data-src="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Greenfinch-630x465.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-169033" data-srcset="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Greenfinch-630x465.jpg 630w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Greenfinch-300x222.jpg 300w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Greenfinch-768x567.jpg 768w, https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Greenfinch.jpg 1181w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Greenfinch</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p><br></p></div><div class="post-page-links"></div><div class="singleBorder"></div></div></div><div class = "author-info-wrap"><div class="blogAuthor"> <a href="https://www.10000birds.com/author/clive"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMTAwIDEwMCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" alt='' data-src='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/1d98857c4ca4a1a5563de12b5bf835cf.jpg?ver=1732489584' data-srcset='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/e551df9ac7f5090d1ba11a810914e655.jpg?ver=1732489584 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></a></div><div class="authorBlogName"> Written by Clive Finlayson</div><div class = "bibliographical-info">Growing up in Gibraltar, it is impossible not to notice large birds of prey, in the thousands, overhead. That, and his father’s influence, got Clive hooked on birds from a very young age. His passion for birds took him eventually to the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology at Oxford University where he read for a DPhil, working with swifts and pallid swifts. Publishing papers, articles and books on birds aside, Clive is also a keen bird photographer. He started as a poor student with an old Zenit camera and a 400 mm lens; nowadays he works with a Nikon mirrorless system. Although his back garden is Gibraltar and the Strait of Gibraltar, Clive has an intimate knowledge of Iberian birds but his work also takes him much further afield, from Canada to Japan to Australia. He is Director of the Gibraltar National Museum. Clive's beat is "Avian Survivors", the title of one of his books in which he describes the birds of the Palaearctic as survivors that pulled through a number of ice ages to reach us today.</div></div></div></div><ol class="commentlist"><div class="titleborderOut"><div class="titleborder"></div></div><div class="post-comments-title"><h4 class="post-comments" id="comments">4 Comments</h4></div><li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-6822724"><div class = "specificComment" id="comment-6822724"><div class="blogAuthor"> <a href="https://www.10000birds.com/author/clive"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMTAwIDEwMCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" alt='' data-src='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/0771fc3a8766624658c2fcbeeb21cc40.jpg?ver=1732488381' data-srcset='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/7597c62d7255aec9bed9f87c0e9bf52e.jpg?ver=1732488852 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></a></div><div class = "right-part"><div class ="comment-meta"> <span class="authorBlogName"> David Tomlinson </span> <span class = "commentsDate"> October 6, 2024 at 11:59 am </span></div><div class="commenttext"><p>Beautiful pictures, as usual. It’s especially interesting to look at the two redpolls, as they have recently been lumped together as one species. I have seen the two together on their breeding grounds in Arctic Norway – the two types were certainly breeding together, and I suspect that some brown (common) redpolls were paired with white (Arctic) redpolls, but I wasn’t able to watch them long enough to find out whether this was the case. Both types are very pretty birds, as Clive’s photographs show.</p></div></div></div></li><li class="comment byuser comment-author-clive bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-6822778"><div class = "specificComment" id="comment-6822778"><div class="blogAuthor"> <a href="https://www.10000birds.com/author/clive"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMTAwIDEwMCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" alt='' data-src='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/1d98857c4ca4a1a5563de12b5bf835cf.jpg?ver=1732489584' data-srcset='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/e551df9ac7f5090d1ba11a810914e655.jpg?ver=1732489584 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></a></div><div class = "right-part"><div class ="comment-meta"> <span class="authorBlogName"> Clive Finlayson </span> <span class = "commentsDate"> October 6, 2024 at 3:47 pm </span></div><div class="commenttext"><p>Thanks David. I know they’ve been lumped back together although not everyone seems to be acknowledging this. They are pretty distinctive. I’m relaxed about their specific status – they know who they are!</p></div></div></div></li><li class="comment byuser comment-author-faraaz even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-6823395"><div class = "specificComment" id="comment-6823395"><div class="blogAuthor"> <a href="https://www.10000birds.com/author/clive"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMTAwIDEwMCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" alt='' data-src='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/a0c09c1cefc1f170021eb2c06ef30b24.jpg?ver=1732488562' data-srcset='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/b0d58bfa6b064f346a62ff73abc3a51f.jpg?ver=1732488631 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></a></div><div class = "right-part"><div class ="comment-meta"> <span class="authorBlogName"> <a href="http://faraazabdool.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Faraaz Abdool</a> </span> <span class = "commentsDate"> October 9, 2024 at 1:28 pm </span></div><div class="commenttext"><p>Beautiful photos, within which there is much encouragement to get this tropical body into the frigid north!</p></div></div></div></li><li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-6830933"><div class = "specificComment" id="comment-6830933"><div class="blogAuthor"> <a href="https://www.10000birds.com/author/clive"><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMTAwIDEwMCI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=" alt='' data-src='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/cb9e1b0ef6a56bf84d84de235d6bbb21.jpg?ver=1732499008' data-srcset='https://www.10000birds.com/wp-content/litespeed/avatar/05b6c25448a5e7e367626b7aa042f0d7.jpg?ver=1732499008 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></a></div><div class = "right-part"><div class ="comment-meta"> <span class="authorBlogName"> Michael Breuninger </span> <span class = "commentsDate"> November 2, 2024 at 2:19 am </span></div><div class="commenttext"><p>These birds are jumping out of the screen putting their flame on! How beautiful and inspiring. I have the nostalgia of walking in the snow to observe nature. I look forward to the next article to explore the winter in these forests!</p></div></div></div></li></ol><div class="commentnav"><div class="alignleft"></div><div class="alignright"></div></div><div id="commentform"><div class="titleborderOut"><div class="titleborder"></div></div><div class="post-comments-title"><h4 class="post-comments">Leave a Comment</h4></div><div id="respond" class="comment-respond"><h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title"></h3><form action="https://www.10000birds.com/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form"><div><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" tabindex="4" aria-required="true"></textarea></div><div class="commentfield"><label for="author">Name <small>(required)</small></label><br><input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" tabindex="1" /></div><div class="commentfield"><label for="email">Mail <small>(required)</small></label> <br><input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="" 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