When the snow started to melt and the sea started opening up, we became bird watchers. It was fairly common for us to daily identify a new bird or two. We were fortunate enough to be in walking distance to a protected bird area. We didn’t have a bird book so we relied on the Merlin Bird app. We would take a photo, put it in the app and up would come some options. The following photos are grouped mainly by size starting with the smaller birds and ending with the larger ones.

Eurasian Red Squirrel that was feasting on seeds under the bird feeder

Fieldfare. The fieldfare and Redwing started migrating thru Kemi in large flocks.

Smew Duck. only saw this duck once and very briefly

We got to watch this pair of Whooper Swans on a daily basis. We saw them land when there was barely any open water. They staked out their territory and chased off any other swans.

It was rare to see them out of the water.

We were hoping to see their young but alas we had to leave Finland before that happened.

Always took opportunities to check out birds and our overnight stay in Amsterdam didn’t disappoint .

We never stop enjoying watching and learning about the lives of birds!