Fw: Osprey Nest Cam from Finland - if anyone is interested.

[martin butterfield <>]

Thanks Denis.

I just checked the site - excellent - and it was daylight, with the time at 23:19 (cf 6:19 here)!  

Martin

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Denis Wilson <> wrote:

This was sent to me by a locally resident Finnish lady.

COG members might be interested to check it out.

 

Hi Denis,
It occurs to me that you might like this: http://kotinetti.suomi.net/saaksi/index.php
Half the Finland checks this website hourly... three eggs so far. Pandion haliaetus (Osprey?).
Anni

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Following further emails, I discovered more about the place, and the environment there.

 

"Looks like a swamp, the 'trees' look like pines and spruce trees (the building material of the nest), maybe some birches. This is on an island of Hailuoto in the Bothnian Gulf: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=hailuoto

• Luoto means 'rock' - and hai means 'shark' in today's Finnish which is a bit confusing, but I think in old Nordic languages it has probably referred to some water creature in general.

Anyway, a windy and bare Northern location plus swampy so the trees don't really grow tall. The bird seems pleased with the view..."