{"id":40147,"date":"2016-05-16T12:41:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T10:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/?page_id=40147"},"modified":"2016-05-16T17:35:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:35:50","slug":"march-to-may","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/birding\/the-rarities\/march-to-may\/","title":{"rendered":"March to May"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It just gets better and better!
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During the time when the birds leave their wintering areas in the south and flies northward to nest, then Oland is visited regularly by a variety of rare birds that have their actual habitat further south or east in Europe.<\/p>\n

The phenomenon is called extended migration and benefit from weather situations where warm southeast winds are crossing the Baltic Sea. Also birds that already in the autumn flew astray, can now in the spring appear again on the island.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Few stray flown birds has yet arrived in March, but halfway into April its starts to happen.<\/p>\n

Among migrating ducks may rarities from the other side of the Atlantic, like Black Scoter and Surf Scoter comply, and among migrating Dabbling Ducks is Green-winged Teal sometimes found.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"Dammsn\u00e4ppa,<\/a>Marsh Sandpiper, \u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"Sydn\u00e4ktergal,<\/a>Nightingale, \u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]From the south can tired rarities, like the Alpine Accentor show up after hot air penetration.<\/p>\n

Still, it’s May which is rarity month above all others. Since long ago it was thought that the end of May would be the very best, but an analysis of the entire material does not support this.<\/p>\n

Basically it is seen as many rarities early as in the end of the month, instead it is the selection of species that differ, with a predominance of southern species at the beginning and the southeastern at the end of the month.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]To list all of the rarities that are possible to see during this month would take several pages, so to highlight some regularly occurring rarities to keep your eyes open for during the month of May, would be: Little Crake, Marsh Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Gull-billed Tern, White-winged Tern, Greater Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Common Nightingale, Savi’s Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Woodchat Shrike, Rosy Starling and Black-headed Bunting.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"Vitvingad<\/a>White-winged Tern, \u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Some rarities that have only been seen in the spring on \u00d6land.<\/h3>\n

Collared Pratincole, Caspian Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Wilson’s Phalarope, Franklin’s Gull, Ivory Gull, European Scops Owl, Eurasian Eagle-owl, Alpine Swift, Eyebrowed Thrush, Cetti’s Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Green Warbler, Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Cirl Bunting, Rock Bunting and Cretzschmar’s Bunting.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"H\u00e4cksparv,<\/a>Cirl Bunting, \u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"Kaspisk<\/a>Caspian Plover, \u00a9 Markus Tallroth[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"Alpseglare,<\/a>Alpine Swift, \u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"Ism\u00e5s,<\/a>Ivory Gull, \u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text]\"\u00d6lands-f\u00e5glar-\u00d6OF[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]Source<\/strong>: \u00d6lands F\u00e5glar \u00a9 \u00d6lands Ornitologiska F\u00f6rening \u00d6OF<\/a> \u00a0(authors this chapter: Anders Waldenstr\u00f6m)<\/p>\n

Translation<\/strong>: Visitoland.com<\/p>\n

Pictures<\/strong>: see each picture<\/p>\n

The book<\/strong>: \u00d6lands F\u00e5glar, 496 pages (only in Swedish), can be ordered at Naturbokhandeln<\/a>
\nISBN<\/strong>: 9789188124555[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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