Adders and Chanterelles
This Swift did hit window and it was lying against the glass. Wings were okay and there was no other visible damage. Bird was placed on brick wall. It started immediately climb higher. When it thought that it was high enough, it dropped down and flew nicely away.
We have had very rainy summer and thus mushrooms are growing well. In our forest in Punkaharju it was sometimes difficult to decide where to step. There were so many chanterelles!
Breeding platforms that were build with Parikkala Rautjärvi birding club were success already this summer. Now Tern and Black-headed gull youngsters are flying already, but still there is birds that use these platforms. Today there were several common tern fledglings and common sandpipers. Plants we planted have grown nicely and it is difficult to see that platforms are man made.
Large female Adders live under rowing boat of Siikalahti reserve. Other of them did not want to move from our way, when we were trying to move the boat. After our 3 hours rowing trip it was still waiting inside small pile of grass. It returned under the boat immediately.
H.A.