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11 maaliskuuta 2022

Friday Bliss #182 - Soft Spring Colours


I saw this beautiful bouquet at a garden center with white parrot tulips
and wonderful lilac hyacinths - I have never before seen this shade!
In Finland the spring keeps us waiting: we got a bit of new snow,
but over the weekend it will be sunny and up to +7 C. Hopefully the snow starts to melt.





The other day a young goshawk paid a visit. At first it sat on the trellis outside 
my livingroom window, then flew a bit farther away. Not a great photo, but for evidence.
Last April I got a better photo of a bigger goshawk.


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14 huhtikuuta 2021

A Rare Visitor


The other day I was sitting in our living room reading.
Suddenly I noticed this goshawk sitting on the bannister of the trellis.
It sat there for a long while turning its head. When I tried to move closer,
it flew away. The photos are not that excellent taken through the window,
but still the best taken by me of a goshawk!





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14 maaliskuuta 2019

Goshawk Visiting


Goshawks have been visiting my garden a few times before.
The last time a year ago. And there he/she is again sitting on my pergola!
The photos are not so good, it is a grey snowy day and are taken through glass
at a long distance. While I’m writing this, the hawk sits and observes the surroundings.

HERE my post from last year.




27 tammikuuta 2018

Observing the Nature



This post is a modified revisit to November 9th 2016.

From my kitchen window I can see a pergola where my husband feeds the birds.
A couple of days ago there he was,  sitting on the pergola - a northern goshawk!
This  time he had no catch and was a bit smaller than last time.


Last time (October 2016) I got really frightened for the goshawk bumped straight
to my kitchen window grabbed with  a wood pigeon - dead of course. 
Looking from the window I saw the hawk sitting a bit stunned because of the impact.
After a few minutes it flew away with its catch.


I live a half an hour from the centre of Helsinki, so this is no wilderness.
But beside my house there is a small woods, very dense with old spruces etc.
I think the hawk lives there and keeps an eye on the small birds.

My garden is absolutely lifeless, like after a nuclear catastrophe. 
All hundreds of sparrows, great tits and black birds are hiding. No bird at sight.
It feels quite awkward & odd. I wonder how many days it takes until they return?

I don't know if this is any Gartenglück, but I'll link
to Loretta's and Wolfgang's nice meme.


The photos are not mine, but my friend's - Thank you Harri!
Wishing you all a nice weekend.


09 marraskuuta 2016

Oh Gosh - Goshawk!


Kanahaukka on kookas ja pelottava ilmestys - roteva ja pitkäpyrstöinen petolintu. Aikuinen kanahaukka on selkäpuolelta tummanharmaa, valkealla vatsapuolella sillä on harmaita poikkiraitoja. Silmäkulmajuova on valkoinen ja selkeä.

The northern goshawk is a big, frightening raptor with short, broad wings and a long tail. It is blue-grey above and barred grey or white below. Adults always have a white eye stripe. 


Koiras on 46-57 cm pitkä ja sen siipien kärkiväli on 89-105 cm.  Keskipaino on noin 780 g, vaihteluväli 500-1200 g. Naaras on selvästi koirasta isompi ja rotevampi: 58-69 cm pitkä ja sen siipien kärkiväli on 108-127 cm. Keskipaino noin 1220 g, vaihteluväli 820-2200 g.

Vanhin suomalainen rengastettu kanahaukka on elänyt lähes 18 vuotta, Euroopan vanhin oli ruotsalainen melkein 19 vuotta elänyt kanahaukka.

Males are 46–57 cm long and have a 89–105 cm wingspan.  Males average around 780 g, with a range of 500 to 1200 g. The female is clearly bigger than the male: 58–69 cm long with a 108–127 cm wingspan. Females average around 1220 g, with a range of 820 to 2200 g.

The oldest goshawk in Finland lived nearly 18 years, the oldest goshawk in Europe was a Swedish one with nearly 19 years.


Kanahaukka vieraili meillä!
Asun puolen tunnin ajomatkan päässä Helsingin keskustasta, en siis missään korvessa. Puutarhassani käy paljon pikkulintuja ja sepelkyyhkyjä. Toissakesänä näin kanahaukan vaanimassa pari kertaa pergolan päällä ja tänä kesänä sepelkyyhkyt lentelivät paniikissa kanahaukan jahtaamina. Lokakuun loppupuolella kuulin aivan järkyttävän tömähdyksen keittiön ikkunasta. Linnut siihen törmäävät tuon tuostakin, mutta nyt oli kyseessä tosi iso lintu.

A Goshawk paid a visit!
I live a half an hour's ride from the center of Helsinki, so this is no wilderness! I have a lot of small birds and wood pigeons in my garden. Last year I saw a goshawk sitting on my pergola a couple of times... And this summer wood pigeons flew in panic chased by it. In late October I heard a very loud noise from the kitchen window. Birds fly often against it but this time it must have been some bigger bird.


Menin kurkkaamaan ja iso kanahaukka istui hiukan pää pyörällä maassa ikkunan alla ja kynsissään sillä oli sepelkyyhky saaliinaan. Kanahaukka siinä pyöritteli päätään 5-10 minuuttia, ilmeisesti toipuen tömähdyksestä. Toinnuttuaan se nappasi saaliinsa ja lennähti läheiseen metsään.

I went to look and found a handsome goshawk sitting under the window, a dead wood pigeon lying beside. The hawk shook its head for 5-10 minutes apparently to recover from the impact. Then it took its catch and flew to the near-by forest.

All photos - Harri Poutanen

Olin sen verran säikähdyksissä etten uskaltanut mennä kuvaamaan, harmin paikka! Mutta ilokseni Facebook-kaverini Harri antoi käyttää kuviaan tämän postauksen kuvituksena.

I was so frightened that I had not the courage to go out and photograph, what a pity! But my Facebook-friend Harri let me use his photos to illustrate this story.

Kiitos - Thank you Harri!

Natur-Donnerstag

Maybe this is not random enough but I think a story good enough to share :)
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