FINLAND!
May 28 - June 3, 2017

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Highlights as voted by participants:

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• Two Capercaillies!
  --One chasing the bus
  --One chasing Pirita!
• Ural Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Eurasian Pygmy Owl
• Eurasian Dotterel
• Hazel Grouse
• ALL the grouse!
• Smew
• Black Woodpecker
• Fieldfare, so many!
• Eurasian Dipper
• Red-necked Phalaropes
• Siberian Jay

• 300+ Little Gulls in one place
• Bean Geese, both subspecies
• Getting great views of tricky birds!
• The day at Iivaara with Siberian Tits & Jays
• Experiencing the boreal forest, birch forests, landscapes & habitats.
• Seeing bird behavior, etc.
• Traveling with a great group of people
• Eating traditional food
  
  
• Pirita! Our superhero, action figure guide!