Light Scrape: This joy, it swallows itself far too soon!
This joy, it swallows itself far too soon!
The photographs were taken yesterday morning in the north parts of Nuuksio, within a swamp that is circled by hills from all sides. It is the time of courtship display for capercaillies. Never before has it happened that one of the birds comes to present himself to me, and was not afraid at all.
The bird followed me a couple of hundred meters across the swamp, and I took a lot of photographs, but had to leave because my fingers and toes were getting cold as the temperature was at -22 °C.
Nice photos and videos. I wonder what was going through this bird's mind.
It is the time of the year when capercaillies get a bit crazy, trying to find a mate and keep other birds away from their swamp. But it is relatively rare that a bird gets this friendly with a human being.
Matters in the end. Or so I thought.
Look around to see is anyone watching?