Bird photos that can be found in Photo Agency Cartina

African Darter,
African Fish Eagle,
African Harrier Hawk,
African Mourning Dove,
African White-Backed Vulture,
Amazon parrot,
Andean Condor,
Arctic Fulmar,
Arctic loon,
Arctic Skua,
Arctic Tern,
American White Pelican,
Australasian Gannet ,
Atlantic Puffin,
Bananaquit,
Bar-tailed godwit,
Bar-tailed Godwit,
Barbary Partridge,
Barn Owl,
Barn Swallow,
Barnacle Goose ,
Bean Goose,
Bearded Reedling,
Bearded tit,
Bearded vulture,
Beeater,
Black-bellied Bustard,
Black-browed albatross,
Black-capped Chickadee,
Black Grouse,
Black-headed Heron,
Black Redstart,
Black Grouse,
Black Guillemot,
Black-headed gull,
Black-Headed Oriole,
Black Kite,
black redstart,
Black swan,
Black-throated Diver,
Black Woodpecker,
Black-headed Gull,
Black-faced Grassquit,
Black Heron,
Black-tailed Godwit ,
Black-throated Diver,
Blackbird,
Black-winged Stilt,
Blackcap,
Blacksmith Lapwing,
Blacksmith Plover,
Blue-and-yellow macaw,
Blue-Crowned Parakeet,
Blue Jay,
Blue tit,
Bluethroat,
Bohemian waxwing,
Boreal owl,
Brambling,
Brent Goose,
Brown Pelican,
Bullfinch,
Burchells Starling,
Canada Goose ,
Cape Batis,
Cape Bulbul,
Cape Cormorant,
Cape Grassbird,
Cape gull,
Cape White-eye,
Capercaillie,
Caspian Tern,
Cattle Egret,
Capercaillie,
Chaffinch,
Chat Flycatcher,
Chestnut-sided Warbler,
Chiffchaff,
Coal tit,
Cocoi heron,
Collared Dove,
Common blackbird,
Common buzzard,
Common Crane,
Common Eider,
Common Goldeneye,
Common greenshank ,
Common Guillemot,
Common Gull,
Common Kingfisher,
Common Pheasant,
Common pochard,
Common quail,
Common Raven,
Common Redpoll,
Common redshank,
Common Redstart,
Common Ringed Plover,
Common Rosefinch,
Common Sandpiper ,
Common Shag,
Common Shelduck,
Common Snipe,
Common Starling,
Common Stilt,
Common Swift ,
Common teal,
Common Tern,
Common Treecreeper,
Coot,
Corn crake,
Corncrake,
Crane ,
Crested tit,
Crossbill,
Crow,
Curlew ,
Curlew sandpiper,
Dartford Warbler,
Dipper,
Downy Woodpecker,
Dunlin,
Dunnock ,
Eastern Wild Turkey,
Egyptian goose,
Egyptian vulture,
Eurasian Bullfinch,
Eurasian Collared-Dove,
Eurasian Coot,
Eurasian curlew,
Eurasian eagle owl,
Eurasian Golden Plover ,
Eurasian Hobby,
Eurasian Jay,
Eurasian Nuthatch,
Eurasian Oystercatcher,
Eurasian pygmy owl,
Eurasian Sky Lark,
Eurasian Sparrowhawk,
Eurasian Teal,
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker,
Eurasian Wryneck,
European Bee-eater,
European Goldfinch ,
European Greenfinch,
European Magpie,
European Nuthatch,
European Pied Flycatcher,
European Robin,
European roller,
European Shag,
European Siskin,
European Wigeon,
Familiar Chat,
Fieldfare,
Forest Buzzard,
Gadwall,
Garden Warbler,
Giant kingfisher,
Glaucous Gull ,
Glossy starling,
Goldcrest,
Golden eagle ,
Golden plover,
Goldeneye ,
Goldfinch,
Goliath Heron,
Goosander,
Grasshopper warbler,
Great Black-backed Gull,
Great Cormorant,
Great Crested Grebe,
Great Grey Owl ,
Great grey shrike,
Great Horned Owl,
Great Snipe,
Great spotted woodpecker,
Great tit,
Great white egret,
Great white pelican,
Greater Flamingo,
Green woodpecker,
Greenfinch,
Grey-Backed Fiscal,
Grey Crowned Crane,
Grey Partridge,
Grey Phalarope ,
Grey-headed Woodpecker ,
Grey Lourie,
Grey Wagtail,
Greylag Goose,
Griffon Vulture,
Hadada Ibis,
Harlequin Duck,
Hawfinch,
Hawk Owl,
Hawkowl,
Hazel Grouse ,
Hazelhen,
Helmeted guineafowl,
Herring Gull ,
Hoatzin,
Honey buzzard,
Hooded Crow,
Hoopoe ,
Horned grebe,
Horned Lark,
House Martin,
House sparrow,
Hummingbird,
Icterine Warbler ,
Intermediate Egret,
Jackass penguin,
Jackdaw,
Kelp Gull,
Kentish plover,
Kestrel,
King eider,
King Penguin,
Kingfisher,
Kittiwake,
Lammergeier,
Lapland Bunting,
Lapland owl,
Lappet-faced Vulture,
Lapwing,
Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Lesser Flamingo,
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
Lesser Whitethroat ,
Lilac-breasted Roller,
Linnet,
Little Auk,
Little Bee-Eater ,
Little Egret,
Little Gull,
Little Ringed Plover,
Little stint,
Little Tern,
Long-eared Owl,
Long-tailed Jaeger,
Long-tailed Tit ,
Magellanic Penguin,
Magnificent Frigatebird,
Magpie,
Mallard,
Mandarin Duck,
Mangrove Cuckoo,
Marabou Stork,
Marsh Harrier,
Marsh Warbler,
Masai Ostrich,
Meadow Pipit,
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird,
Mistle Thrush,
Moorhen,
Muscovy Duck,
Mute swan,
Nightjar,
Northern Gannet,
Northern Goshawkl,
Northern hawk owl,
Northern Lapwing,
Northern raven,
Northern Royal Albatross ,
Northern Shoveler,
Northern Wheatear,
Northern White-crowned Shrike,
Nutcracker,
Opisthocomus,
Orange-breasted Sunbird,
Oriental Turtle Dove,
Osprey,
Ostrich,
Oystercatcher,
Paradise Shelduck,
Parakeet,
Partridges,
Peacock,
Peregrine Falcon,
Peruvian Pelican,
Pied flycatcher,
Pied wagtail,
Pine Crossbeak,
Pine grosbeak,
Pine Siskin,
Pink-footed Goose,
Pintail,
Pochard,
Ptarmigan,
Pukeko ,
Purple Sandpiper,
Purple Swamphen,
Pygmy Owl,
Raven,
Razorbill,
Red and Yellow Barbet,
Red-backed Shrike,
Red-billed Gull,
Red-billed Teal,
Red-breasted Flycatcher,
Red-breasted Goose,
Red-breasted merganser,
Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Red Crossbill,
Red-footed Falcon,
Red-knobbed Coot,
Red necked phalarope,
Red-necked Grebe ,
Red-Backed Shrike,
Red-winged Starling,
Redpoll,
Redshank,
Red-breasted Merganser,
Red kite,
Red Phalarope,
Red-tailed Hawk,
Red-throated diver,
Redstart ,
Redwing,
Reed bunting,
Reed Long-tailed Cormorant,
Reed Warbler,
Ring-billed Gull,
Ring-necked Dove,
Ringed Plover,
Rock Bunting,
Rock Dove,
Rock Kestrel,
Rock Pigeon,
Rock Pipit,
Rock Ptarmigan,
Rock Sparrow,
Roller,
Rook,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
Rough-legged Buzzard,
Ruddy turnstone,
Ruff,
Ruffed Grouse,
Rustic Bunting,
Sacred ibis,
Sand Martin,
Sanderling,
Saw-whet Owl,
Scarlet macaw,
Sea-parrot,
Sedge Warbler,
Shoeveler,
Shoveler,
Shore Lark,
Short-eared Owl,
Siberian Jay,
Short-toed Treecreeper,
Siberian Tit,
Siskin,
Slavonian Grebe,
Smew,
Snow bunting,
Snowy Egret,
Snowy owl,
Song thrush,
Sooty Thrush,
South African Crowned Crane,
Southern Carmine Bee-eater,
Southern Ground-Hornbill ,
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill,
Spanish Sparrow,
Specled Pigeon,
Spoonbill,
Spotted Flycatcher ,
Spotted Morning Thrush,
Spotted redshank,
Spur-Winged Lapwing,
Stock Pigeon,
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo,
Svalbard ptarmigan,
Tawny Owl,
Thick-billed Murre,
Three-toed Woodpecker ,
Thrush Nightingale,
Toucan,
Tree Sparrow,
Tree creeper,
treecreeper,
Tufted Duck,
Turnstone,
Turtle dove,
Twite,
Two-barred Crossbill,
Ural owl,
Usambiro Barbet,
Volcano junco ,
Village Weaver,
Wagtail,
Water Rail,
Water Thick-knee,
Waxwing,
Western Black-chested Eagle-buzzard,
Western greylag goose,
Western honey buzzard,
Western Marsh Harrier,
Whimbrel ,
Whinchat,
White-Backed Vulture,
White-backed Woodpecker,
White-browed Coucal,
White-faced Whistling Duck,
White-fronted Goose ,
White-naped raven,
White Stork,
White-bellied Sunbird,
White-tailed Eagle,
White Wagtail,
Whitethroat,
Whooper swan,
Wigeon,
Willow grouse,
willow ptarmigan,
Willow tit,
Willow Warbler,
Winter Wren,
Whiskered tern,
Woodcock,
Wood Duck ,
Wood Pigeon,
Woodlark,
Wood sandpiper,
Wood Warbler,
Woodcock,
Woodland Kingfisher,
Wryneck,
Yellow Wagtail,
Yellow-billed Stork,
Yellow-crowned Night Heron,
Yellow-eyed Penguin ,
Yellow-legged Gull,
Yellowhammer

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Happy New Year from Nuuksio National Park, Finland

Nuuksio National Park, Espoo, Finland 1.1.2012

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Merry Christmas!

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Nature Photo 2011 of Finland and President Tarja Halonen

Kai Fagerström with "Kettu" (the fox) photo is the winner in the Nature Photo 2011 of Finland. President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, was also present in the nature photo event. Some similarity between Halonen and the winning -photo?

ps. click the photo to see it bigger

Pomeii - place of beauty

I had planned to go to Pompeii on this trip already two times before and so I decided to go in whatever weather.

I took the circumvesuvius train from Naples centrale and after 30 minutes arrived to Pompeii Scavi. The old Pompeii is very short walk from the train station.

After buying a drink bottle with horrid price got my 11 euro ticket to the site. After some thought, I went back and also bought the audioguide. I usually am not a great fan of them, but this time it was better option than just a map or a guide book.

Area is big and pretty complex. Audio guide gave nice historical details as well as information for most of the open excavations. There is nearly 100 different specific sites you can visit and I nearly did all of them that were open. Some which were in the map, where not open, but then others that were not in the map were. It was a bit confusing.

I walked around for nearly 6 hours. I did not do any of the suggested tours, but made one of my own and managed to escape the big tourist growds sometimes. Even in November there were quite a few tourists and big groups. I can just imagine how it is in spring or summertime. Ugh.

I was very impressed by the site. This is one of the top Roman or Greek ruins I have seen. And I have seen a few by now. In Pompeii you can go into houses, imagine how people lived there and see their taste in decoration and furnishing. I loved the deep red painted walls and beautiful decorations. I wish I had the patience to paint my house walls similar style. I am very inspired by the colors and I am ready to go and buy the paint when I arrive home. :)

Lot of the statues and mosaics have been taken to museum in Naples, but still there is plenty to see here too. You can see the storage full of artefacts found on the site. Some of these were people living in Pompeii when the Vesuvius erupted. The city was just recovering from the earthquake and then the volcano erupted. People did not evacuate the city, but stayed and hid in their houses, which they had just been renovating.

You can see the volcano looming over the ruins. It is active volcano and can errupt any day.

2 days in Nuuksio National Park

We made a family tour to Ruuhilampi rental cottage in Nuuksio National Park. Some snapshots from the trip. Villi Pohjola rents the hut for 60 euro/day. No electricity, and have to walk 3 km from closest parking area. And You are surrounded by quintillions of mosquitos. So it´s almost like living in wilderness. It´s the largest National Park close to Helsinki - only 1 hour drive from down town.

But if You want to enjoy of the nature without the mosguitos eating You, se this photos.













Some other shots from the trip and place: Nuuksio National Park.