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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Birding Trip to Iceland

7-1-10 Berry and I are going to bird the beautiful island country of Iceland. I can't wait to get out of the Memphis heat and wear a sweater again, in the middle of July.

Several birds which interest us in Iceland are the Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), the Red Knot (Calidris canutus) and the Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), although most of the birds we shall see in breeding plumage there will be new to us. Iceland is situated near the Arctic Circle, between Europe and America, so the list of birds to see there is heavy with seabirds, all rather exotic.

I shall post this now to the blog, to see if this blog-thing works.

- Robert