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Boreal

Fireflies along the shore of a moonlit lake, deep in the spruce.

Ivan Pražák

he/himBrno

Birds on my morning walk

I’ve walked the same farm track most mornings for four years with my dad’s old binoculars, writing down every bird I see.

The patch
It’s a farm track outside Brno, along a hedge and a ditch at the edge of a ploughed field. There’s a lot more living in that hedge than you’d think from the road.
From the notebook
My notes from each walk, with the weather
The hedgeMy drawing of it in January, when the leaves are off and you can see inside.
The redstartIt comes back to this post every March.
An email when the redstart is back
It’s one email a year, the morning I spot it on its post.
Your email address
Only Ivan Pražák gets your email address, and you can ask to come off the list any time.
The ditchMost of my best sightings are around here.
Four years of sightingsEvery walk is a row in one big spreadsheet, and anyone can look.
The local bird groupThey know their birds, and they’re happy to have me along
Tell me what this isI post my blurry photos here and someone usually knows what it is.
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Someone’s still out paddling after dark, and fireflies blink along the shore.

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Corners: Rounded
Background: Dark

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Text on the background: 15.1:1
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Text on a card: 12.0:1
Button text on the accent: 9.0:1

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