Matkan vuoksi käyn katajan luona sunnuntain sijasta maanantaina 30.5. klo 15.00. Tervetuloa teelle lintupiiloon silloin. Kataja on toki tavoitettavissa sunnuntainakin.
Due to a journey I will visit the juniper not on Sunday but on Monday 30th of Mai at 3 pm. Welcome to have a cup of tea at the bird shed then. The Juniper will of course be available on Sunday as well.
Jäniksen vuonna, sunnuntaisin kello 15, alkaen 6. helmikuuta, vietän hetken katajan kanssa, joka sijaitsee Harakan saarella, lähellä ns. lintupiiloa ja kuvaan tuon hetken videolle. Tervetuloa ihmettelemään maiseman muutoksia! / During the year of the rabbit on Sundays at 3 PM, starting on the 6th of February, I will spend a moment with a juniper on the island of Harakka, next to the shed used for bird watching and video film that moment. Welcome to wonder at the changes in the landscape!
22.5.2011
Hanhet aidan takana - Geese fenced off
Aurinkoinen sää, länsituulta sopivasti, ja väkeäkin liikkeellä. Polun viereen pesimään asettautuneiden hanhien suojaksi on rakennettu varsinaiset verkkoaidat - ensisilmäyksellä näky on kuin eläintarhasta. Tosiasiassa aidat taitavat suojata ihmislapsia jotka yrittävät päästä ohitse. Muutamat viimevuotisista, kieltämättä tyylikkäämmistä, risuaidoista ovat myös käytössä. Osa hanhista on heikkohermoisia je heti hyökkäämässä, toiset tarkistavat rauhallisesti että ohikulkija on todellakin vain ohikulkija. Kävin katajan luona tällä kertaa hiukan ennen kolmea ja vasta palatessa tapasin vanhan tutun, Raita Virkkusen, jota pyysin kuvaamaan jotakin ympäristöstä. Ja hän valitsi ikuistettavaksi - hanhen tietysti.
Sunny weather, reasonable western wind and some people on the island. The geese that have built their nests next to the path are now protected by a wire netting - at first glance it looks like a zoo. Actually the fences probably protect children trying to pass by. Several of last year's admittedly more elegant brushwood fences are in use as well. Some of the geese are nervous and always attacking, while others check calmly whether the passer-by really is only passing by. I visited the juniper a bit earlier than 3 pm this time and met an old acquaintance, Raita Virkkunen, only on return, and asked her to photograph something in the environment. And she chose to immortalize - a goose, of course.
Sunny weather, reasonable western wind and some people on the island. The geese that have built their nests next to the path are now protected by a wire netting - at first glance it looks like a zoo. Actually the fences probably protect children trying to pass by. Several of last year's admittedly more elegant brushwood fences are in use as well. Some of the geese are nervous and always attacking, while others check calmly whether the passer-by really is only passing by. I visited the juniper a bit earlier than 3 pm this time and met an old acquaintance, Raita Virkkunen, only on return, and asked her to photograph something in the environment. And she chose to immortalize - a goose, of course.
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| Kuva / photo Raita Virkkunen |
15.5.2011
Ympäristötaidetta ja reviiritaisteluja - Environmental Art and Territorial Fights
Tänä sunnuntaina saari on autio. Ihme ettei edes ympäristötaiteen opiskelijoiden näyttely Tarinoita Itämerestä houkuttele enempää väkeä. Töitä löytyy lennättimestä, kasematti 4:sta ja julisteina eri puolilta saarta. storiesfromthebalticsea.org/ Näyttelytiloissa ja sisällä taidetalossa on hiljaista, vaikka ulkona kallioilla käy vilske. Linnut taistelevat elintilasta ja ilmoittelevat itsestään. Hanhet asettuvat puolustustasemiin kun lähestyn, mutta jos osoitan että yritän kiertää polun vieressä olevan pesän mahdollisimman kaukaa, ne eivät hyökkää. Osa lokeista on kovahermoisia. Pesä on polun reunassa, eivtkä ne ole moksiskaan vaikka kuljen ohi niiden vieritse. Toiset taas pyrähtävät ilmaan jo monen metrin päästä. Kamera-jalustaa asetellessani eräs lokki hermostui huivistani ja ryhtyi pommittamaan vaikkei pesä ollut kovinkaan lähellä. Onneksi huivi on helppo puhdistaa.
This Sunday the island is deserted. Surprisingly not even the exhibition Stories from the Baltic Sea by students of environmental art has tempted more people to come an visit the island. Works can be found in the telegraph, in ammunition cellar no 4 and as posters all over the island. storiesfromthebalticsea.org/ Silence reins in the exhibitions spaces and inside the art house, though on the cliffs there is hustle and bustle. Birds fight for their territories and announce their existence to each other. The geese take defence positions when I approach, but if I show that I try to keep my distance while passing by they do not attack. Some of the seagulls have strong nerves. They sit in their nests by the path without moving when I walk by. Others react several meters before I am near and fly up in the air. One seagull became nervous of my scarf while I was placing my camera tripod and started "bombing" although the nest was not close. Luckily the scarf is easy to clean.
This Sunday the island is deserted. Surprisingly not even the exhibition Stories from the Baltic Sea by students of environmental art has tempted more people to come an visit the island. Works can be found in the telegraph, in ammunition cellar no 4 and as posters all over the island. storiesfromthebalticsea.org/ Silence reins in the exhibitions spaces and inside the art house, though on the cliffs there is hustle and bustle. Birds fight for their territories and announce their existence to each other. The geese take defence positions when I approach, but if I show that I try to keep my distance while passing by they do not attack. Some of the seagulls have strong nerves. They sit in their nests by the path without moving when I walk by. Others react several meters before I am near and fly up in the air. One seagull became nervous of my scarf while I was placing my camera tripod and started "bombing" although the nest was not close. Luckily the scarf is easy to clean.
8.5.2011
Lokit ja hanhet hautomassa - Seagulls and Geese Hatching
Äitienpäivän kunniaksi monet lokit ja hanhet istuvat jo hautomassa. Katajan juurella ei onneksi ole pesää. Yksi hanhipariskunta oli asettautunut lähelle, mutta onneksi viereisen koivun toiselle puolelle. Herätin heissä epäluuloa, mutten varsinaisia puolustusreaktioita. Katajan luona seisoessa oli hauska havaita, että ajoittain puhkeavat mekkalat eivät johtuneet minusta vaan lokkien keskinäisestä reviirinahistelusta. Kataja tuntuu jo suurelta ja turvalliselta, sen viereen voi suojautua. Ja jos oikein tukalaksi käy, pääsee aina lintupiiloon.
To honour Mother's Day many seagulls and geese are already sitting and hatching. Luckily there is no nest under the juniper. One geese couple has settled rather close, though fortunately on the other side of the nearby birch. I provoked their suspicion but no serious defense reactions. While standing by the juniper it was nice to notice how occasional uproars among the seagulls were not caused by me, but rather by territorial scraps between them.The juniper seems already big and secure, something to seek shelter by. And in case of emergency there is always the shelter for bird watching.
To honour Mother's Day many seagulls and geese are already sitting and hatching. Luckily there is no nest under the juniper. One geese couple has settled rather close, though fortunately on the other side of the nearby birch. I provoked their suspicion but no serious defense reactions. While standing by the juniper it was nice to notice how occasional uproars among the seagulls were not caused by me, but rather by territorial scraps between them.The juniper seems already big and secure, something to seek shelter by. And in case of emergency there is always the shelter for bird watching.
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| kuva / photo Suvi Jaakkola |
1.5.2011
Vappuhulinan vieressä - Next to the May Day Hullabaloo
Kaivopuiston kallioille levittäytyneiden vappujuhlijoiden musiikki kaikuu saaressa kylmän koillistuulen kantamana. Olin unohtanut päivittää esitystiedot presentaation kalenteriin, enkä ollut kutsunut ketään kolleega todistajaksi, joten arvasin että saisin viettää hetkeni katajan kanssa kaksistaan. Keitin kuitenkin jasmiiniteetä termokseen, enemmän periaatteen vuoksi kuin lämmikkeeksi mahdollisille vieraille. Tuulen myötä on yllättävän kylmä. Linnut olivat poikkeuksellisen rauhallisia. Vielä ei katajan lähistöllä ole mitään selkeitä pesän pohjia.
The music of the May Day parties on the cliffs of Kaivopuisto Park reverberates through the island carried by the cold wind from Northeast. I had forgotten to update performance information on the presentaatio website and I had not invited any colleague to witness, so I guessed I would have my moment with the juniper alone. I did make some jasmin tea in a termos, more for the sake of principle than to warm possible visitors. It is surprisingly cold due to the wind. The birds were unusually calm. So far there are no marks of future nests next to the juniper.
The music of the May Day parties on the cliffs of Kaivopuisto Park reverberates through the island carried by the cold wind from Northeast. I had forgotten to update performance information on the presentaatio website and I had not invited any colleague to witness, so I guessed I would have my moment with the juniper alone. I did make some jasmin tea in a termos, more for the sake of principle than to warm possible visitors. It is surprisingly cold due to the wind. The birds were unusually calm. So far there are no marks of future nests next to the juniper.
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