However, be prepaired for whatever kind of weather might come up!
You might be in for a surprise.


After a quiet night this is what met us the next morning!

 
Anyway, we really did enjoy our stay in the cottage, which we rented through
the Tourist Office at Skara, at a cost of Euro 70,- for a night.
Way down the hill from the cottage, we had to drive carefully, but when we finally
reached the lowland along the Lake Hornborga, everything was fine again:


Thousands of birds, small and big, grey and colored, you name it....

  
A gueese posing for a picture to be taken, and another duck that didn't like it....


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Even if this also is a bit unsharp, I finally managed to get it when his head was
above the water.... His name is Anas crecca, and is the smallest duck visiting.


Another 1.000 cranes arrived to day, and made a total of 10.500 this day.


What makes this place in Sweden so attractive? During the past 200 years,
cranes have stopped by here because of the food they find. First it was leftover
potatoes in the fields, then since mid 80's theyt feed them corn. They eat from one
to three tons a day, and between 75 and 200 tons during the spring.

What is most exciting when you come here, is to see the cranes dancing. However, they don't dance all the time, and when we visited, they were mostly interested in having more food.

Seeing the cranes coming in for landing, is what we find most interesting. They look so helpless when they seem to 'fall down', but then again, so gracious when they come down on ground.

and so it's good bye for now. Till we meet again in September?

....and I am sure you also are most welcome to enjoy this fantastic event next year!

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