I was planning a long walk for today, but the plan changed somewhat. I walked for 4 1/2 hours, which was less than planned, but during that time I managed to explore Kytäjä-Usmi forests and swamps rather thoroughly. In all I walked over 20 kilometers, visiting the following lakes: Pikku-Piilo, Piilolampi, Kaksoslammit, Iso-Kypärä, Kiiskilampi, Mäkiperänlampi and Pitkännokanlampi.
My feet are a bit sore because of the long walk, but otherwise it feels good. However, I got some mosquito bites, even though the wind (10 m/s) and coldness (+10 °C) eliminated the worst attacks, and the bites are itching.
I didn't see any Gavia stellata. It so happened that even though I had binoculars with me in the backpack, I didn't remember that I had them. Instead of birds I enjoyed the landscape at large, and took a lot of photographs. It was quiet, no road noise and very few aircraft flying over. And I didn't meet anyone else walking in the forests, even though there were four cars at the parking place when I returned.
These photographs were taken in Meiko on May 31st.
(Posting title is from the poem For the Man with the Erection Lasting More than Four Hours by John Hodgen.)
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