Swedish animals were popular, so let's do some Swedish birds. No. Not that kind of bird.

This is a "blåmes" in Swedish when it's blue, or a talgoxe when it's black. The great Eurasian tit to you anglos.

When I was picking berries in the forest once, the Lappuggla (great grey owl) swooped right above my head only to catch a sork steps away from me. It was a completely silent flight, with a wingspan wider than I was tall, and freaked me out so much that I ran all the way home.

This is a "sork" by the way, rest in peace little guy.

"Kungsörn" is a huge bird of prey known as the golden eagle in English. It has bad luck around wind-power mills sadly, but will hunt fox and even young deer, don't mess with this guy.

This is a "dalripa", I always thought they looked like they wear makeup, and they fall under the category of tasty tasty animals. It's a bird in the grouse family. Yes, like that Scotch. Which goes well with smoked ripa, by the way.

Related are these feisty fellows (also tasty) known as Orrar. They fight at dawn! They are noisy! And Sweden are exporting a bunch to Belgium to save the species there. Someone just told me Scotland might need some help too.

We also have "havsörn" (direct trans: sea eagle) which is known as the white-tailed eagle in English. This bird of prey is massive and looks permanently pissed off.

Another "makeup bird" is the Ejder who looks like he's trying out for a Kiss cover band.

This is a skäggmes (beard tit, if we translate directly) and he's beautiful and he knows it!

This is a sidensvans (silk tail) or Bohemian waxwing as they are called in English. I've seen these a lot when I grew up too, and they're delightful.

My "mormor" (mother's mother) loved the Domherre known as the Eurasian bullfinch in English.