Lasse wanted to give a sense of scale in his photograph of the Siberian jay, tiny among the old-growth spruce-dominated forest. He used pieces of cheese to get the jays accustomed to his remotely controlled camera and to encourage them along a particular flight path.
Siberian jays use old trees as larders. Their sticky saliva helps them glue food such as seeds, berries, small rodents and insects high up in the holes and crevices of the bark and among hanging lichens.
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Lasse has been interested in nature and animals for most of his life. He has won several awards including in Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the Memorial María Luisa and GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He has donated thousands of photographs to non-profit organisations and has received an environmental achievement award from his hometown, Kauniainen, in Finland.
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