Today I showed Jen and Lyn from Perth, Australia around
Østensjøvannet which has to be the best locality in Oslo for seeing a good selection of typical scandinavian birds. We had a good selection of commoner Norwegian birds with many
families of fledged young especially Coots, White Wagtails, Blue and Great
Tits.
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| Coot family |
A total of 7 singing Marsh Warblers around the lake outnumbered the 3
Reed Warblers I heard and is easily the largest number I have had at a single
site.
Three pairs of Mute Swans had young (I am sure that in previous years there has just been a single pair here) and one of the males was very aggressive towards the other swans especially a pair with only a single small youngster (I wonder if the other youngsters had been killed by the aggressive male?).
Three pairs of Mute Swans had young (I am sure that in previous years there has just been a single pair here) and one of the males was very aggressive towards the other swans especially a pair with only a single small youngster (I wonder if the other youngsters had been killed by the aggressive male?).
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| Mute Swan - one of three pairs with young |
Great Crested Grebes and Moorhens also showed wel and I took some nice pictures of this Great Crested Grebe
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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