I finally located the Twite (bergirisk) at Fornebu today
although I managed no good pictures as I had hoped. They suddenly arrived in
flight whilst I was there, landed and ate for a couple of minutes and then were
gone again leaving me with a few distant flight shots and one shot of a perched
bird where it is looking away from me.
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Twite |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tFt6MPOuml0/UUm0WsdDLLI/AAAAAAAAFZ8/KQpuilTT5Uk/s400/twite+1.jpg) |
part of the flock - I counted 33 in total |
At Furst Brygge there are now 27 Oystercatcher (tjeld) and
on a small patch of snow free grass by offices on Fornebu 12 Greylag Geese
(grågås) were trying to find some sustenance.
Earlier I had visited Kadettangen in Sandvika again hoping
to have another encounter with the Smew but she was not there today. I had to
amuse myself with some pictures of feeding Mallards and Mute Swans.
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The Mallards were very hungry and old crusts were fought over |
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The Mute Swans were equally hungry but were a little more restained (classy). Note the orange bill of an adult bill and the paler, pinker bills of younger birds (3 cy) |
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close of the Pink-footed Goose (kortnebbgås) |
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