No rain today but still pretty gloomy. I gave Østensjøvannet
a go and was able to note that numbers of birds are only falling slowly so
there is clearly enough food still available despite the onward march of
winter. There was nothing of any particular interest to see although I thought
I had a Scaup (bergand) which would be a good Oslo bird. It did not feel 100%
right though and zooming in on the pictures I took shows that the black nail on
the bill looks to be too large for Scaup (or is it?- some people think its OK for Scaup) but matches Tufted Duck (toppand). I am
struggling though to see this bird as a pure Tufted Duck though and reckon it may be a hybrid between Scaup and Tufted Duck although it is rather
difficult to ever prove such a hypothesis.
some of the other waterfowl today |
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