There was no special bird activity today although there seem
to be a few more Wood Pigeons around. I tried twice for some interesting gulls
at the dump. When I first arrived all the gulls were flying high up having most
likely just been spooked by a raptor and they did not return during the course
of a half hour that I waited. I decamped to Østensjøvannet where I thought some
of them may have gone but there were no gulls there either. When I returned to
dump later though all the gulls had retuned (3-400) and were feeding within the
buildings much more actively than I have previously noted. I had about half an
hour to grill them before once again something spooked them and they all flew
up high and just circled. I did not manage to find a Caspo or a white-winged
gull but amongst the Herring Gulls there were as usual a few strange birds.
The Great Grey Shrike was again showing well in Maridalen
but did not catch anything whilst I was watching which was my hope. When I saw
the bird on 15th and when Rune C saw it yesterday it had a
notciceable black line headin back from the bill on its left hand side. This was
not visible on the 9th and today there was only a faint sign of it.
What caused this black line? Is is possible there are two different birds?
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| slightly better picture of Bullfinch (dompap) today |
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| loads of Common Crossbill (grankorsnebb) but no youngsters yet |
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| the Great Grey Shrike (varsler) hunting low down by a house |
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| and high up over a field |
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| and low down again |
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| the sometimes present black line on the shrikes face |
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| Leif the partially leucistic Herring Gull who received his ring on 7 Jan. This is the first report of him since then showing that even a very noticeable bird can avoid detection for long periods |
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| a pale Herring Gull that may indicate influence of Glaucous Gull or maybe not.... |
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| X4DT ringed on 30 Nov 2013 at Rainham in London |
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| a footless Herring Gull that seemed to be in otherwise fine fickle |
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| Red Squirrel |
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