Today was a beautiful day with no wind, blue skies and
temperatures around zero. A walk around Maridalen revealed a lot of activity
from Common Crossbills with many singing and a female also acting in a way that
suggested she had a nest close by. Great Spotted Woodpeckers were very obvious
and I heard a single Green Woodpecker but I heard no other pecker species which
I had hoped but it is still very early in the season (peak activity is not until
end March/beginning of April).
The Great Grey Shrike was the best bird and some
feathers/fur stuck to the end of its bill showed it had recently had breakfast.
At Fornebu I put out food for the Water Rail but only
managed to attract a Jay and Blue and Great Tits so there were no pictures to
improve on yesterday’s terrible attempt. Beardies were calling very close to
the path but once again I failed to see any. Wrens have been noticeable by
their absence during my last few visits and have probably been negatively
affected by the cold.
I found tracks in the snow in both Storøykilen
and Koksa which resembled Water Rail but looked too large and would appear to
be from Pheasant.
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| Looking up towards Mellomkollen from Maridalen |
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| the 2cy Great Grey Shrike forgot to clean his face after breakfast |
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| male Common Crossbill (grankorsnebb) |
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| this picture is from Storøykilen yesterday when the sea water was incredibly high and had completely flooded the reedbed on the seaward side |
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