A grey day with temperatures over zero but no rain and no
fog. I headed for Lillomarka again hoping to reconnect with some of the exciting
species I had there last week. Today I added a new species to the list with a
Hazel Grouse. This bird was in an area I have walked past thinking was ideal
for the species and today I had it singing and saw it briefly in flight a few
times but it can’t be classified as a cooperative individual. I also had Pine
Grosbeak giving me sightings on all four of my visits. I had a single noisy
bird today (seems to be the case that lonely single birds make quite a bit of
noise but flocks remain mostly silent). I saw the bird once and heard it (or I
at least assume was the same bird) a couple more times over the course of half
an hour or so. I also had a noisy bird flying over me a kilometre away when I
was walking back to the car which could possibly have been the same individual.
No Three-toed Woodpecker today but a Black Woodpecker was feeding in the same
place and gave me unusually good views.
In Maridalen the Scaup and Great Grey Shrike showed as well
as a single newly arrived Whooper Swan on the lake. I didn’t find the Hawk Owl
in Sørkedalen but it was seen over the weekend.
The poor light again made taking photos challenging but videos were OK.
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| view from Lillomarka (where the grosbeaks are) towards NE Oslo |
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| Pine Grosbeak (konglebit) |
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| Black Woodpecker (svartspett). Note the two very broad shafts to the tail feathers which it actively uses to hold itself steady when banging away |
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| The Scaup (bergand) and Tufted Duck (toppand) still on Maridalsvannet |
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