This weekend has been windy, wet and cold and this morning I felt in need of some birding therapy so what better than to combine a twitch with giving Jr some driving practice? A Cattle Egret has been seen about an hour from Oslo recently and when news came through of it being found again today then I thought what the heck. I have had a chance to see the species in Norway before and closer to home but was never tempted to but today I was feeling twitchy.
Jr drove the 50 minutes to the reported location very
smoothly but I could not find the bird when we arrived. We drove around the
area a bit and then returned to the original spot where the farmer was now
ploughing the field and there was a small white bird following the tractor and
scoffing worms! Exactly how twitching should be – a slight bit of drama to
raise the stakes but then the bird seen well.
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| Cattle Egret (kuhegre) |
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| the wet soil stuck to the birds feet |
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