If yesterday felt quiet in Maridalen then today was silent.
It was a lovely day to be out with sun and little wind although after an overnight
frost it never got that warm (8C). During the course of yesterday afternoon the
ice broke up and melted and today I was greeted by an ice free but also pretty
much bird free lake. It wasn’t just the lake that was bird free, the fields
were too and there was no viz mig that I noticed. It is on days like this that
I go on the less trodden paths and search out some of the Dales harder to find
birds plus take photos of the more photogenic ones.
So today saw me taking photos of Black-throated Divers and
Long-tailed Tits and then seeking out woodpeckers with both Lesser Spotted and
Three-toed found.
Oslo #133 was also noted with my prediction for once being
correct and a singing Blackcap heard from the front doorstep as I got home from
walking the Beast.
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when I saw that the Black-throated Divers (storlom) were swimming my way I found a good, concealed spot and waited for them to come closer |
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which they thankfully did |
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male Three-toed Woodpecker |
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