After my heard only, and a very early, Tree Pipit on Friday
it was satisfying to hear another one in Maridalen yesterday and then locate it
and also manage some more than adequate “record shots”. I did not find my
predicted Willow Warbler although Halvard did and that will grace the record
books as Maridalen’s earliest ever. I did add to my Oslo year list though with
Black Redstart being #138. This was a twitch involving a 20 minute drive from
Maridalen to the dump in Alna where Stig had reported a male. In my mind it was
going to be a glorious adult male so I was a tad disappointed to get there and see
it was a dowdy 1st summer male. Still, it was great to hear it
singing and it is a good species to get on the list so early.
My predictions for this week are to add Willow Warbler,
Wryneck and Red Kite (it never leaves my mind) to my Oslo 2024 list.
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| 1st summer Black Redstart (svartrødstjert) |
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| Tree Pipit (trepiplerke) |
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| I wonder if it has stood in snow before |
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