This weekend was spent with non birding friends at a cabin in the mountains. Saturday was spent watching them play 18 holes of golf which for me, a non golfer, became a 10km, 6 hour birding walk. I recorded 64 species which for an inland location in the first half of May was far more than I expected. The list can be seen here but a very distant Hen Harrier and three much closer Ospreys were probably the highlights. They were also the only raptors I saw and this must mean there are no rodents in the area which does not bode well for future trips to Valdresflye.
Valdres Golf is by a lake which makes for some exciting
holes and also allows one to watch Black-throated Divers as can be seen in this
video.
Getting home mid afternoon allowed me a chance to combine
giving Jr Jr driving practice and a mini twitch for a Dotterel which eventually
showed very well although took a long time to find as it had left the company
of the Golden Plover flock it had originally been with and was alone on a large
undulating field.
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| a pristine female Dotterel (boltit) |
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