Sunny conditions with too much wind made the art of birding
trapping difficult and only five birds were caught but Jr Jr was able to hold
and release two of them which she was very happy about. The birds caught were
Blue Tit, Dunnock, Robin, Siskin and Redpoll. The Redpoll was an interesting
bird. Its colour tones (see photos) said to me that the bird was a Lesser
Redpoll but according to the ringer the wing length was too long and it was a
Common Redpoll. I don’t know what the wing length was but for me the bird looks
like a pretty straight forward Lesser Redpoll so just highlighting how
difficult these (sub)species are and I am looking forward to the day that we
lump all of them.
Rarest bird of the day was a Rook that flew over and most
exciting was a Kingfisher which I heard a couple of times and eventually
located in a scope allowing everyone to see it. With the successful breeding
nearby in Sandvika (apparently two broods) I expect Kingfishers will again be a
regular sight at Fornebu during the winter.
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| apparently a Common Redpoll (gråsisik) based on wing measurements but the brown wing bar and generally warm brown plumage tones shout Lesser Redpoll (brunsisik) to me |
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| The Kingfisher (isfugl) at ca.200m range |
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| Blue Tit (blåmeis) |
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| Jr Jr with the Blue Tit |
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| and it regains its freedon |
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| a mating pair of Common Darters (rødbrun høstlibelle) kept landing on people |
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| in addition to these Common Darters there was also a Black Darter and a larger species which I never saw perched and didn't manage to identify |
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