Another funny Dunnock was found in Norway today, the 6th
of the autumn and all have been pulled from nets. At this rate we’ll soon be
the laughing stock of birding Europe unless we show that we have at least one
person in our midst who can actually use some good old birding skills and find
one in the field.
That person wasn’t me today but I still have hopes.
I tried to get a new day record for Hawkie (by visiting a
forest area NE of Oslo where a few were reported on Friday) but had to be
content with just a single bird. However, the area I checked out looks to be a
good and easily accessible area for Tengmalm’s Owls so will be worth a visit in
the late winter.
At Nordre Øyeren the Brent Goose was still present and a few
Long-tailed Duck, a single Scaup and a single Velvet Scoter were also to be
seen. This year seems to have been very good for the mountain breeding seaducks
such as scoters, Scaup and Lt Duck and many have been turning all over Norway but
Øyeren has seemed to avoid the influx until now. I have also been hoping for
some to turn up on Maridalsvannet which normally has a few Common Scoters in
late autumn but there has been nothing there so far.
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| Hawk Owl |
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| There are still 6 Shoveler (skjeand) on Merkja and I got quite close using some reeds as cover but the pictures weren't too good |
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