The unseasonal warm weather continues with
temperatures not dropping below zero and the snow melting quickly. Over the
weekend very early Skylark and Stock Dove were seen in Oslo and today a Crane
was reported north of the city. I much prefer a late spring as this brings with
it mass arrivals of but it looks like this year will be an early spring with
birds just seeping gradually in.
For my part I had a cheeky session at the docks
yesterday and was rewarded with a female Smew, Little Grebe, 400 Goldeneyes and
rarest of all a hybrid Pintail x Mallard although this didn’t allow close
study.
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| Goldeneyes (kvinand) |
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| Little Grebe (dvergdykker) |
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| Mallards (stokkand) and the grebe |
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| a hybrid male Pintail x Mallard - note teh long tail, grey bill and broad white collar which went up at the back |
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| very distant Smew (lappfiskand) |
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| Purple Sandpipers (fjæreplytt) still at Huk |
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