Despite enjoying GGO and
Piney today I will focus on something else.
Normally, I resort to gulls in
times of despair but a 1st winter Glaucous Gull only 20 minutes from
Oslo was tempting enough to drag myself and Anders away from the goodies in Oslo. I
discovered that I had again left the battery for the bazooka in the charger
at home but the bird was so close that the superzoom coped admirably. The bird
was so confiding that it was an extremely present surprise to see that it had
not been blinged by the Rare Gull Rapid Response Ringing Force and long may it
remain that lucky. The bird was a small
individual (for the species) and therefore most likely a female.
A visit to Østensjøvannet
yesterday revealed the hybrid Mallard x Wigeon displaying without any females
seeming interested but the male Wigeon there (who is not his farther as both
are ringed and we know there ages) has definitely pulled a female Mallard so
there may be more hybrids to come. I should have videoed the display of the
hybrid because it was very different to what you see from Mallards.
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| 1st winter Glaucous Gull (polarmåke) which preferred the company of Mallards to that of some nearby Herring Gulls |
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| male Mallard x Wigeon Hybrid alongside a male Wigeon and some Mallards |
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| here the head was thrown back in display |
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