Yesterday felt autumnal in Maridalen and it felt good
😊
Geese were on the stubble fields, a flock of
Swallows was catching insects, finches and buntings were in flocks, thrushes
are becoming more visible and there even some insect eaters. Migrant Bluethroat
and Redstart were enough to make my day and Willow Warblers totalled 5 and
Tree Pipits risked breaking into double figures!
The full list is here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72828887
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male Redstart (rødstjert)
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same bird
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Bluethroat (blåstrupe) getting some grief from a local Yellowhammer (gulspurv)
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Willow Warbler (løvsanger) - 5 birds noted in total which is a pitiful amount for the end of August. It was also the only warbler species I saw
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Yellowhammer (gulspurv) - an adult I believe
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whereas this bird is clearly a youngster with some juvenile feathers still present
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still lots of Nutcrackers around, the hazel nuts in its claws are the reason for their presence
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the only gull I saw was this 3cy Lesser Black-backed Gull (sildemåke). It is unusual to see young birds (other than juveniles) in Norway
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one of three Bramblings (bjørkefink). Another sure sign of autumn
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the Greylag Geese (grågås) offered the chance for me to practice flight photography although taking pictures of large slow flying geese is a lot easier than small fast flying swifts (just thinking of when I find a Pallid later this year...)
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there were 36 Canada Geese alongside the 200+ Greylags
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the white on the head of this Greylag may just be leucism or could be the result of some farmyard geese genes
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