It has continued to blow freshly from the south so
the fjord has been of interest with the hope of some interesting seabirds. On
Friday I watched from Fornebu rather than Huk as I needed to be close to the car
and Halden Brygge allows you to watch basically from the car park. I already
knew that a Puffin had been seen close by earlier in the day so this was again
on my radar as was Brunnich’s Guillemot. There were lots of auks moving around and
I tried to identify every bird I saw with over 200 Guillemot and around 40
Razorbill noted. One bird got my pulse racing for a bit but proved to be a
Common Guillemot still in partial summer plumage but 2 Puffins were a lot
easier to identify. One flew by on its own at relatively close range and
allowed photos to be taken and half an hour later what I assume to be another bird
flew past at much longer range with Guillemots and could be seen to fly close past
Huk on the other side of the fjord.
I also went Grozza hunting and had 3 birds in Maridalen
and 28 at Grefsenkollen all of which were probably 1st cy birds (no
adult males). Today I had 25 in Maridalen of which one was an adult male. In
the last week I have observed 112 birds and only 4 have been adult males. This
ratio of 4% compares with about 40% two winters ago. What is driving this 10 fold
difference?
Tomorrow I am guiding with Grozzas, forest birds and
seabirds hopefully all on the agenda. Let’s see what the Bird Gods have in mind
for me…
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| Puffin (lunde) close to Fornebu with Huk, Bygdøy in the distance |
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| Huk in the distance and Puffin close to it - honest. I actually reckon this does count as a record shot as the bird smudge to the left is a Guillemot and the Puffin to the right. The Puffin has dark underwings, stubby wings and a dark head whilst the other smudge doesn't ..... |
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| 1st winter Kittiwake (krykkje) |
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| 14 of a flock of 21 Pine Grosbeaks (konglebit) with not an adult male in sight |
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| Wawings (sidensvans) |
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| Black-headed Gull (hettemåke) |
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| 2 Razorbills (alke) and a Guillemot (lomvi) |
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| adult male Grozza from today |
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