Three guiding sessions in two days must mean it is a
covid free spring!!
It has been two good days but I had expected far
more birds with southerly winds and an evening rain shower really getting my
hopes up but the birds must still building up somewhere to the south and
waiting for a huge rush on Oslo.
Highlights were a Little Gull, Little Ringed
Plovers, both Divers, Lesser Whitethroats, Pied Flycatcher, and Yellow Wagtail.
In addition we were lucky enough to witness both Chaffinch and Willow Warbler
nest building. The nest of the Chaffinch in the fork of a tree was superbly camouflaged
using the same lichen growing on the tree and the Willow Warblers nest was well
hidden at the base of a tussock of a grass where the vegetation will soon grow
and make it invisible.
On Thursday a local twitch gave me very close views
of a lost 1st summer White-fronted Goose at Østensjøvannet.
I have also witnessed Little Ringed Plovers in breeding mode in Maridalen
with lots of display and calling and excavating of nest scrapes. I saw
excavating by presumably the same pair in different locations on Saturday and
Sunday so I guess the pair goes through a process of trying a few different
locations before deciding on which they will use.
 |
| 2cy / 1st summer Little Gull (dvergmåke) heading north past Fornebu on Saturday |
 |
| Little Ringed Plover (dverglo) excavating a nest scrape in Maridalen. They have never bred here before but the low water levels are clearly beneficial for them |
No comments:
Post a Comment