Northern Lights

Another week passes and whilst there are no big changes in the Oslo birdlife I have noted three new spring migrants: Stock Dove, Oystercatcher and Skylark but snow and ice still cover the landscape so conditions are not yet very inviting even for these traditionally early migrants.

The Taiga Bean Geese have remained and a visit on Tuesday revealed the flock was unchanged with no new additions except for a single Canada Goose.

My scarce and sensitive species has turned up again so I will wait before writing about it.

Otherwise the heavens have provided most of the excitement; the moon nicely framed a Pygmy Owl, the Northern Lights danced over Oslo and Jupiter and Venus brushed against each other.

Northern Lights over Maridalen - photos by Jr

Through the door way of the church ruins

the Northern Lights visible over the church ruins in Maridalen

Pygmy Owl (spurveugle) and the moon, I have photoshopped to have both in focus

Jupiter and its moons and Venus

a rare picture of me and the Beast to show the amount of snow in the Dale. Here we are on the lake

the Pygmy Owl

Stock Dover (skogdue)

an iconic picture for this site with Udenes Church and the famous Taiga Beans

a new field

in flight in different light...

this Parrot Crossbill (furukorsnebb) was singing in Maridalen and is presumably a young male