Værøy 2023 Day 3

Day 3 was also a bit of a disappointment despite decent weather and lots of time in the field. There were precious few signs of new arrivals today although finally seeing Arctic Redpoll which have been around for a while was good. A (the?) Hawk Owl which soared around over a hill top like a Sparrowhawk was a new experience for me and I heard but didn’t see a Yellow-browed Warbler. Three Swallows were new and I failed to see a Barred Warbler which was probably a bird that has been here dor a while.

Bird of the day though was yesterdays Richard’s Pipit which was present in exactly the same area today and despite lots of identical habitat all over the island showed no intentions of moving away from a very a small area. This meant it was quite easy to get close to the bird and really enjoy a species that normally behaves very differently. I have taken far too many pictures of the Dick and these are the ones that I quickly chose but there may well be better ones so don’t be surprised if there comes an iadditional Dick Pip Pic post next week.

Richard’s Pipit (tartarpiplerke) as you would maybe hope to see one

Spot it?

Arctic Redpoll (polarsisik)

3 Arctics

High flying Hawk Owl

This Hooded Crow and its mate followed me around for a while