The Bird Gods deemed I was indeed wicked and a day of rest was
unexpectedly given to me today after an unavoidable guiding cancellation. This
came after guiding yesterday and further guiding the next two days.
Yesterday’s guiding was a successful morning session in
Maridalen for Gerald and Mary from Minnesota. We enjoyed birds both common and
scarce and I hope some good photos were taken.
Graham and Marcus have started going through their photos
and videos and posting on SoMe. Their results are, as I predicted, much better
than mine and Graham made me blush with some very kind words.
Find Graham on Facebook (see account above) and Marcus on Twitter/:.
My most memorable and favourite video from my time in Norway 🇳🇴 insanely close views of this female Great Grey Owl, whilst getting some amazing footage of her I noticed she was starting to cough up a pellet! What a moment!!!!!!! I still have so much to share 🦉 pic.twitter.com/qkNbDcoLQo
— Marcus Workman (@MarcusW992) May 26, 2026
The day of rest was spent in Maridalen and looking more
down than up. It was a very warm day and during the morning a few butterflies
were clearly emerging and I found the first reported Germanium Argus (brun
blåvinge) and Green-underside Blue (kløverblåvinge) in Norway this year. The
argus was also my first record of the species in Maridalen and as I saw two of
them (both females I think) I wonder if I have just overlooked them before or
perhaps not been looking early enough in the year.
A nice selection of finches at a feeder in Maridalen today:
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| Grizzled Skipper (bakkesmyger) |
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| Geranium Argus (brun blåvinge) |
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| Green-underside Blue (kløverblåvinge) |
A Willow Warbler (løvsanger) with an abnormal song had me checking out the song of all manner of rare phylloscs until I eventually saw the bird:
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