Friday, March 10, 2006

Skogsøy 10 March 2006

Whooper Swans sangsvane with Teal krikkand at Skogsøy
Winter Wren gjerdesmett on my lawn - another attempt today

A very pleasant evening stroll produced plenty of birds including the first Common Teal krikkand of the year together with 14 Whooper Swans sangsvane. A juvenile White-tailed Eagle havørn, a Peregrine vandrefalk, a flock of 60 Purple Sandpiper fjæreplytt and a Eurasian Woodcock rugde were the other noteworthy species. The overwintering Rock Pipit skjærepipilerke also still present.

A single Common Guillemot lomvi on the sea was the first for a while - there seem to be very few auks around in general this winter.

No passage noted over the sea, but didn't really look.

2 comments:

GrrlScientist said...

that winter wren is SOOOOO CUUUUUTE!! you need to post more pictures of that little guy!

GrrlScientist

Jules said...

For more pictures of this bird see here:

http://www.naturalbornbirder.com/gallery/wren.php