Overcast with strong southerly winds.
A trip to the shops produced the bird of the day - a second year Glaucous Gull polarmåke. As I have been in the east of Norway (and the UK for that matter) it seems white-winged gulls are being seen "everywhere" that I am not. Good to be back where these things are possible....
Having said that the east of Norway produced some stuff I will never see here in Øygarden - including Siberian Jay lavskrike and Hazel Grouse jerpe.
A walk at Tjeldstø produced little new but there was a flock of 10 Lapwing vipe, 11 Greylag grågås and several Whoopers sangsvane present.
Larger flocks of Starling stær were seen at a few places today.
I used the Glaucous Gull polarmåke to do something of a comparison between my latest compact superzoom and my usual DSLR + 400mm lens setup. A new page is under construction for this - in the meantime the comparison between my previous superzoom can be viewed here.
All the following pictures have just been resized for web viewing unless otherwise stated:
Superzoom pics:
Second cy Glaucous Gull polarmåke
A trip to the shops produced the bird of the day - a second year Glaucous Gull polarmåke. As I have been in the east of Norway (and the UK for that matter) it seems white-winged gulls are being seen "everywhere" that I am not. Good to be back where these things are possible....
Having said that the east of Norway produced some stuff I will never see here in Øygarden - including Siberian Jay lavskrike and Hazel Grouse jerpe.
Two of the Greylags grågås at Tjeldstø today
Two of four adult Whoopers sangsvane
Second year Whooper sangsvane - typically for the time of year this bird was no longer with the adults
A walk at Tjeldstø produced little new but there was a flock of 10 Lapwing vipe, 11 Greylag grågås and several Whoopers sangsvane present.
Larger flocks of Starling stær were seen at a few places today.
I used the Glaucous Gull polarmåke to do something of a comparison between my latest compact superzoom and my usual DSLR + 400mm lens setup. A new page is under construction for this - in the meantime the comparison between my previous superzoom can be viewed here.
All the following pictures have just been resized for web viewing unless otherwise stated:
Superzoom pics:
Lanscape mode
Slightly zoomed in to see the gull flock
A bit more zoom...Glaucous Gull now visible in centre...
Fully zoomed in.
....and with some cropping - good result
And now the DSLR + 400mm telephoto lens:
Cropped image
Uncropped version from which the above image was taken.
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"the right side of the country" liksom.... It is rocking in Oslo right now.......
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