Skogsøy 17 May 2020 - Ja vi elsker joer

Norways's national day and spent in the traditional fashion - seawatching!

I did a one man parade out to the lookout point to the sound of Cuckoo gjøk, Dunnock jernspurv and Willow Warbler løvsanger. The procession I watched was unlike the ones most of the rest of Norway watched:)

Four hours seawatching were quite productive with the first bird passing a nice Manx Shearwater havlire accompanied by the first local Fulmar havhest I have seen this year (plenty offshore though!). Seven Pomarine Skua polarjo, a Great Northern Diver islom on the sea and plenty of other passage meant that time flew and the showers were not too troublesome.

Pomarine Skua polarjo

Red-throated Diver smålom

Red throated Diver N	164
Red throated Diver S	1
Northern Fulmar N	1
Manx Shearwater N	1
Northern Gannet N	23
Northern Gannet S	17
Eurasian Shag N	3
Eurasian Shag S	16
Long tailed duck N	10
Common Scoter N	18
Velvet Scoter N	8
Oystercatcher N	27
Pomarine Skua N	7
Arctic Skua N	5
Great Skua N	1
Common Gull N	2
Black-legged Kittiwake N	47
Common Tern N	3
Common Guillemot N	1
Razorbill N	4
Atlantic Puffin N	3
Auk N	6

The previous day I did not do much but had some Common Terns makrellterne at the usual place at Dåvøy and saw roding Woodcock rugde near Hatten in the evening.

Some of the Common Terns makrellterne have rather dark bills - as shown by the bird on the right here

A species I almost never take photos of - a Lesser Black-backed Gull sildemåke