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3. jun. 2026 kl. 16:48
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Well, it seems birding still has something to offer so butterflies can wait just a bit longer which is just as well given the wet and cloudy weather we are forecast to have. Just after I wrote my last post an evening trip to Fornebu allowed me to first hear and then see a Gropper that had been found earlier in the day. Grasshopper Warbler remains a very scarce and not even annual special around Oslo and was unsurprisingly the first record of the year. This is the second time I’ve heard one at Fornebu with the first being a bird that arrived at the end of April in 2019 and hung around for a month. An April arrival fits in with the small regular Norwegian breeding population that are mostly found on the west coast whereas an arrival at the end of May/beginning of June (that is the normal fare in south east Norway) which often occur during warm periods with southerly winds may well be a bird that has already tried its luck somewhere else in Europe and has then decided to move north looking for more joy. Grasshopper Warbler (gresshoppesanger) Fornebu Last night I was about to go to bed but then looked at the weather forecast and realised that even though conditions were not perfect (it was cloudy and damp) it would be quite a few days before there were any better conditions for some night singer activity. Maridalen started very quiet with just two Woodcocks for my troubles as I got to the end of the valley. A distant Tawny Owl had me trying to drive closer to locate it as amazingly enough this was only my second record this year. Early spring nocturnal sorties had resulted in just one very distant singing Tawny Owl which must have been a sign of how little food there was. Vole numbers may be picking up though as in addition to the two Tawnies I now heard a GGO was photographed in the forest just east of Maridalen last week. Maybe Oslo will have an owly autumn and winter? As I drove with the window open I heard a noise that I thought was from the car but after turning off the engine (an electric car would be very good on these trips) I realised I was listening to my second Gropper in two days and only my fourth ever in Maridalen - and boy did it sing! I was able to see it quite well using my head torch and whilst doing so I thought I heard a Nightjar call. A bit later it called right over me and I then got to see it really well as it hunted moths around me and even sang briefly from a fence post. I set about trying to record this unforgettable experience…. but as usual my phone has far fewer videos than I thought I took plus a good number of videos of the ground…. I thought I was seeing a red light showing I was filming but surprise, surprise things were not as I thought. I wonder if there is a support group for people like me? I also had the superzoom with me but despite use of the head torch it really struggles in the dark. I did get some documentation though: First a video of the Grasshopper Warbler with a bonus Sedge Warbler at the end: Pictures of the Nightjar Nightjar (nattravn) here we can see the white wing patch showing it to be a male (as confirmed by it singing) And video of the Nightjar which does have a sequence of it moth catching from a fence post and then briefly singing with the sound of the Gropper all the time in the background: On the way out a Sedge Warbler was in full song and this was a Maridalen tick for me🥳. I had first heard it in the middle of the day but only a couple of snatches of song which were not enough to confirm the ID. The ID was later confirmed though by Jon Andrea, an up and coming teenage birder who gives me hope that birding in Oslo has a bright future and by the evening it was not holding back. There are now two Barnacle x Canada hybrids in Maridalen and both are different to last week’s bird so we really are talking about an influx. both of the Canada x Barnacle (hvitkinngås) Geese hybrids paler bird with a white forehead and hardly any hint of a darker chest the darker bird this bird is I am sure the paler bird but due to its posture it is showing off a white neck collar which doesn't show in the other photo the darker bird really stands out here the darker bird, a Canada with too much white on the head and a Canada x Greylag hybrid I went looking today for a retrospectively identified (heard only) singing Red-breasted Flycatcher found last week and which is the first record in Oslo since the last bird in Maridalen in 2019. The area where I believe it was heard looked just like the areas where they have previously been found breeding in Oslo but I heard nothing which either means it has moved on, or he is mated up and breeding as in my experience they go silent as soon as that happens and only start singing again once the eggs have hatched. The area was coincidentally one I have frequently visited for butterflies especially Northern Chequered Skipper and a brief period of sunshine did wonders and in addition to the skipper I also had a couple of Wood Whites which is a species I have seen even less often than the skipper. Wood White (skoghvitvinge) female Northern Chequered Skipper (svartflekksmyger) here showing the underside of the wing and with a Green-veined White (rapssommerfugl) and here with a Brimstone (sitronsommerfugl)
3. jun. 2026 kl. 15:19
By late May, New York City is full of baby birds. Speckled young robins have fledged their messy nests and hop along after their parents, still hoping for an offered worm. Young Red-tailed Hawks...
Rapporten fra den femte tur i fuglestemmekurset der her i foråret forløber i tre dele med to ture i hver, foreligger nu tilgængelig for læsning her på siden,...
3. jun. 2026 kl. 08:16
In early April, I had the chance to see a wetland flourish on what was once a golf course in Santa Barbara, and smell sweet hummingbird sage and sticky monkey flower where there was once barren land...
This morning was unfortunately rainy and I could not open the nets to conduct a safe ringing session. I took this opportunity to have a slower morning, and could use the rest of sleeping-in a little...
Ringmærkningen: Da der var lovet regn i løbet af formiddagen tjekkede vi radaren inden vi satte net op, og der så det ud til at vi ville slippe for regn. Dagens første fugl vi fangede var en kærsanger,...
Fugleinteressen spirer og breder sig i befolkningen, og det samme gør et fokus på fuglenes forhold og naturens generelle tilstand. DOFBirdLife ser frem til, at den bevægelse vil føre til yderligere politiske resultater, når den nye regering går i gang med sit arbejde.
3. jun. 2026 kl. 00:00
Ringmærkningen: xxxxx Nyt fra fuglestationen: Onsdag havde vi besøg af holdet ?Fugle, blomster, akvarel og sang? fra Højskolen Marielyst med Simon Vikstrøm som leder. Det regnede, men alle tog...
This is your invitation to join us in exploring the splendor of Audubon’s wildlife sanctuary in Spiritwood, North Dakota! August 2026 offers two organized opportunities to visit and interact with...
The days leading up to the 5th annual RETURN OF THE THUNDERBIRDS community event were unsettled and unsure. The forecast was for rains and storms. And while this is actually a big part of the event -...
Each March, central Nebraska is marked by the distinctive call of the Sandhill Crane, as hundreds of thousands of these birds descend on the Platte River Valley. A stopover on their long migration...
Spring air brings a sense of renewal, and across Audubon Great Plains that energy is reflected in the work we do to protect birds and the places they need.At Rowe Sanctuary, we wrapped up another...
2. jun. 2026 kl. 17:42
Editor’s Note: Renowned ornithologist, conservationist, and nature writer Florence Merriam Bailey was a early contributor to Bird-Lore, as Audubon magazine was once called. She was at the forefront...
2. jun. 2026 kl. 17:40
Birding as we know it changed forever, or perhaps began, in 1889 with the publication of Florence Merriam Bailey’s Birds Through an Opera-Glass, considered the first field guide to North American...
2. jun. 2026 kl. 17:38
On a radiant September afternoon, I meet 20 fellow students at the boathouse stairs for one reason: to watch birds. We are Smith College’s Audubon on Campus chapter. But most people just call us...
On April 28th, 2026—officially proclaimed by Governor Newsom as California Ocean Day—hundreds of students, birders, surfers, fishermen, tribal members and community leaders came together in...
Ringmærkningen: Det var igen lunt med 15-16 grader da nettene skulle op, så det gik igen i dag at nøjes med t-shirt. Efter gårdagen var vi forventningsfulde, men det blev en lidt typisk junidag med...
This morning was extraordinarly slow despite a change of wind direction and some cloud coverage, which are usually signs for a decent amount of birds in the ringing session. At the 4 hour mark I had only...
1st June marks the start of summer in Oslo but on a rainy day with southerly winds I still had my thoughts on late spring migrants. This is the time of the year when really unexpected rarities can turn up but there are also more predictable ones such as rare terns or waders that you can hope to find at Svellet or Årnestangen. That was where I was headed today and Svellet still has some exposed mud. A good number of gulls and a few Common Terns were resting here but nothing rare or scarce and single of Red- and Greenshank were the only waders. The walk out to Årnestangen was mostly dry (I chose the umbrella rather than rain coat option which worked out well) and mercifully free of mosquitoes although I am sure they will come soon. There were attractive looking mudflats and pools at the tip but they were all rather birdless although a heavy rain shower but an end to my scanning and I had to seek cover sitting down pushed against the wall of the hopefully inadequate but typically Norwegian viewing platform. Most counties equip nature reserves with «hides» where you can sit down and escape the rain whilst also being hidden from the birds such that you enjoy closer views and the birds are less disturbed. Norway of course has to do things differently and at Årnestangen the choice is a slightly raised open platform that offers no real shelter from the elements and definitely doesn’t hide you from the birds. Rather curiously, viewing slats have been put in the low walls which I was able to use today when on my knees and flattened against the wall with umbrella over me although I doubt that was there intended use. Whilst sheltering I did hear a few waders and when the rain stopped enough for me to look properly I found three Turnstones with a small flock of Ringed Plovers. It is very rare for me to see Turnstone in summer plumage so this was a nice if distant encounter. Not a single calidris wader was a disappointment although a Red-Backed Shrike was the last of the non-nocturnal breeding migrants that I had yet to see. Maridalsvannet has had a hatch of insects which in recent years attracts terns. None have turned up so far this year but a Little Gulls hawking insects with the Black-headeds today was nice. Yesterday evening a large flock of Canada Geese flew over the house and today what must be the same birds were in Maridalen. Amongst them was a hybrid Canada x Barnacle but surprisingly not the same one as in Sørkedalen last week. What is causing this sudden influx of presumed dutch birds? On Friday butterfly watching in Maridalen was interrupted by news of a Little Egret at Fornebu and I quickly drove down to enjoy it. This species is still very rare around Oslo with this being only the 5th record whilst Great White has become annual and sometimes in small flocks. the knee high viewing slats at Årnestangen allowed me some slight protection from the rain during a pause in the rain. It was the exact weather conditions you hope for out there and in mid to late July could have resulted in hundreds of waders of many species. Little Egret (silkehegre) at Fornebu on Friday hybrid Canada x Barnacle Goose in Maridalen. It lacks the white forehead that last weeks bird in Sørkedalen had (see previous post) and also had a much darker breast three young Lapwing (vipe) being looked over by mum and here are 4 young. There was another adult closeby and the 4th young may have been from another brood. None of them was the single large young that I saw flapping its wings last week so things are still looking good. Two nests are still being incubated and have at least another week to go before we see any young. Skjerven - the geese and Lapwing field in Maridalen
UTQIAĠVIK, Alaska—The fourth annual Utqiaġvik Migratory Bird Festival will be held at the Fred Ipalook Elementary School and birding hotspots throughout the community from June 12 to 14, 2026...
Along Two Flyways The post Western Palearctic Common Terns appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
Ringmærkningen: Vi er nu kommet ind i juni, og der plejer ikke at være mange fugle mere da de fleste fugle er ankommet og er i gang med at yngle. Det var en lun morgen med 14 grader, så hele perioden...
1. jun. 2026 kl. 00:00
Rain in the early morning or late night usually brings down a lot of birds, and today was no exception. When the ringers went out in the morning, it was still raining a little. The rain stopped soon after...
With only a little wind from the SW, this morning was a bit more exciting than yesterday. And while I had a very calm migration count, the ringing worked quite well with a nice diversity of birds in the...
