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4. jun. 2026 kl. 22:32
Glade Park, Colo. (June 4, 2026) — The National Audubon Society recognizes Mountain Island Ranch as the newest recipient of the Audubon Certified Bird-Friendly Land certification. Awarded through...
Even though the weather today was quite challenging with rain storms I am actually talking about the bird seasons. I ended up at Fornebu this morning after having had to drop Jr Jr off nearby. A report earlier in the morning of a small flock of Brent Geese flying over the suburbs and the fresh southerly winds had me thinking a sea gaze may give something although this late in the spring (or summer as it officially is in Norway now) there was never going to be much but it could be a case of quality over quantity. My first scan revealed a Brent Goose standing on an islet – very nice - and then whilst watching it in a scope a Sandwich Tern flew over – very, very nice! The tern quickly moved off and I managed no pictures but this was only my second ever Norwegian record so the day was definitely delivering. Further scans of the fjord did not reveal any skuas or large divers but I did pick up a flock of 20 Brent (which tallies with the flock seen over the suburbs) resting on the fjord, then 5 Common Scoter (late migrants) and 5 summer plumaged Guillemots that looked to be displaying to each other. The Brents were Pale-bellied hrota on their way from wintering areas in Denmark to breeding grounds on Svalbard. They are traditionally one of the very latest movers and normally fly up the west coast of Norway but a few always take a wrong turn and fly up the east coast before always and obviously getting confused when the fjord narrows and then stops in Oslo. Sometimes the birds carry on over land but other times seems to turnaround and go south again. Today’s birds were still to make a decision. So two species – Brent Goose and Common Scoter – that were still on spring migration. part of the flock of 20 Pale-bellied Brent Geese (ringgås). Later in the day a single Dark-bellied was found with them. I did not see this bird or am able to find it in my photos so it presumably arrived some time later and the initial single bird. The lack of an obvious neck collar ages it s a 2cy A visit to Storøykilen had me hoping for Broad-billed Sandpiper but instead there was a Greenshank and Green Sandpiper. The sandpiper would definitely have been a returning so therefore on autumn migration but I am unsure about the Greenshank which I think could have been on either. And summer? Well, there are loads of breeding birds but best of all was seeing the Ringed Plover family again. I was able to watch them closely from the car and the male was sheltering and guarding the two young whilst the female was nearby and calling and running in the opposite direction trying to distract me. I don’t know how usual it is that the male takes responsibility for the young in this way but see from my photos the other day that it was also the male caring for them. In Maridalen there was only one hybrid Canada x Barnacle Goose today, the dark one but another small goose looked like a pure Canada or Cackling but I am unsure and it is almost certainly a backcross hybrid and perhaps a mixture of three different species. Whatever it is it will certainly have a feral origin, probably in Holland. the dark breasted hybrid Canada x Barnacle Goose and a new bird which would also seem to be a hybrid but one without a white forehead or a dark breast here the chest looks pale in this shot there is maybe a shadow of a dark chest the obvious hybrid has (in this picture at least) a very stubby bill and steep forehead suggesting Cackling rather than Canada Goose genes A hunting 1st summer male Marsh Harrier and possible a new and second singing Sedge Warbler were also notable in The Dale. 1st summer Marsh Harrier (sivhauk) - note the new grey feathers in the wing and tail
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The deserts of the American Southwest are a hotspot for a diversity of birds found nowhere else in the United States. Gambel’s Quail, Gila Woodpecker, and many more rely on habitats that most think...
4. jun. 2026 kl. 19:17
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Spurlino Foundation Discovery CenterSomething exciting has been brewing at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples: The new visitor experience, which opened on February 4, 2026, immerses all ages in...
4. jun. 2026 kl. 17:57
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4. jun. 2026 kl. 17:36
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4. jun. 2026 kl. 17:30
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4. jun. 2026 kl. 16:42
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Ringmærkningen : Luckily, we got no rain today so we could do the standard ringing. The first new bird of the day was a female Greenfinch (Grønirisk) that I got to ring so I can add a new species on...
Under Skagen Fuglefestival i Kr. Himmelfart udkom fuglestationens årsskrift 2025 på print. Nu findes den også i en online udgave til sommerferie-læsningen.
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,...
