My run of relative bad form on the seawatching front continued today with
Krokstrand and Hulvik only offering up a Fulmar (havhest) and three Arctic
Terns (rødnebbterne) plus a few hundred Guillemots (further north around Oslo
there were sightings of Long-tailed Skuas (fjelljo) and Grey Phalarope
(polarsvømmesnipe)). Highlights were provided by three sightings of Peregrine
(vandrefalk) which probably was accounted for by two different birds. One bird
chased a couple of Guillemots low over the water at least a kilometer from
land. It caused the auks to crash land ignominiously but did not secure brunch.
Another bird flew side by side with a Raven (ravn) for a couple of minutes and
seemed to be engaged in some sort of play fighting with mini swoops at the
corvid.
On the way home some drama came in the form of a Guillemot flying into an
electricity cable over the motorway and tumbling down to earth. It looked like
it had taken off from the nearby Årungen lake and was just not able to gain
enough height.
I managed no bird pictures of any note today so took a picture of this naval
vessel instead, one of a flotilla that went by during the morning.
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| stealth boat? |
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| Peregrine and Raven |
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