A walk around Maridalen in -20C is not necessarily an
enjoyable experience and today I found that my gloves were not really up to the
job. Although I didn’t suffer any damage to my extremities I have to say that
taking a leak wasn’t a particularly comfortable procedure ;-)
The Hawk Owl from Saturday seems to have moved on looking
for richer hunting grounds but Pine Grosbeaks are still present. This time I
had a rare heard only record with at least four birds giving the “let’s move on”
call about 30 metres away from me in the forest before then flying off although
away from me such that I didn’t see them. Good numbers of Bullfinches (dompap)
around the valley with at least 35 including a singing male.
Surprise of the day was a Dipper (fossekall) which flew
twice over my head looking very lost. I was not near open water and assume that
the recent drop in temperature had frozen it out of its winter territory and
it was looking for somewhere new.
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