Yesterday I was guiding Ivor from England via Germany and had to
work to a wish list which had Siberian Jay, Hawk Owl and Great Grey Owl at the
top. Hedmark was therefore the destination and an hour and a half after hotel
pick up and we were watching a majestic Great Grey on the nest 😀😀
Then after this we had no fewer than 3 Hawk Owls (all probably
breeding birds and I would guess males looking for food whilst females were on
eggs), Three-toed Woodpecker, Slavonian Grebe and Great Grey Shrike. Sibe Jay
alluded us today but the day was a resounding success.
One surprise was the general absence of raptors. Indeed we had
seen all four owls before we had seen a raptor of any description. In the end
we saw five Kestrels (all males) and a Buzzard but given the owls which would
indicate a lot of rodents I had expected far more raptors.
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| Great Grey Owl (lappugle) |
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| Hawk Owl #1 |
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| Hawk Owl #2 |
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| Hawk #3 |
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| Great Grey Shrike (varsler) |
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| Slavonian Grebe (horndykker) |
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| Three-toed Woodpecker (tretåspett) |
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