tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198282806910109782024-02-02T11:05:52.827+01:00The Arctic BirderAbout the magnificent birds I manage to capture with my camera at Svalbard.Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-67955375201493257872014-08-21T21:49:00.001+02:002014-08-21T21:58:38.522+02:00July in the High Arctic of 2014As the summer has run away from me, July was just as busy as June, and only a few times did I get to photograph the birds that are around here. <br />
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Second-year Arctic Terns (Rødnebbterne) are few and far between, but I study them each time I see them to be able to separate them from other species if they should appear up here or somewhere on the Mainland. They dont look much like their parents, and are even more interesting!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second-year Arctic Tern</td></tr>
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The Barnacle Geese (Hvitkinngås) are increasing in numbers up here, and in amongst them are a very few individuals that look different. This is one of about Three leucistic (partial albinism) geese in this population. Often Ive been told that someone has seen a Snow Goose (Snøgås), but when I ask closer often it is one of these that has been seen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leucistic Barnacle Goose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leucistic + normal Barnacle Goose</td></tr>
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On the 15th of July I actually got to see two of the leucistic Barnacles only minutes apart, and took photos of them to show the difference in appearance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leucistic Barnacle Goose #1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leucistic Barnacle Goose #1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leucistic Barnacle Goose #2</td></tr>
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In July the Young birds of the season starts to appear, and I have to start Learning the appearance of them over again. And every year there is a very steep Learning curve.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Red Phalarope (Polarsvømmesnipe)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Red Phalarope</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Red Phalarope</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Red Phalarope</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Red Phalarope</td></tr>
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Chasing after the little chicks on the tundra, trying to ring them is one of my favourite activities during late summer. This Ringed Plover (Sandlo) chick ran across the road in front of my car, and five minutes later it had ring and flag with code on it.<br />
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The Red-necked Phalarope (Svømmesnipe) is an uncommon breeder on Svalbard, and this year I found what is probably the only brood on the Island. These cute little chicks are allmost impossible to see when they are hiding in the grass.<br />
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When I had given the happy family some distance, the chicks hid in the grass and the father came flying next to me and landed on one of the smaller ponds.<br />
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Later in teh evening when all the tourists had left the valley, I headed back out and found the brood of Red-necked Phalaropes again. When the father had rounded all the three chicks up underneeth him I got the cahnce to ring the first brood of this species ever on Svalbard. They are, as with most wader-chicks, some of the most beautifull little creatures on earth!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-necked Phalarope chick in hand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-necked Phalarope chicks released after ringing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy comes over and takes care of his youngsters</td></tr>
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The next day I did a late trip in the same area, and got the chance to ring this little beautifull baby Red Phalarope. This is a great opportunity to compare teh chicks of these two closely related species.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Phalarope chick in hand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Phalarope chick after release.</td></tr>
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Of the birds that most birders who visit here want to see, the Ivory Gull (Ismåke) is often the one I am asked about. This pure white, medium-sized gull, is one of my favourites. I have gotten so used to it that most times that I see it I just think that its just another Ivory Gull. But one day while out looking for wader-chicks I found two adults feeding in the dogyard. I just could not let this opportunity disappear, and got out of my car with the camera. Both birds were showing really nice, even though I did not get the photo I wanted where one of them would be right in front of the sun. But who can complain when you have two beautiful birds alternating on flying around you, just a few meters away. I got to have a photo-session with one of the most prized birds up here, and I know there are a lot of perople who would be thrilled to have the same experience.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ivory Gull in front of a green slope</td></tr>
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It is allways really nice to see my birds again after I have had them in hand. The Red-necked Phalaropes stayed in the same area for a long time, and I got to see the chicks grow, and I even got to see teh female in the pair start to change into Winter-plumage. Unfrotunately I did not get to photograph this, but I did get some other pics of the little family.<br />
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-9512438606732580912014-07-27T01:36:00.001+02:002014-07-27T01:36:41.755+02:00The last half of June -14This summer has flown by quicker than I had ever imagined. This has led to way too few pictures, but I did manage to geta few that I am pleased with. I will post them chronological, and hope that you like the pictures and my stories.<br />
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The Common Eider (Ærfugl) is a beautifull bird that I often forget to photograph. The yellow bills, the black cap and the green neck of the males make them stand out amongst other ducks. I guess that the reason for not taking more photos of them is that they are so common up here.<br />
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The Glaucous Gull (Polarmåke) and the Arctic Tern (Rødnebbterne) are two other birds that I spend too little time admiring. Both are common around Longyearbyen, and both are declining in numbers. That is yet another reason for using more time on them. And, no matter what most people might think of them, in my eyes they are still beautifull birds!<br />
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The Arctic Skua (Tyvjo) is together with the other skuas at Svalbard the birds that have taken on the role as a raptor. Their skills in flying are amazing, and the sheer power they show when attacking, like this bird attacking a Glaucous Gull, truly amazes me!<br />
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I had heard from several people that they had seen Red-necked Phalaropes (Svømmesnipe) in the valley, but as usual the unusual birds that others see are eluding me. So when I got to see one I was thrilled. The bird was a bit jumpy, which is unusual for this species, but I did get at least one good photo before it flew off.<br />
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The 29th of June gave me a view I will never forget, and luckliy I managed to get it on the camera. But I begin the day with these photos of a normal Red Phalarope (Polarsvømmesnipe) female.<br />
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After I had seen these female red Phalaropes, I was in for a true treat! I have seen many birds wich are gay, but this was something I had never thought I would see. All the gay birds I have seen up until now have been males trying to breed with males, but in front of me now were two female Red Phalaropes who were mating! Of the huge series of Pictures that I took I have chosen a few here wich shows two different mating attempts. If anybody can tell me that it is a male on top, please tell me. And if anybody have ever seen this in wild animals? This is definately one of the coolest encounters that I have had with any bird!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Phalarope, the females are at it again!</td></tr>
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The stunning performance from the two female Phalaropes was maybe more of a big deal to me than to the American woman who was joining me this day. To her the best bird was the semi-tame Arctic Skua (Tyvjo) at the camp-site. This female is so used to humans that it doesnt mind sitting a few meters away. This is teh easy way to get great photos! :)<br />
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The next day I couldnt find the pair of Phalaropes, only this lone female. <br />
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All the People I show around up here usually want to see the Svalbard Ptarmigan (Svalbardrype), the endemic subspecies of Rock Ptarmigan (Fjellrype). This pair woke me up in the early morning the day after I was out guiding and couldnt fins any!!! Typical......<br />
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When you see a bird, normally it will try to avoid getting close to you. Except for birds being fed in cities and chicks that havent learned yet, this is usually how it is, but not up here at the top of the World! The Red Phalarope (Polarsvømmesnipe) is a truly beautiful bird, and the fact that the female is the one who fight for males and who let the male deal With incubating and chick-rearing makes its history interesting as well. A short trip in the valley with a friend ended up in another great series of photos on this stunning species. When I walked down to the pair they were about seven meters away, and when I sat down next to the pond they were about five meters away. This is a great distance to photograph birds at, and the only problem with these birds are that they dont act like other birds. They both came swimming towards me, and I had to start to back up because they were suddenly within the three meters distance I need for my 500mm to focus. This is great to experience, and I love it every time I get to have such an encounter with such a great creature. </div>
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Lots of Brent Geese have allso visited the valley lately, so I had to have at least one pic of one of them. :)</div>
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Being out enjoying nature and wildlife together with others who are passionate about the same as me is something I truly appreciate, and when I manage to fill up their wish-list of birds I feel like I have managed to fullfill a proper task. On this trip I was out driving with a woman who works as a guide on one of the cruises around the island. I met her the day before, when she told me that the bird she really wanted to see was the King Eider (Praktærfugl). I remembered this when I drove by a couple who was feeding just next to the road, so I went to town and picked her up so she could meet them. We ended up having seen five or six pairs in the end, and the pair I have photographed here were lying just four meters away from us. And when I wanted to show her the Red Phalaropes they were really in spring-mood, of the five pairs we got to see, thre of them were prepairing the next generation of phalaropes with rapid wingbeats..... All of these colorful birds, in the midle of the Arctic, its truly amazing!</div>
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And to finish of this drive we found this male Long-tailed Duck (Havelle) next to the road. She was used to seing them in winter-plumage, so seing him in this transition-plumage was something she appreciated.</div>
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-68585120691078412712014-06-02T01:59:00.000+02:002014-06-02T01:59:39.479+02:00The end of may, and soon summer will be here! As may was going towards its end I knew that now was the time that is often the most productive when it comes to rarities! And, even though all the birds I got to see may not have been the rarest of them all, I still felt pretty good about them all. I do live at the top of the World, and I can not expect too many strange birds mis-navigating all teh way up here. :)<br />
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The first Pictures this time is of a bird that I thought might have been a rarity, but that showed to be one of the real common ones in disguise.... The Pink-footed Goose (kortnebbgås) appear here in huge numbers each year, and some of them resemble their close cousins in appearance. So after having looked for quite some time at this individual through my binoculars it finally showed that it was not actually a Great White-fronted Goose (Tundragås) that had been seen earlier in the valley, but "just" a Pink-footed Goose with white around its beak.....<br />
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The same day, the 21st of May, I got to see a bird up here that has eluded me at several occasions. As I was driving I got aware of a quite large wader trying to hide in the tall dead grass. I stopped the car at the side of the road, and my first Whimbrel (småspove) on Svalbard was making an appearance in my camera. This species have been in teh vicinity of Longyearbyen several times when Ive been up here, but has allways vanished before I got to see it.<br />
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Then, on the 23rd I got to see a bird through the window of my car that I had never thought I would see up here! In the corner of my eye I got to see a large black bird that was flying away from me! Immediately I said to my passenger; "Thats a Raven (ravn), isn't it? Yes, that's a Raven!" He later told me that the experience of being a passenger when I tried to get in front of the bird to get pictures was not the safest experience he had had.... This was the third photo-documented Raven for the Svalbard islands.<br />
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On the 26th I got to finally photograph a Great White-fronted Goose (tundragås) up here! I had been looking for this individual for a few days now, and this is the first of this species that have actually been at photo-range. The sad part is that I had some wrong settings on my camera, and the Pictures will never win any awards for being great...... But the bird is documented!<br />
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The other special bird I found this day was another hybrid. This time it was a Common Eider x King Eider (Ærfugl x praktærfugl). This specimen will never win any beauty-awards, but still it is a special bird. :) It is probably a 2cy (2. year) bird, and it will be interesting to see if it appears next year, because the colors of this individual are not of the prettiest! And again, my camera-settings were not good, so teh Pictures are out of focus....<br />
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The final pictures of this blog-post are of a pair of Whimbrels (småspove) that have lingered around for a few days. All three Whimbrels Ive seen this month are of the Eurasian subspecies, so I am still wishing for an American one to show me that it has no white wedge on its back.<br />
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-62871335331430137242014-05-14T20:37:00.000+02:002014-05-14T20:37:20.006+02:00The strange and the beautiful!I have heard my share of comments about how strange I am due to the fact that I am passionate about birds, and that I spend as much as possible of my spare time to search for, and look at these feathered creatures. But this week I got to see, once again, one of the birds that really could be posted on any wall, and even People who are not truly into birds would go; "Thats a really cool bird". I have also gotten to see one of those who you really need to be "above averge" interested in birds to enjoy!<br />
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First, the colours of the Northern Shoveler (Skjeand) will make most perople look an extra time time at the male. But possibly the most interesting feature of the bird to most people is the strange beak. The strange shovel-shape makes it stand out among most other birds. To see a pair of these here in the High Arctic is just amazing to me. When I saw a pair of them up here last year it was 16 years since the species was seen up here the last time. Now I was once again sat together With them, and this time they were feeding only about Three meters away from me. It was a truly amazing experience!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the usual place to find Northern Shovelers, in a ice-covered pond on Spitzbergen, With a background of piles of coal and snow-covered Mountains. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A truly spectacular array of colours on the back and wings of this species!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wind made the male display some of his feathers.</td></tr>
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I know a couple of people who are "Gull-heads". These are birders who know lots about gulls, and how to separate the different species, which is really dificult With these closely related species. As a result of these people I too have become very interested in gulls, and up here I have gotten to know a few species that People at home dont see as often as I do. The one gull that I found this week is probably a hybrid between European Herring Gull (Gråmåke) and Glaucous Gull (Polarmåke). This hybrid have actually got its own "name", Viking Gull (Vikingmåke). This individual, on top of being a hybrid, has got a wing-pattern that led me to think of Thayers Gull (Eskimomåke), wich is a real rarity in Europe. But very little black colour on top of the flight feathers, and allmost no black, just grey, on the underside of the flight feathers made me sure of my identification. If I am strange due to my interests, I am happy to be so! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Posing as a European Herring Gull (Gråmåke)</td></tr>
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Other than this I almost got hit by a Brambling (Bjørkefink) which was chased by the resident Snowbunting (Snøspurv) which took it for a competitor for the breeding rights! <br />
Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-86149247170314122692014-05-10T22:41:00.001+02:002014-05-10T22:41:09.014+02:00Finally! Spring has arrived in the High Arctic!Suddenly, four days ago, spring came to Spitzbergen! Most places you will have a transition between winter and spring, but here it just appeared out of a snowstorm! I havent been doing too much birdwatching before this, but now my hopes of seeing new and interesting species up here are renewed tenfold!<br />
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Spring brought With it the first Pink-footed Geese (Kortnebbgås), a European Golden Plover (Heilo) and a pair of Mallards (Stokkand). This is my fifth and sixth Mallard up here, nad it is my first female, so I was quite happy to see these. Other people have seen Redwing (Rødvingetrost), Song Trush (Måltrost), Redpoll (Gråsisik), Shoveler (Skjeand) and Tufted Duck (Toppand) the last few days, so I guess I will have to be out looking now. :) Hopefully I will be getting better photos soon of the birds that are out there waiting for me.<br />
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-46423555724206758782014-04-17T18:02:00.000+02:002014-04-17T18:02:28.447+02:00A windy day in the ArcticI finally got to do some birdwatching again after a long winter without any activity from me. And I did get to see a couple of good birds for up here. Two adult European Herring Gulls (Gråmåke) was a nice sight. One of them flew right next to teh car and gave great views. The only bad thing is that due to the heavy winds today I didnt bother to bring my camera with me, and hence I didnt get any photos of it. Other than these about 20 Glaucous Gulls (polarmåke), 20 Kittiwakes (krykkjer) and 10 Common Eiders (ærfugl) were aobut the numbers I was expecting, but the massive number og more than 1500 Northern Fulmars (havhest) was a really nice view. <br />
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I hope for better weather soon so that the Snow Buntings (snøspurv) will arrive in numbers so that I can start the ringing-season. I have also lately seen European Blackbird (svarttrost) and Snow Bunting (snøspurv) in the neighbour-town, Barentsburg, so there are things happening now in the early spring in the High Arctic.Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-46796957676990654072014-02-02T22:25:00.000+01:002014-02-02T22:25:25.021+01:00The light is returning to the Arctic!As February now has started I am thrilled that the light is slowly coming back. Lovely blue light now lights up the snow-covered mountains around Longyearbyen, and I am starting to have high hopes for the season to come. <br />
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The ringing-season of 2013 was not the greatest in numbers, but I managed to counter-act that With quality! To a nest of Lapland Bunting (Lappspurv) in the middle of the tundra in Adventdalen was something I had wanted for a long time. That nest is the third confirmed breeding of Lapland Bunting on Svalbard. The first being a newly-fledged chick seen near the dogyard some years ago, and teh second being a nest found by some researchers this summer about two kilometers from where "my" nest was located. Unfortunately this nest got robbed, but the parent birds in "my" nest did a great job and managed to get four of five chicks on the wings. All of these chicks got a metal-band, and will hopefully either show up again in Svalbard or somewhere else.<br />
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No Luck in finding my other target-species on nest though...... Between five and seven Pectoral Sandpipers (Alaskasnipe) spent the entire summer in the surrounding areas all through summer, so hopefully next year I hope that I will be Lucky enough to find this magnificent wader on a nest.<br />
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During the autumn and the winter re-sightings of our waders ringed up here have steadily come in. The Purple Sandpipers (Fjæreplytt) still spend their winters around the North Sea and the coasts of Sweden, Finland and Germany. But the most interesting re-sighting this winter came from Banc d`arguin in Mauretania. There one of the Dunlins (Myrsnipe) that was flagg-tagged last year was seen. Over 6300 km to the South!!!!<br />
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Im now eagerly awaiting the start of a New season up here, but first the birds need to come back.Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-61846448907486651072014-01-02T20:51:00.000+01:002014-01-02T20:51:49.243+01:00Dancing in the sky......Finally I managed to pull myself outdoors with the camera to photograph the Aurora dancing over the sky this winter. Not many are as fortunate as to have their home draped in snow and Aurora! With these pictures I wish all of you out there a happy new year with natures own fireworks. Hope you like it.<br />
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The big cats of Africa are often the what is displayed on the TV-screen, and ever since I got told I was going to be on a safari I was very excited about the fact that I was to see some of them with my own eyes! </div>
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On Christmas Eve we headed out in pursuit of wildlife yet another time, and this was to be the best day when focusing on cats at least. At this point I knew what the lions would do when we found them, they would be sleeping their way through the day after a night of hunting.</div>
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When we found this family of Cheetahs they were just as active as the lions. The three cubs were lying in the shadow of a shrub in the middle of the savanna and did not bother about being stressed by the cars with tourists that came along to have a look. After a while the mother figured that she also would like some time in front of all the cameras, and came in to lie down in front of her cubs.</div>
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When Our guide started smiling extra wide (he allways smiled) we understood that there was something good coming up. Then he told us that another car had found a mother Leopard with cub! And I have to say that this big cat is one of the most beautifull animals I have seen. We drove up on the opposite side of where the other cars were parked to get a better view. And the sight that we got was really worth being sat there for about an hour!</div>
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After a short while a tiny tail suddenly appeared.....<br />
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We drove around the mother and cub to get better views. And to be allowed to watch the interaction between mother and cub at this close range was truly amazing! The cub was crawling around on and around its mother to get to the best place for a rest.<br />
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After a little while when the cub had gone in and out of the den a few times we atsrted to Wonder if there were more than one cub. It seemed like the cub was able to move very quickly from one side of the den to the other. But all of a sudden there were two cubs outside playing with mother.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....because she is the softest spot around to have a rest at!</td></tr>
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<br />Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-89472906074443472982013-11-07T20:50:00.000+01:002013-11-07T20:50:14.265+01:0023/12 2012 KenyaAs we were heading to the MAsai MAra on this day, my hopes were very high to see something interesting. And the morning started off With some great birds around the breakfast table at the Sunbird Lodge.<br />
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After a bgood breakfast With this great Company we went on, and after a dew hours in the car we entered the Masai Mara. After having dropped Our luggage in the lodge we drove out onto the Plains, and we were not disappointed even though we only had short time before darkness came.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape Buffalo + Yellow-Billed Oxpecker/Kafferbøffel + Gulnebboksehakker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheetah/Gepard</td></tr>
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One should think that "The King of Beasts" would act like one, but this is how the first male Lion we encountered acted teh entire time we were watching him and his pride.<br />
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And at last, the bird of the day for me, the Secretary Bird. Suddenly this long-legged bird just appeared out of the grass and walked next to us. This is one of the birds I really wanted to see while in Africa, and what great views it gave me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Secretary Bird/Sekretærfugl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Secretary Bird/Sekretærfugl</td></tr>
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-23669793235837079812013-11-03T21:52:00.000+01:002013-11-03T21:52:40.663+01:00Kenya 22/12-12 part 4It has been a long time since I shared photos on the blog now, and I figured that it would be a Nice way of enjoying the Winter here in Longyearbyen by looking through more of the photos from last Christmas.<br />
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The Mammals of Africa are ones that most Europeans see on the TV, and for many, like me, it is a great dream to get to see these iconic animals. At Lake Nakuru the animals were more than willing to show themselves to us, and I got a real taste of what was to come later on.<br />
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This Cape Buffalo (Kafferbøffel) was one of my most wanted species in Kenya. These huge animals appear to be dosile and calm, but the power and changing mood they can show just make them a true danger in woodlands and on the savanna.<br />
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When this Waterbuck appeared out of the tall shrubs I was amazed at what a beauty it was. When we drove off I truly wanted to stay behind and look more at it. It appeared as royalty in the darkness of the forest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waterbuck</td></tr>
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Baboons were seen several Places, but I thought this Picture where it is "mooning" the world was a good picture for us who have grown up With them in the Disney-universe. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baboon/Bavian.</td></tr>
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Thompsons Gazelle (Thompsongaselle) is a vary delicate little antelope, amd to see this one feeding was a nice sight.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thompsons Gazelle/Thompsongaselle</td></tr>
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Another common antelope was the Impala(Impala). These elegant antelopes wanted to run away from the car, but I managed to get Pictures of this one who wasnt quick enough to run away!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impala/Impala</td></tr>
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The striped horse, the Zebra, didnt mind us getting close, and they were obviously more than happy to be photographed. This baby was among the cutest animals I saw this day, and I just had to have it in this blog-post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plains Zebra/Steppesebra</td></tr>
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And when I was photographing the Zebras I got the idea of making close-up portraits of some of the animals. I am pretty pleased With the outcome of this one! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plains Zebra close-up.</td></tr>
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The Rock Hyrax is among the closest relatives of the Elephants! When you are stood looking at an animal the size of a large Rabbit, that it is a cousin of the Elephant is not a thing that strikes you....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Hyrax/Klippegrevling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Hyrax/Klippegrevling</td></tr>
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Rhinos to me have allways been a living armoured tanks. Bur seeing the White Rhinos feeding next to the car, only ten meters away to begin With, made me think otherways. When they were around a meter away from the car they appeared as nice and peacefull creatures. To not be the slightest bit afraid when a couple of tons of muscles and horn is stood just next to you is a great feeling!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Rhino/Hvitt neshorn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Rhino/Hvitt neshorn</td></tr>
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Lokking at the Giraffes made me remember all the times that I've seen them in the sunset on TV. And they are my mothers favourite African animal, so off course we spent some time looking at them. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rotchild's Giraffe/ Rotchild giraff</td></tr>
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Our Guide got very happy when we spotted this Black Rhino at a distance. This was the only animal in the park that he didnt feel comfortable driving up close to. So the Pictures were taken at about 40-50 meters. A great animal that truly showed that it was the king of the land......<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Rhino/ Svart neshorn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Rhino/Svart neshorn</td></tr>
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And when I spotted this one, the guide could tell that it was at least two years since he last saw this species. The Pictures didnt become too good due to the fading light, but yo can manage to see the species. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Striped Hyena/Stripehyene</td></tr>
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-35442851341464638392013-05-26T00:30:00.000+02:002013-05-26T00:30:28.279+02:00May 2013, this far.May is a wonderfull month when it comes to birds, amd here are some of the more interesting birds that I have had the pleasure of seeing this far in may.<br />
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May 11th:<br />
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The first goose of the year had arrived at Hotellneset. This was a Canadagoose, ssp. parvipes (Kanadagås, underarten parvipes). We were not expecting it to be this species, so both Vegard and I were surprised when the "Pink-footed Goose" (Kortnebbgås) showed a clear white cheek.......<br />
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May 13th:<br />
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One of the first unusual gulls that I have gotten to see this year. A Black-headed Gull (Hettemåke) spent a few days in the delta before disappearing again.<br />
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May 18th:<br />
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Another interesting gull up here in the High Arctic, a Common Gull (Fiskemåke) was seen for only one day before it had disappeared again.<br />
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May 19th:<br />
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American birds are a rare treat in Svalbard, and after the Canada Goose on the 11th of May, a sighting of a Pectoral Sandpiper (Alaskasnipe) was very nice.<br />
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And to make it even better, just next to it a Lapland Longspur (Lappspurv) was feeding at the edge of the pond.<br />
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Another bird from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean showed itself in Adventdalen, a Greater White-Fronted Goose, subspecies flavirostris (Tundragås, underarten flavirostris) was sitting in between a flock of Pink-Footed Geese (Kortnebbgås).<br />
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A total of three good birds photographed this day. The first is a Pectoral Sandpiper (Alaskasnipe) male that chased of a second male, and then kept displaying on the tundra. This is not a species that should be breeding on this side of the Atlantic, so there could be something really interesting going on here.<br />
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A Great Black-Backed Gull (Svartbak) was sleeping next to a little flock of Gaucous Gulls (Polarmåke).<br />
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A male Tufted Duck (Toppand) was the highlight of this day.<br />
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A Taiga Bean Goose (sædgås, underarten rossicus) gave great views for when sat in the car only 25 meters away from it.<br />
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Another sighting of the Viking Gull (Vikingmåke) was a cery nice experience. It came in to eat bread together with the Galucous Gulls (Polarmåke). This hybrid between Herring Gull (Gråmåke) and Glaucous Gull (Polarmåke) is very little described in the litterature, so pictures like these are very good to have for future ID-ing of individuals.<br />
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-25115029989709131122013-02-09T18:19:00.003+01:002013-02-09T18:19:42.886+01:00Kenya 22/12 -12 Part 3Everybody likes to look at cute ducks in parks, and the opportunity I got here at Lake Nakuru, to get the rest of the family interested in these birds, was perfect!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hottentot Teal/Hottentottand</td></tr>
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Raptors are allways among my favourites when it comes to birds, and around Lake Nakuru we got to see a few at a very good distance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Osprey/Fiskeørn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tawny Eagle/Savanneørn</td></tr>
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A couple of birds with interesting head-ornaments allso showed up. Helmeted Guineafowl(Hjelmperlehøne) looks like it has got some kind of dinosaur-horn onn its head, whike the Grey Crowned Crane(Gråkrontrane) looks like it has borrowed a posh hat from a high-end woman.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helmeted Guineafowl/Hjelmperlehøne</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helmeted Guineafowl/Hjelmperlehøne</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey Crowned Crane/Gråkrontrane</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey Crowned Crane/Gråkrontrane</td></tr>
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As many may have seen earlier in the blog, shorebirds are among my absolute favourite birds, and to get to see some species that I have wanted to see for a long time up close eas amazing. It was also a little surprise to get to see some very familiar species here as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-Winged Stilt, female/Stylteløper, hunn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-Winged Stilt, male/Stylteløper, hann</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pied Avocet/Avosett</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spur-Winged Lapwing/Sporevipe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsk Sandpiper/Damsnipe and Black-Winged Stilt/Stylteløper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsh Sandpiper/Damsnipe, note the thin bill</td></tr>
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More pictures will be coming soon!Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-55792191217957227182013-02-06T23:47:00.001+01:002013-02-06T23:47:09.477+01:00Kenya 22/12-12 Part 2This part of the trip was to be so much more than expected, even though I did not really have any special expectations. I was quite stunned after we had driven around Lake Nakuru! For a bird-lover there are few single locations that can be more filled with interesting species! At least that is how it was for me. While mammals are what you usually see on TV from Africa, I am even more interested in the birds, and here I got to see many more than I could manage to find them in my bird-guide.<br />
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The drive from Sunbird Lodge to Lake Nakuru gave a brief glimpse into what was awaiting. Great Egret (Egretthegre), Yellow-Billed Stork (Gulnebbstork) and African Spoonbill (Afrikaskjestork) gave a glimpse into the long-legged birds, and an African Hawk-Eagle (Afrikahaukørn) sat on a post gave a hope of seeing many raptors as well.<br />
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Since it is difficult to quite remember all the details about the drive around the lake, I will use the bird-guide to go thruogh some of the more interesting species that I managed to identify around the lake. <br />
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Both Great White-(Hvitpelikan) and Pink-Backed Pelican(Rosenpelikan) where seen on the lake, and a roost of Great Whites gave good possibilities for photographing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swimming Great White Pelicans (Hvitpelikan)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roosting Great White Pelicans(Hvitpelikan), theyre all GWP's even though some are quite pinkish.<br />
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Cormorants were spread around the lake. Most were Great Cormorants (Storskarv), but there were also som Long-Tailed Cormorants(Langhaleskarv) sat in small trees around the lake. I even managed to spot a couple of African Darters (Slangehalsfugl), even though they did not give me an opportunity to photograph them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-Tailed Cormorant/Langhaleskarv</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Cormorant/Storskarv, surrounded by Cape Teal/Kappand, Greater Flamingo/Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo/Dvergflamingo and Grey-Headed Gull/Gråhodemåke.</td></tr>
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Egrets, herons and other long-legged birds have allways fascinated me, and here I got to see all that I wanted! Common Squacco Heron/Topphegre is a species that have eluded me for quite a few years. People have seen individuals in the exact same spot as me just minutes before I have gotten therem but when I get there it has off course left the location! But here one of them sat just next to the road, trying to be as impossible to see as it could! A beautiful species!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Squacco Heron/Topphegre</td></tr>
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Of the white Egrets I got to see Little Egret/Silkehegre, Great Egret/Egretthegre and the one I really wanted, Intermediate Egret/Duskhegre. I did not think that I would be able to distinguish between Great and Intermediate, but the bill was a good way of telling them apart! I allso got to see the familiar Grey Heron/Gråhegre. Just like seeing it at home, except for everything surrounding it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intermediate Egret/Duskhegre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey Heron/Gråhegre</td></tr>
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Of the other long-legs I got to see, many were very nice to see in close-up. Yellow-Billed Stork(Gulnebbstork) and White Stork(Stork) are both majestic birds which deserve to be watched thurroughly! Ibises are strange birds that allways catches my interest, while the African Spoonbill(Afrikaskjestork) is just a beauty. The flamingos, both Greater-(Flamingo) and the Lesser Flamingo(Dvergflamingo) looks like they have bought stilts, and that they dont want to leave them behind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Stork/Stork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow-Billed Stork/Gulnebbstork - juvenile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow-Billed Stork/Gulnebbstork - adult</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sacred Ibis/Helligibis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">African Spoonbill/Afrikaskjestork, with a Hottentot Teal/Hottentottand next to it, and a Cape Teal/Kappand in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Flamingo/Dvergflamingo in the centre of the picture, Red-Knobbed Coot/Knoppsothøne front-left. The ducks in the middle are (left to right) Southern Pochard/Fløyelsand - male, Cape Teal/Kappand, the next three are Southern Pochard females. Two Greater Flamingos/Flamingo in the background. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey-Headed Gull/Gråhodemåke, Ruff/Brushane, Greater Flamingo/Flamingo</td></tr>
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-16885892985372757662013-01-30T23:31:00.000+01:002013-01-30T23:31:20.847+01:00Kenya 22/12-12 Part 1 of 2During a night of little sleep I got to experience the African night. It was truly amazing! Two Comon Genets were feeding on the fish that had been laid out by the staff, and a Mongoose of some species came running by. And the Marabou that had tried to steel food the day before was sleeping in silhouette against the dark night-sky. And as the sun started to rise at about 06.20 its rays hitting the surface of Mount Kenya gave a truly amazing view. This Lodge is really situated in a magnificent place!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Kenya at sunrise, seen from Mountain Lodge.</td></tr>
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We drove off towards teh next lodge, and the binoculars and the camera were easily accessible. But what I really needed was my bird-guide. this country is something different from what I am used to from Norway. I figured out that I would just have to give up on identifying the small passerines, and to consentrate on the larger birds. While stopping for a hort while in the town of Aberdare, I got to see two Ibises walking on the grass. These were Hadada Ibises (Hadadaibis), and they seemed like they did not mind us beeing stood only a few metres away from them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hadada Ibis/Hadadaibis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hadada Ibis/Hadadaibis<br />
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After this brief stop in Aberdare we drove to the Equator, did the usual "tourist-things" there like looking at the water swirling different ways on each side of the Equator. Then we drove on to have a look at the Great Rift Valley where again there were lots of people trying to sell us the usual things. But both these places were nice to have actually seen with my own eyes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sign at the Equator</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sign at the Great Rift Valley</td></tr>
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The car we drove around in was an old-style Toyota HiAce. This is probably the most common car in Kenya, since there were lots of them everywhere! And as I am used to from home, there were supporters of English football everywhere we drove! The picture I am adding here is for Lars Emil! ;) Looking at the motorcycles that drove along the road was also interesting, since they seemed to find all possible ways of filling all their posessions onto them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ride</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How many items can you put on a motorcycle?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess which team he cheers for???</td></tr>
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When we finally came to Sunbird Lodge I was positively surprised that there were bird-feeders along the patio in front of the restaurant. I only managed a couple of OK pictures of Purple Grenadier(Purpurastrild) and Red-Cheeked Cordonbleu (Rødkinnastrild), but I knew where to look for birds the morning after!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Grenadier/Purpurastrild</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-Cheeked Cordonbleu, female/Rødkinnastrild, hunn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-Cheeked Cordonbleu, male/Rødkinnastrild, hann</td></tr>
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Birds seen this far on 22.12.-12:<br />
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Mountain Lodge:<br />
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Marabou - Marabou - Leptoptilos crumeniferus<br />
Egyptian Goose - Niland - Alopochen aegyptiacus<br />
Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater - Bergbieter - Merops oreobates<br />
Rock Martin - Ravinesvale - Hirundo fuligula<br />
African Pied Wagtail - Afrikaerle - Motacilla aguimp<br />
Cape Wagtail - Askeerle - Motacilla capensis<br />
Grey Wagtail - Vintererle - Motacilla cinerea<br />
<span style="color: red;">White-Eyed Slaty Flycatcher - Brillefluesnapper - Melaenornis fischeri</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Tropical Boubou - Tropebobo - Laniarius aethopicus</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Beglafect Weaver - Bergvever - Ploceus beglafect</span><br />
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Aberdare:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Hadada Ibis - Hadadaibis - Bostrychia hagedash</span><br />
African Pied Wagtail - Afrikaerle - Motacilla aguimp<br />
Pied Crow - Hvitbrystkråke - Corvus albus<br />
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Aberdare - Sunbird Lodge:<br />
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Cattle Egret - Kuhegre - Bubulcus ibis<br />
<span style="color: red;">Little Egret - Silkehegre - Egretta garzetta</span><br />
Grey Heron - Gråhegre - Ardea cinerea<br />
<span style="color: red;">Bateleur - Gjøglerørn - Terathopius ecaudatus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Grey Crowned Crane - Gråkrontrane - Balearica regulorum</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Speckled Pigeon - Spragledue - Columba guinea</span><br />
Common Fiscal - Svartryggvarsler - Lanius collaris<br />
Pied Crow - Hvitbrystkråke - Corvus albus<br />
<span style="color: red;">Cape Rook - Smalnebbkråke - Corvus capensis</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Greater Blue-Eared Starling - Blåøreglansstær - Lamprotornis chalybaeus</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Sunbird Lodge:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Laughing dove - Palmedue - Streptopelia senegalensis</span><br />
African Pied Wagtail - Afrikaerle - Motacilla aguimp<br />
<span style="color: red;">Pied Wheatear - Svartstrupesteinskvett - Oenanthe pleschanka</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Red-Winged Starling - Rødvingestær - Onychognathus morio</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Superb Starling - Praktstær - Lamprotornis superbus</span><br />
Beglafect Weaver - Bergvever - Ploceus beglafect<br />
<span style="color: red;">Red-Cheeked Cordonbleu - Rødkinnastrild - Uraeginthus bengalus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Purple Grenadier - Purpurastrild - Uraeginthus ianthinogaster</span><br />
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New species: 15<br />
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Total species of birds this far: 55<br />
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<br />Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-82003344838356536982013-01-28T22:22:00.001+01:002013-01-28T22:22:26.226+01:00Kenya 21.12.2012The first day of traveling in Kenya was a tiny little taste of what was to come. Both me and the rest of the family had high hopes for this journey into what we had only seen on TV before we came there. I did not know what to expect to begin with, due to the totally new setting I found myself in, but I had high hopes for this adventure.<br />
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The first thing that I was happy with was that the driving-conditions were very much better than I had feared, and the roads out of Nairobi were like any good road in Europe. The thing that was different was the buildings that we drove past that I dont think anybody would have lived in unless they really had to in Western Europe. But this just added some spice to this experience. <br />
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When we were almost out of Nairobi and the surrounding suburbs, we noticed that something was wrong with the car. The driver/guide stopped the car, and we got to confirm that the rear suspension had broken on teh car. The guide told us that we should wait at a small petrol-station/shopping-araea, and that he would be back in an hour. My mother did not believe anything in this, and the rest of us did not really think that this would be the reality, but we needed ther so we waited. I of course used the occasion to look for birds, and got to see several birds where I was able to figure out the species by the help of my bird-guide. This book was lying at my feet all the time we were in the car, and due to all the new birds it was used more or less constantly.<br />
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When an hour had passed, and people started to say "I tol you so" and such things, our guide actually came back. In total he had used about five more minutes than the hour he said he would use. And the drive could continue. We drove to Mountain Lodge, situated under Mount Kenya, the highest mountain in Kenya. This lodge was situated next to a waterhole so that we could look at Waterbuck and Bushbuck comming out to lick salts, while the Warthogs and the Giant Bush Hog were grazing just behind. And of course, as a birder, the Marabou that came in to feed on the food that had been laid out for the Common Genet. A great start to the adventure that was to come.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice traffic going out of Nairobi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first Marabous of the Trip, still inside Nairobi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How to stop cars the Kenyan way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entry to Mountain Lodge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sykes Monkey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mantled Guereza</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-Legged Buzzard(Ørnvåk)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-Crested Eagle(Toppørn)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">African Dusky Flycatcher (Smussfluesnapper), hiding in the jungle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marabou, a contestant for the title: "Ugliest bird"</td></tr>
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I will be pasting in the list of birds seen every day in the different places, and new birds will be marked with red. These are the bird species that I could recognise.<br />
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Nairobi<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Pied Crow - Hvitbrystkråke - Corvus albus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Sacred Ibis - Helligibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus</span><br />
Sunbird sp. - Solfugl sp.<br />
Weaver sp. - Vever sp.<br />
<span style="color: red;">Lanner Falcon - Slagfalk - Falco biarmicus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Marabou - Marabou - Leptoptilos crumeniferus</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Nairobi - Maountain Lodge</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Black Kite - Svartglente - Milvus migrans</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Olive Trush - Auroratrost - Turdus olivaceus</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Pied Crow - Hvitbrystkråke - Corvus albus</span><br />
Marabou - Marabou - Leptoptilos crumeniferus<br />
<span style="color: red;">Common Bulbul - Hagebylbyl - Pycnonotus barbatus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Beglafect Weaver - Bergvever - Ploveus beglafect</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">African Pied Wagtail - Afrikaerle - Motacilla aguimp</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Sacred Ibis - Helligibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver - Hvitbrynvever - Plocepasser mahali</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Lesser Striped swallow - Bredstripesvale - Hirundo abyssinica</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Black-Headed Heron - Svarthodehegre - Ardea melanocephala</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Yellow-Rumped Seedeater - Gulgumpirisk - Serinus reichenowi</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Dusky Turtle Dove - Rustvingedue - Streptopelia lugens</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Cattle Egret - Kuhegre - Bubulcus ibis</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Scarlet-Chested Sunbird - Skarlagenbrystsolfugl - Chalcomitra senegalensis</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Common Fiscal - Svartryggvarsler - Lanius collaris</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">House Sparrow - Gråspurv - Passer domesticus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Red-Billed Firefinch - Rødnebbamarant - Lagnosticta senegala</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Horus Swift - Horusseiler - Apus horus</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Mountain Lodge</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Crowned Hornbill - Bantutoko - Tockus alboterminatus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Grey Heron - Gråhegre - Ardea cinerea</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Red-Billed Oxpecker - Rødnebboksehakker - Buphagus erythrorhynchus</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Marabou - Marabou - Leptoptilos crumeniferus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Red-Eyed Dove - Rødøyedue - Streptopelia semitorquata</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Eastern Bronze-Naped Dove - Krittnakkedue - Columba delegorguei</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Mountain Greenbul - Østfjellbulbul - Andropadus nigriceps</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Cabani's Greenbul - Jungelbulbul - Phyllastrephus cabanisi</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Green Sandpiper - Skogsnipe - Tringa ochropus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">White-Tailed Crested Flycatcher - Hvittippfluesnapper - Trochocercus albonotatus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">African Dusky Flycatcher - Smussfluesnapper - Muscicapa adusta</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Egyptian Goose - Niland - Alopochen aegyptiacus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Hartlaub's Turaco - Blåkroneturako - Tauraco hartlaubi</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Grey Wagtail - Vintererle - Motacilla cinerea</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">African Pied Wagtail - Afrikaerle - Motacilla aguimp</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Cape Wagtail - Askeerle - Motacilla capensis</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Rock Martin - Ravinesvale - Hirundo fuligula</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Red-Fronted Parrot - Rødpannepapegøye - Poicephalus guliemi</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Long-Crested Eagle - Toppørn - Lophaetus occipitalis</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Long-Legged Buzzard - Ørnvåk - Buteo rufinus</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">White-Starred Robin - Stjerneskvett - Pogonocichla stellata</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater - Bergbieter - Merops oerobates</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Beglafect Weaver - Bergvever - Ploveus beglafect</span><br />
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Totalt number of bird-species seen after day one: 40<br />
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Animlas seen day one:<br />
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Waterbuck, Imbabala (Bushbuck), Warthog, Giant Forest Hog, Common Genet, Mongoose sp., Rabbit sp., Duiker sp., African Buffalo, Sykes Monkey, Mantleded Guereza, Bat sp., Squirrel sp. 13 species in total.<br />
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-38515467228088529402012-10-10T22:36:00.001+02:002012-10-10T22:39:27.748+02:00Memories of a short summerIt has now been almost three months since my last blog-post. Hopefully I will be able to post more frequently from now on. I found some photos from my last proper photo-trip this summer which I wanted to show to you out there. The Barnacle Goose (Hvitkinngås) is a leucistic individual which is easily spotted among its normally-coloured friends. And I guess that now there might be someone in Scotland that will see the same bird.<br />
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But most of the photos here are taken in the largest Little Auk (Alkekonge) -colony close to town. The sensation of being sat in between hundreds of these really cute birds which are trusting you so much that they barely notice that you move around a few meters away from them. These small alcids are one of my topten favourite birds, and even though their laughing calls can make me go crazy after a while, I still find myself maused by their personalities every time I sit amongst them. Just to make it clear to begin with, I did not walk as close to the birds as it might seem in some of the photos, the birds came closer to me while I was lying there on the painfull rocks!<br />
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Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-61815209168174369572012-07-15T22:22:00.001+02:002012-07-15T22:22:18.495+02:00July 14thFinally I found the time to write a few words here again. I am currently going through the pictures that I have taken during the last month or so, and there are a few nice ones there. But for now, I am posting some from yesterday. Three Ivory Gulls (Ismåke) were very helpful photo-wise, and flew by several times in different lighting. I hope that you who have a look at them enjoy this pure-white bird as much as I do!<br />
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In december I am going to the Seychelles, and hope to bring back photos of another all-white bird, the Fairy/White Tern.<br />Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-37166768632471327152012-06-05T22:26:00.000+02:002012-06-05T22:26:24.020+02:00June 5thA truly beautiful day, wich was supposed to be my day off.... But starting a new job has shown that a day off, is not nescesarily a day off. But I did get the time to do some birding. Quite a few nice birds out there today, and the sun was lighting them all very nicely. But as usual most of the birds were too distant to get good photos of them. But then an Iceland Gull (Grønlandsmåke) suddenly sat just few metres in front of me, and I once again managed to take about a hundred pictures of this beautiful bird! this is not the heaviest one of this species that are staying up here, but I still got to see how similar this one could be to a Glaucous Gull (Polarmåke) in certain angles. But it is still a lovely Iceland Gull! Enjoy!!<br />
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At least two different Iceland Gulls (Grønlandsmåke) are staying in the area, even though the one in these photos made me think of a possinble hybrid with Glaucous Gull (Polarmåke) due to its heavy bill and the fact that when it moves its head while sitting, it sometimes looks more like a Glaucous than an Iceland. But long wing-projection, a large eye and red legs tell me that this is "just" an Iceland Gull.<br />
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The numbers of geese in the valley have increased over the last few days, and by now there have to be thousands around. The Pink-footed Geese (Kortnebbgås) were the first to come in numbers, but also the Barnacle Geese (Hvitkinngås) are now here in large numbers.<br />
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I was also pleased when I got to see this years first Brent Geese (Ringgås) These geees that are just a bit bigger than a Common Eider (Ærfugl) are really birds with an attitude, and fights between the males are frequent. And all the time they are feeding you can hear theire grunts, unlike any other sound from any goose that I know of.<br />
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And finally the Red-throated Diver arrived. I have been waiting for it for some days, and suddenly one was lying in shallow water in the delta. <br />
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I will come back with more on the latest arrivals in a later post, and then hopefully with some pictures to show you as well.Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-3140062177735105642012-05-19T23:00:00.000+02:002012-05-19T23:00:20.169+02:00May 19thEven though the wind now has blown for more than two weeks without stop, there are still some birds that manage to hang on up here. Was out for a short birding-trip today, and we actually managed to see some nice birds and animals. <br />
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For me, the biggest probably wa to find one of the adult Iceland Gulls (Grønlandsmåke) again. It was not at its most helpfull when it came to photographing, but we both got OK pics of it. For Chris I think the Arctic Fox (Fjellrev) that we saw might have been the highlight of the trip. Even though it did not come in close, we at least got some nice views of it. <br />
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Since Chris is a sea-bird-watcher, he did not miind too much when I suggested to go to Vestpynten to see what would come flying by at sea. Due to the strong wind and the cold we did this in two episodes, where the secoond try was definately the best. We agreed on that there had to have been more than 1000 Fulmars (Havhest) that flew in front, over and behind us. We felt like we were actually in the way of theire fly-way. To have these Fulmars flying at arm-length away was a mighty experience. In between these there were good numbers of Kittiwakes (Krykkje) and a few Glaucous Gulls (Polarmåke). <br />
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when we ended the birding we said "Hello" to a King Eider (Praktærfugl) which was trying to court a Common Eider (Ærful) female at Gammelkaia. Maybe it is the same guy as was in the Eider-colony last year?<br />
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Today I learnt that a four-whell-drive car is nessecary when birding in the Arctic, since a white-out and snowdrifts tend to get your car stuck in the middle of nowhere. And I again learned that watching seabirds can be great fun, as long as you have the correct company! :)<br />
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Here are some pics from todays windy birding:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iceland Gull, doesnt it look nice?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Angry" eye on the Iceland Gull.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fulmar at seven metres distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fulmar at three (!) metres distance!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fulmar avoiding collision with the photographer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kittiwake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glaucous Gull</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glaucous Gull</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King Eider showing off!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King Eider showing off from the other side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you spot the mistake he has done?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-14461814036225341492012-05-16T22:45:00.000+02:002012-05-16T22:45:50.500+02:00Wind, wind and more wind!The last two weeks or so have been terrible regarding birdwatching. I have not seen this much snow fall down in Svalbard in such a short time-period in my three years up here. When the snow was done coming down, the wind started to pick up. And it has now been blowing for more than a week non-stop. It has actually been so bad at times that I have been found talking about planting a spruce-plantation just to calm the wind down. And my little Toyota, although it has four-wheel-drive, is no match for compacted snow and huge snowdrifts, so I havent been able to get to my gull-trap to set it for a long time either. But it has to end at some point. Spring does show an appearance at some times, and then it melts like never before, with huge puddles all over.<br />
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But enogh of the negative thinking. There are some really lovely birds around now as well, although they are difficult to find when it is an effective -20 outside the car. Snowbuntings (Snøspurv) are increasing in numbers, and the males are now singing all over. The King Eiders (Praktærfugl) and the Common Eiders (Ærfugl) are displaying and are showing proper courting behaviour. The first pair of Long-tailed Ducks (Havelle) are lying in the harbour, and the Pink-footed Geese (Kortnebbgås) have started to return up here.<br />
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I managed to spot my first Greater Black-backed Gull (Svartbak) of the year the other day, teh same day as I managed to see th "Viking Gull" again. This time I got nice fight views of it at a distance together with Chris Darby. Nice to have somebody else to share this interesting bird with.<br />
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Hopefully I will be able to get som OK shots of the birds and nature in teh days to come, but in the mean time, here are some shots that I have managed to take in the wind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resting King Eiders</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Eider, ssp. borealis, note the yellow bill and the "sails" on the back</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-12652569291153199832012-04-30T19:48:00.000+02:002012-04-30T19:48:56.366+02:00The gulls are back in numbers!As some may have seen in my blog, my interest of gulls have increased during my stay in Longyearbyen. At first I thought of gulls as just another difficult group of birds to distinguish species in, but now when I have learned how to separate out many of the different species I have gotten very fond of them!<br />
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I started ringing Glaucous Gulls (Polarmåke) last year, and have taken over the responsibility of making sure that the reports of the gulls ringed in the last cr-project in Longyearbyen are ebing reported properly. Due to these two things I am reading cr-ringed gulls and catcjing gulls as much as I can. Due to a lot to do at work and with other projects I have not managed to start catching gulls yet this year, but I have read about 15 different cr-rings this year, where some of them havent been seen since they were ringed in 2007 and 2008. Also I have read four of my own birds from last year. On thursday I fed teh trap-site with 12 kgs of out-of-date chicken wings, amd within a few hours everything was gone. At the time there were only between 30 and 40 gulls there, but at Saturday I fed the gulls with approx 45 kg of fish-remains, and when I came back to see if the gulls wanted to feed o it, a flock of between 100 and 120 Glaucous Gulls were sitting around the feed. They had removed almost everything I had put out for them! This is looking promising for when I get the time to start trapping them to put on some new rings. <br />
<br />Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119828280691010978.post-52475455740259756622012-04-25T09:27:00.001+02:002012-04-25T09:27:45.776+02:00I love happy people!Even though this post is without any pictures, I felt it had to come out onto my blog! I have a confession to make: I love happy people! And when I can make them happy by showing them "my" wilderness, I am even more happy. Yesterday I spent the first part of the day showing the magnificent nature, birds and animals around Longyearbyen to Lena Killingmo. She got in touch with me through a mutual friend, and asked if I could show her around when she was up here. When we started out it was grey and not the best weather. But by the time we had been out for about an hour, we had seen more than 30 King Eiders (Praktærfugl) and the weather started to look better. Being stood under one of the Little Auk-colonies (Alkekonge) I told her that "this is probably the best area to find Arctic Fox" (Fjellrev). She kept looking in her binoculars, and not more than a minute after I had told her this she found a fox up in the slope. A beautifull, all-white fox with the exception of the black nose and eyes. We had good views of it for only a few minutes before it disappeared, but still she was very happy with having seen it in the wild! A trip up to the Mine 7-mountain gave her a top-side-view of the surroundings of town, and for the first time one of the persons that I have showed around actually stood out in the wind for a longer period than me. she was just a big happy swedish smile when she came back into the car. Driving towards town we came across a little flock of Svalbard Ptarmigans, and again she was thrilled to see the wildlife that is not scared of people. During the four hours we spent together outside, I dont think that the good words ever stopped! :)<br />
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In the afternoon I took my boss from my regular job out on a snowmobile-trip. She had never driven a snowmobile before, and was very keen on making this little trip. I took her to the glacier at first, where she got to try to drive for a little bit. Then we drove to Cales Bay, and explored some cultural heritage. Plus-degrees, sun from a clear sky, melting snow on the ground and good company made it feel like a postcard-Easter in the mountains from back home. Driving back towards town I had to drive over the more icy parts from Coles Bay, and just before she took over the throttle again we stopped and enjoyed the company of a small flock of ptarmigans feeding just a few meters away from my snowmobile. She then took over the control of the vehicle and drove almost the entire way back home. And when I dropped her off at her place she was determined that this was something we had to do again in not too long!<br />
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So I have to say that tuesday april 24th has to be one of the best, and happiest days of mine, for 2012 this far. I have managed to make to women happy just by showing them the wonderful nature which surrounds us here at 78 degrees North. This is what keeps me alert to its beauty, and tells me that this is not "common" nature! And it also tells me that I am completely right in not being jealous of people further south who can spend their days in 25 degrees in shorts!Ole Edvard Torlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100069157724336145noreply@blogger.com0