Two May summer days (birdlist)

["Wim Vader" <>]

        Day 1 , 28 May (400 km) covered areas in Balsfjord, Sagvatnet, 
Kirkesdalen
and Rostadalen, i.e. all inland and southward from Tromsø, N.Norway.
        Day 2, 29 May (200 km) covered areas on Tromsøya, Rakfjorden, Sommarøy 
and
Tisnes, i.e. all on my home island and on Kvaløya, the large island west of
Tromsøya, between us and the open sea. Sommarøy is on the open coast. The
weather both days was fantastic, 20*C, sun from a cloudless sky and little
wind.
        I usually do not give lists of birds seen, but this may give a good
impression of our more common birds this time a year. You always miss a few
obvious birds, such as e.g. the Shelduck this time. In the inland I used no
time in the woods there, and thus missed many common inland forest birds,
such as Siskin, Coal Tit, Crossbill, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, etc etc.
Going up in the hills would have added Ptarmigan, Snow Bunting, Dotterel,
and probably Twite, and the outer islands have Kittiwakes and various auks.
        The asterisked birds were year birds this weekend. (The Arctic Terns
escaped this fate , because I saw them in the Weddell Sea in March!!)

LOONS
        Red-throated Loon                       Gavia stellata          2
        Black-throated Loon                     G. arctica              1,2
GREBES
        Horned (Slavonian) Grebe                Podiceps auritus        1
CORMORANTS
        Cormorant                               Phalacrocorax c. carbo  1,2
        Shag                                    Ph. aristotelis         2
HERONS
        Grey Heron                              Ardea cinerea           1,2
WATERFOWL
        Whooper Swan                            Cygnus cygnus           2
        Greylag Goose                           Anser anser             2
        Eur. Wigeon                             Anas penelope           1,2
        Gadwall                                 A. strepera             2
        Teal                                    A. crecca               2
        Mallard                                 A. platyrhynchos        1,2
        Pintail                                 A. acuta                2
        Tufted Duck                             Aythya fuligula         1,2
        Eider                                   Somateria mollissima    1,2
        Common Scoter                           Melanitta nigra         1
        Velvet Scoter                           M. fusca                1
        Goldeneye                               Bucephala clangula      1
        Red-breasted Merganser                  Mergus serrator         1,2
        *Common Merganser                       M. merganser            1,2
HAWKS   
        White-tailed Eagle                      Halaaetus albicilla     1
GROUSE
        Willow Ptarmigan                        Lagopus lagopus 1,2
OYSTERCATCHERS
        Oystercatcher                           Haematopus ostralegus   1,2
PLOVERS
        *Ringed Plover                          Charadrius hiaticula    1
        Golden Plover                           Pluvialis apricaria     2
        Lapwing                         Vanellus vanellus       2
SANDPIPERS ETC
        Red Knot                                Calidris canutus                
2
        *Dunlin                                 C. alpina               2
        Ruff                                    Philomachus pugnax      2
        Snipe                                   Gallinago gallinago     1,2
        Whimbrel                                Numenius phaeopus       1,2
        Curlew                                  N. arquata              1,2
        Redshank                                Tringa totanus          1,2
        *Greenshank                             T. nebularia            1,2
        *Wood Sandpiper                 T. glareola             1
        *Common Sandpiper                       Actitis hypoleucos      1,2
        *Turnstone                              Arenaria interpres      2
SKUAS
        Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua)          Stercorarius parasiticus        
2
GULLS   
        Common Gull                             Larus canus             1,2
        *Baltic Gull                            L. fuscus               1
        Herring Gull                            L. argentatus           1,2
        Great Black-backed Gull                 L. marinus              1,2
        Glaucous Gull                           L. hyperboreus          1,2 (1 
2K each day)
TERNS
        *Common Tern                            Sterna hirundo          1
        Arctic Tern                             S. paradisaea           1,2
AUKS
        Black Guillemot                         Cepphus grylle          2
PIGEONS
        Feral Pigeon                            Columba livia           1,2
CUCKOOS
        *Eur. Cuckoo                            Cuculus canorus 1,2
LARKS
        Skylark                                 Alauda arvensis         2
SWALLOWS
        Bank Swallow (Sand Martin)              Riparia riparia         1
        Barn Swallow                            Hirundo rustica         1 (one 
only)
PIPITS, WAGTAILS
        Meadow Pipit                            Anthus pratensis        2
        Rock Pipit                              A. petrosus             2
        White Wagtail                           Motacilla alba          1,2
ACCENTORS
        Dunnock                         Prunella modularis      1
THRUSHES AND CHATS      
        Eur. Robin                              Erithacus rubecula      2
        *Bluethroat                             Luscinia svecica        1,2
        *Redstart                               Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1
        Northern Wheatear                       Oenanthe oenanthe       1,2
        Ring Ouzel                              Turdus torquatus        1,2
        Eur. Blackbird  (!!)                    T. merula               1
        Fieldfare                               T. pilaris              1,2
        Song Thrush                             T. philomelos           1,2
        Redwing                         T. iliacus              1,2
WARBLERS
        Chiffchaff                              Phylloscopus collybita  2
        Willow Warbler                          Ph. trochilus           1,2
FLYCATCHERS
        Pied Flycatcher                         Ficedula hypoleucos     1,2
TITS
        Willow Tit                              Parus montanus  1,2
        Great Tit                               P. major                1,2
CROWS
        Magpie                                  Pica pica               1,2
        Hooded Crow                             Corvus corone cornix    1,2
        N. Raven                                C. corax                1,2
STARLINGS
        Starling                                        Strunus vulgaris        
        1,2
SPARROWS
        House Sparrow                           Passer domesticus       1,2     
FINCHES
        Chaffinch                               Fringilla coelebs               
1,2
        Brambling                               F. montifringilla               
1,2
        Greenfinch                              Chloris chloris         1,2
        Redpoll                                 Acanthis flammea        1,2
        Bullfinch                               Pyrrhula pyrrhula       1
BUNTINGS        
        *Reed Bunting                           Emberiza schoeniclus    1,2

                                                        Wim Vader, Tromsø Museum
                                                        9037 Tromsø, Norway
                                                        

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