Dear friends,
In my bird piece yesterday I included a link to my
website, where there should be pictures of the Tromsø fjords and of
Sommarøy. there were , too, when I checked this out last week. But when
Peter Madvig now asked: 'where do I click?', and I checked my website once
more, I could not find the right spot anymore either. Very sorry indeed! You
would not know, I suppose, but it is quite hard to be stupid!
I use the opportunity to add the bird list from
yesterdays excursion; it gives a nice idea of what one sees here on a n
average day in the field. Of course, other destinations would have brought
other birds; there are no loons on this traject in summer (And the Horned
Grebes that used to nest on a little lake along the road close to Sommarøy,
have been absent three years in a rwo now); and there are always strange
gaps: no great Tits or greenfinches this day, both among the more common
local birds.
Wim Vader, Tromsø
Museum
9037 Tromsø,
Norway
Here follows the list of birds seen yesterday:
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carco
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Wigeon Anas penelope
Teal A. crecca
Mallard A. platyrhynchos
Northern Eider Somateria mollissima
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
White-tailed Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Willow Grouse Lagopus lagopus (excrements only)
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Curlew N. arquata
Redshank Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper T. glareola
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Arctic Skua Stercorarius skua (Parasitic Jaeger)
Common Gull Larus canus
Herring Gull L. argentatus
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Feral Pigeon Columba livia
European Cuckoo Cuculus canorus (heard only)
Sand Martin Riparia riparia (Bank Swallow)
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Rock Pipit A. petrosus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Song Thrush T. philomelos
Redwing T. iliacus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Willow Tit Parus montanus
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Northern Raven C. corax
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling F. montifringilla
Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
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