HOW LONG WAS ADAM IN PARADISE?
This Norwegian expression came to mind, when i woke up this morning , and
I saw that the wonderful summer weather of yesterday had morphed into
low-hanging clouds, drizzle to seep-rain, and 4-6*C today How nice that I
decided to take the longer trip yesterday!
I was back at Tisnes for a while today, nevertheless; these days something
happens almost every day. I came across a quite large flock of small birds
on the grassland there, but could not get them to sit still, so I saw only
a few of the birds sufficiently well to identify them: Meadow Pipits and
Twite. There were also a few more colourful birds among them; though,
buntings, maybe? One bedraggled-looking White Wagtail had also returned to
one of the farms here, and in the wetland, where all the Common Gulls now
were back in the colony, I found the first Ruff of the season, while two
Redshanks were actively foraging near the mouth of the little river.
At the airport a large flock of some 60 Bar-tailed Godwits were present ,
where Saturday there were none.
I thought it might be of some interest to give you a birdlist of my
activities this weekend: 1 is the trip to Kvalsund on Thursday afternoon,
2 is Tisnes on Friday, 3 is the long Balsfjord trip yesterday, and 4 is
the short trip to Tisnes today, Sunday 3 May. The asterisked birds were
seen for the first time this year in the Tromsø area
White-billed Diver (Yellow-billed Loon) 4
(three on the sound)
Slavonian (Horned) Grebe 3
( three 'Balsfjord bottom)
Common Cormorant 1,2,3,4
Grey Heron
1,2,3
*Pink-footed Goose 2,4
Greylag Goose
1,2,3,4
Shelduck 3
Wigeon
1,2,3,4
Teal
2
Mallard
1,2,3,4
*Tufted Duck 3
(One pair on shore, Stornes)
Common Eider 1,2,3,4
Long-tailed Duck 1
Common Scoter 2,3,4
Velvet Scoter 3
Red-breasted Merganser 1,2,3,4
White-tailed Sea Eagle 1,2,3,4
(As you can see, a common bird here)
Willow Grouse 4
Oystercatcher
1,2,3,4
*Golden Plover
1,2,3,4 (Just arrived, still in large flocks)
Northern Lapwing 1,2,4
(Strangely missing yesterday)
*Dunlin
2 (A flock of c 20)
*Ruff
4 (A single brown-collared male)
*Bar-tailed Godwit
3,4 (Only one yesterday, 50-60 today)
*Whimbrel
3 (A single one at tennes)
Curlew
1,2,3,4
*Redshank 4
(two at Tisnes)
Common Gull
1,2,3,4
*Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 (Two
at Nordkjosbotn)
*Iceland Gull
2 (One 3k at Tisnes, very late for this northern gull)
Herring Gull
1,2,3,4
Great Black-backed Gull
1,2,3,4
*Common Guillemot (Murre) 1
Razorbill
1
Black Guillemot 1
Little Auk (Dovekie) 1
Feral Pigeon
present
Woodpigeon 2
(first time I have seen thise at Tisnes)
*Short-eared Owl 2
(heard only)
*Meadow Pipit
2,4
*White Wagtail
1,4 (One at Rakfjord, one at Tisnes
*Dunnock
3 (Singing at Andersdalen)
(*Ring Ouzel
3 (I thought I heard the song at Andersdalen, but far away)
*Fieldfare
1,2,3,4
*Redwing
1,2,3,4
*Song Thrush 3
(Singing at Andersdalen)
*Chiffchaff
3 (Several singing at Andersdalen)
Great Tit
1,3
Magpie
1,2,3,4
Hooded Crow
1,2,3,4
Northern Raven
1,3
Starling
1,2,3,4
House Sparrow 3
(Not all that common here, outside town)
Chaffinch
3
*Brambling
3 (Two singing at Andersdalen)
Greenfinch
1,2,3
Twite
4 (Several at Tisnes)
Redpoll
in my garden
Bullfinch
3
*Reed Bunting 2
(two at Tisnes)
As you can see, this is the time that many migrants return. never a dull
moment.
Wim Vader,
Tromsø Museum
9037
Tromsø, Norway
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