Hi Wim
Hope to hear all the news of Tromso in 2014
Jude
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From: Vader Willem Jan Marinus <>
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Sent: Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:13 pm
Subject: [Birding-Aus] first bird
In Tromsø, N. Norway, there is not all that much choice this time a year, nor
is
there much daylight. This year the Black-billed Magpie won ut over the Hooded
Crow ,and these are the two birds I have seen hitherto; on the other hand,
there
are many of them. We have overcast weather, light frost, after we have had
temperatures just above freezing for most of the Christmas holidays---first
time
in my 40 years here--, and there is about 2 ft of snow on the ground. Few land
birds, although the occasional Great and Willow Tit show up at my feeders, and
there are House Sparrows here and there in town.
Yesterday Riet and i walked along the shore of the sound here (That never
freezes over) and there are more birds there: Flocks of Northern Eider, a few
Common Scoters, a Red-breasted Merganser. Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls
and Great Cormorants. A Winter-clad Black Guillemot was unexpected, we rarely
see them in town.
I wish all Birding-Aussers an excellent 2014, at home, at work and at play.
Wim Vader, Tromsø Museum
9037 Tromsø, Norway
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