national bird

[Vader Willem Jan Marinus <>]

In Norway the national bird is the Dipper Cinclus cinclus, called in Norwegian 
the Fossekall, the old man of the waterfalls. Thus also here we have a national 
bird, which is not at all endemic to our country (no bird species is, in fact). 
The Fossekall is 'a bird that holds out even in winter, and manages to live and 
survive under these circumstances,  as a real Norwegian'. It was therefore with 
some reluctance I published a small paper years ago, showing that at least half 
of our N. Norwegian dippers migrate and Winter in Finland!



                                               Wim Vader, Tromsø Museum, 
Tromsø, Norway
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