Last weekend

Saturday started with the gardenbirds, and the visit of a robin nr 2, so there was a territorial war going on

The lovely yellowhammers were quiet bystanders. 

Beautiful? 

A curlew (storspove) spotted as I came to Kvassheim

Sunday down in the Hå surroundings

A very exiting view, a Marsh harrier (en myrhauk)

Difficult to get pictures of them, when they fly, as they are very quick, this was the best  ones I got

Garden counting 2012

Last weekend in January is always dedicated to the counting of gardenbirds. This is a very important task, and provides us with important imformation how the different species are developping.

Yellowhammers (gulspurv) have visited every winter last 3 years.

Starling (Stær), lovely bird, look at these colours! But noisy..

Another yellowhammer. The male is more yellow than the female

Greenfinch (grønnfink) this bird had a ring, but could not make out where it was from

Robin (Rødstrupe) having a bath

A very nice bath, really splashing

Magpies (skjærer)..they try to get the food, so had to chase them off.

Sparrows and treesparrows (spurv og pilfinker) wanted to have a bath too..it was Saturday

And the starlings of course.. Water is very importent for the birds when it is cold outside, so dont forget to put out that too, not only food.

Yellomhammer

Not the biggest variety this year, but the important thing was to count the ones there. A fun thing to do with your children/grandchildren.

Cold, but lovely winters day

Have been out with my camera again, several places this time, all within a small radius of Stavanger.
Look all the different birds I found:

A huge flock of geese taking off..reason was they thought the tripod was a gun..

Two swans

Tried a picture in B/W, I like it, do you?

I am just SO coot..eh cute..

Ready for landing...

I am just a jailbird, though my story´s seldom told

A lovely readwing (rødvinge trost), could not get a better picture, too many peolpe walking by

This was a surprise and a treat..and a proof of how mild the winter has been
Not often we see wren (gjerdesmett) during the winter

An all time favorite, Robin (Rødstrupe) 

8.january

First time out with the camera this year, and not many birds out there. Maybe because I was hoping for some vaders, but the storms in Norway lately has ruined the beaches and left them looking like a war zone.

even today, although the wearther was fairly good, the sea was very rough, So the only thing I found was som very tough surfers.

On my way back home, I passed a field where I found approx 100 bewick swans, lovely birds.

New years eve 2012

Well my friends, we have started a new photo year, and 365 days are laying ahead, ready for us to be used for whatever purpose we choose.
I will use 2012 to learn more and become a better photographer. But even if the pictures here are not of birds, i will stick to them this year too. But I wanted to try something new, and since getting a picture of firework is a challenge, I simply could not resist. All the pictures are taken through rainy windows, in my daughter and her boyfriends house, just outside Bergen. Please say what you think.

Happy new year all of you!