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LIDCSEN
1990
May 19 cont.
Wood Pigeon - 2
Collared Turtle Dove - 1
Koran Maviken - 5 +
w2: In Wjsta: 1- 20+
Starling - 20+ (many feeding up)
Cor. Magpie - 10+
Harled Crow - [illegible] 15+
Pied Flycatcher - 18+ 2 ?
(Ears no white
bands
in wings)
Eur. Robin - 4+
Blind Gnat - 4 +
Red Wary - 10+
Fieldfare - 30+
Marsh Tit - 1 (hard by)
Blue Tit - 3+
Great Tit - 10+
Tree Sparrow - 1
Chiffchaff - 40+
Green finch - 20+
Yellowhammer - 1
n = 28
Østansj & Vannet, Oslo - May 20
After work went to the Lake (17:45-20:45). Got
home ~ 21:30. Walked around N end of long W side,
(Bølar)
to the west S. and e to T-bane.
Weather: sunny w/ light
clouds, mild, wind & quite cool (hands in jacket wrists).
At N. end of Lake saw first bird watcher sight in Norway.
He said the N. end of Lake & E. side were famous in
Norway for birds. He also told us then were heron birds on
E. Nor side of Oslo Fjord - still Nightingale occurs. In
the reeds he pointed out the song of the Siv Sanger
(Sedge Warbler) which he said outnumbered the Reed Warbler
4:1. Although we heard it we were not able to see one.
Birds seen:
Gr. Crested Grebe - 8+
Canada Goose - 100+ plus
several Geese (1-12 very old) ranging in size from 1 to 17.
Greyling Goose - 150+, no eggs seen. Also 3 full-grown geese
seen that were together & seemed to pairily fly hybrids between the
mottling
2 geese. They had varying amounts of white on the head & a