Fieldfares (gråtrost) only take fruit, whereas blackbirds and robins seem to largely ignore apples and eat other crumbs. They defend their apples against other fieldfares. I have currently one bird on each side of the garden.
Hawfinches in the garden
There’s been a single hawfinch (kjernebiter) in the garden for several weeks but yesterday there were five….and it’s all about SIZE…that beak means other birds don’t threaten their position getting the best pickings! The first rays of the sun shone on the bird feeder yesterday!
Eclipse dawn
As the moon re-emerged from the eclipse this morning in the west, this was the view in the opposite direction!
Perennial kale snow blanket
Just the tallest of the perennial kales are now visible above the snow! Hope this continues as there’s a much better chance of them overwintering when there’s a stable snow cover!
Yellowhammers
With deep even snow covering all the fields, grain eaters are hungry. I put out some grain and rolled oats today and it didn’t take long for 50 yellowhammers (gulspurv) to turn up for lunch! But, grain attracts also crows, just as hungry just now!
Full moon rise
A fantastic moon rise over Forbordsfjellet this evening…but it looks like it will cloud over before the eclipse in the morning!
Moon bow
…and now it’s clearing up, it’s getting colder and I can see a beautiful moonbow over the fjord from my desk!
Grain eaters
With 40-50cm of snow in the farm fields, grain-eating birds are desperate for food. Today, some 30 yellowhammers (gulspurv) and many hooded crows (kråke) and jackdaws (kaie) were at the bird feeder where I’d put out some grain this morning!
Perennial shoots in the snow
Plenty of greens as perennial vegetable shoots are now in season here!
Snow scenes
Several days with snow showers and we now have the deepest snow for this time of year since 1986!
Under the thick layer of snow the soil is unfrozen, a good winter for the plants! Difficult to believe I harvested some 15 plants from the garden earlier this week!
