Over the last couple of days there’ve been large numbers of birds in the garden making me think of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, although there have been fortunately […]
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Nervous blackcap on apple
A male blackcap (munk) in the garden feeding nervously on an apple that a fieldfare (gråtrost) has been guarding attacking any bird that gets near. …and then demonstrating […]
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Did the hawfinch spot me?
I think this hawfinch (kjernebiter) gradually realises it’s being watched :) Post Views: 93
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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 […]
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Bombycilla garrulus and Coccothraustes coccothraustes
How DO they make up those scientific names? A small group of waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden with 4 hawfinches (kjernebiter) provided entertainment (distraction) this afternoon….waxwings are berry […]
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Birds in the garden 7th February 2018
Marsh tit (løvmeis) Yellowhammers (gulspurv), part of a flock of 11 birds with a brambling (bjørkefink) Hawfinch (kjernebiter) with nuthatch (spettmeis) at the end! Bird diversity in […]
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Hawfinch pair
Two hawfinches (kjernebiter) on the bird feeder yesterday. There was also still a flock of 20 or more bramblings (bjørkefnk) and 9 goldfinches (stillits), the latter still feeding […]
Birds / Snow
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Hawfinch hoping for a green Xmas
This hawfinch is hoping for a green Xmas, but his hopes are probably not good as it looks like there will be good skiing in Malvikmarka when I return from […]
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More December birds
House sparrows (a flock of 25 taking turns on the bird feeder), with brambling and hawfinch (gråspurv, bjørkefink og kjernebiter): Great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett): Post Views: 123
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Bird paradise!
It’s about as like winter England as it gets here this morning, grey and drizzling….so nice to have a flock of 17 goldfinches (stillits) brightening up the day […]
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Birds in the garden
It was difficult to concentrate at the weekend as there was so much happening outside the living room window…here’s a selection of still pictures and videos of birds […]
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Greenfinch taking food from the bill of a hawfinch
Following up on yesterday’s film, here we see a greenfinch trying to take morcels of seed from a hawfinch (kjernebiter)..I saw this several times today and yesterday…it happens […]
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Hawfinches and Nuthaches
A flock of 8 hawfinches, a couple of nuthatches, 20 goldfinches, chaffinches, greenfinches and blue and great Tits made for colourful views in the garden today! Post Views: […]