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Black Dog Bicycling: Solvitur Velocipedo
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The stillness couldn't last. Altitude is a a cyclists hardest won currency; the urge for a spendthrift splurge rose irresistibly. With a glorious descent promise-note burning a hole in my pocket I packed up my camp and romped through Brinchang and Kampung Raja, the tableland's northern most stations. The scale of the developments was difficult to miss. The WWF's descri. Bing land clearance as "rampant" did not seem hyperbolic looking over valleys glaring back from reflective cellophane and glass. Instead...
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Black Dog Bicycling: November 2013
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What a gorge-ous couloir, canyon not defile it? What I may lack in pun quality I try to make up for in exuberant quantity. Having spent a comfortable pagan night camped amongst the stone sentinels my morning began with another high pass to reach. At 2260m it was only a few hundered short of Selim and constituted a hearty mornings work. But safe in the knowledge that my destination for the day, Goris, was only 25k beyond I could relax and enjoy the growing majesty of the surrounds. Back on the road again.
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Big Year Norway 2014: August 2014
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Saturday, 23 August 2014. So if you are a birder living in, or visiting Norway, you should definitely make a trip to Lista. The planning of the trip you will for sure do by visiting their web site which is in both Norwegian and English. Lista Bird Observatory web. Here are a few pictures from the Lighthouse area. Entrance road to the light house and bird observatory area. View inland from the light house over Gunnarsmyra. Early mornings and. Than its share of rarities through the years. In the evening, I...
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Big Year Norway 2014: February 2014
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Thursday, 13 February 2014. Anyway, this time, the bird was reported at a harbour in downtown Fredrikstad. Even though close to the rubbish tip, it was seen at the same place twice and happily was attracted by bread. I decided to give it a go! Starting 2 in the morning from home, ment driving all night. Advantage by driving during the night is that you save an hour because you don't need to meet all those driving in 60 km/hours (and believe me, there are lots of them! Show, I feel that the jizz ans shape...
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Big Year Norway 2014: September 2014
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Monday, 29 September 2014. Røst 3 - no birds for days, but then. YES, indeed - Buff-breasted sandpiper (rustsnipe) was flying back and forth overhead not really wanted to land. After doing this for a while, the sandpiper finally looked like landing in the area it first was discovered. Buff-breasted sandpiper in flight before landing, showing the diagnostic. Wing pattern of dark "comma" in primaries. The bigger bird being a. On the ground, showing rusty coloured neck and head. Very long, pale legs. I have...
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Big Year Norway 2014: September 2013
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Monday, 2 September 2013. I remember the very first time I came to Svalbard. It was 6th June 2001. As many of the other people visiting Svalbard, one of my biggest hope was to see the Ross’s gull. After all Svalbard is part of the Arctic, and the ross’s gull is an Arctic species. A couple of blue whales later and a few days had passed – north of Svalbard somewhere I was still smiling from the nice ross’s gull observation when I again looked out the window. Two ross’s gulls! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Big Year Norway 2014: November 2014
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Saturday, 1 November 2014. Is this the end? The skulky Radde's warbler (viersanger) ringed, and at the same time studied. Close up by the ten or so birders that visited the island this day. In the dark undergrowth of the forest, a single small but stunning bird trying. To hide from my Big Year list. But almost three hours seaching, ment finally that. I got a few glimpses of the charismatic Firecrest (rødtoppfuglekonge). Eirik Grønningsæter / WildNature.no. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Big Year List #1-254.
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Big Year Norway 2014: January 2015
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Friday, 30 January 2015. Big Year Norway Results. Hmm Yes, I should. Last weekend, I did a presentation of my Big Year for a bird club. It forced me to think back on the year and again realising all the great birding and experiences I had through the year. Despite not taking the record, I must anyway be very happy with the result. My Norwegian list increased by 18. To make 303 species in one year in Norway - you need to travel a bit. This also. This is picture show the sky above Northern Norway somewhere.
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Big Year Norway 2014: June 2014
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Monday, 9 June 2014. Big Year in Svalbard. On my way to Svalbard, I had an overnight stop to tick off one the rarest breeding birds in Norway. Valdakmyra in Porsanger in the very northernmost part of Norway is the only place where Lesser white-fronted goose (dverggås) is possible to see. So on the 30. Every Svalbard expedition needs some Fulmar pictures (havhest) to be complete. I know this is a birding blog at the moment, but guiding people to. Big Year list. Big Year bird #260. View my complete profile.
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Big Year Norway 2014: April 2014
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Tuesday, 29 April 2014. Tripple yankee doodle doo. Busy times indeed. Blue sky and steady easterly winds all the way from south eastern Europe to Norway made spring bird migration finally arrive! The long drive back went smooth, but uneventful bird wise. Several lapland longspur (lappspurv) were seen during a few short days. In my home area during Easter. The luxury of three American birds within few hundred meters from. Each other in Norway. Ergavann in the foreground, the famous Orrevann back. The shor...
