{"id":152,"date":"2009-06-16T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T17:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/singwarte_wordpress\/?p=152"},"modified":"2017-12-07T10:51:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T10:51:15","slug":"northbound-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Northbound"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 2009<\/strong>
\nIn June two friends and I made a trip to Norge<\/strong> and Denmark<\/strong>. It was not my
\nfirst time there, but the first time with having more time to enjoy the landscape
\nwithout having to run from one tourist attraction to the next as with my parents
\nin my boyhood.
\nNevertheless, we did not have too much time, so we went to the rather well
\nknown nature related hotspots.<\/p>\n

Bergen, Norway<\/strong>
\nFirst we had to pick up Marcus<\/a> in Bergen. he lived there for half a year. One
\nreally surprising thing he showed us were breeding<\/strong> Lapwings Vanellus vanellus
\n<\/em>in a park near the students hall of residence.
\nIn Germany these beautiful birds are extremely rare<\/strong> now, but in Bergen they
\nactually breed even under a park bench beside a football site!
\nThe adults were really busy since people quite often went along the nests and
\nthere were also some Eurasian Magpies Pica pica<\/em> which had to feed there
\nhungry chicks<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

\"09_blog_nlwing_MH_148\"<\/a><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PFR03606_1-00_090531_BIO_nlapw-1-EC_no_bergen_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR03606, 090531, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus<\/em>, alarm call, Bergen, Norway<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PFR03415_1-00_090531_BIO_nwren-troglodytes-S_no_bergen_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR03415, 090601, Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes<\/em>, song, Bergen, Norway<\/p>\n

\"09_blog_gskua_MH_229\"<\/a>
\nGreat Skua Stercocarius skua<\/em><\/p>\n

Runde, Norway<\/strong>
\nThis small island is a well known birding hotspot<\/strong>. For sound recordings it\u00b4s seems
\nalmost too windy<\/strong> but it is a outstanding place to get familiar with a lot of species
\nand the sounds the make. The most impressing thing there are the breeding colonies<\/strong>
\nof pelagics like: Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica<\/em>, Razorbill Alca torda<\/em>, Common
\nGuillemot Uria aalge<\/em>, Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla<\/em>, Northern Gannets
\nSula bassana<\/em> and Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It\u00b4s a shame that large numbers of the juvenile Auk\u00b4s nowadays starve to death<\/strong>, the
\nsea is heavily overfished. Actually from most of the catched fish they produce fish<\/strong>
\nmeal<\/strong> to feed cows and pigs in factory farming. A small hint for environmentalists
\nliving a lifestyle based on animal products<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

Beside the seabirds there are some species of songbirds on Runde too: Rock Pipit
\nAnthus petrosus<\/em>, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis<\/em>, Twite Carduelis flavirostris<\/em>
\nor Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On top of the island you can see and hear Great Skuas Stercorarius skua <\/em>and
\nWhite-tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla<\/em> usually circle somewhere all time.<\/p>\n

A serious problem for making sound recordings are the ubiqitous wildlife
\nphotographers.<\/strong> There is literally no place near birds one can get rid off the
\nclicking and chattering of cameras.<\/p>\n

The funny part of our visit there was an Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus
\nostralegus<\/em> which attacked everyone who came closer to it\u00b4s nest. Unfortunately
\nit’s nest was 300m beside a main path<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

\"09_blog_eoyscat_MH_58\"<\/a>
\nEurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus<\/em><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PFR00125_1-00_090603_BIO_eoyscat-ostralegus-EC_no_runde_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR00125, 090603, Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus<\/em> excitement call, Runde, Norway<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PFR03031_1-11_090603_BIO_skua-1-LC_no_runde_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR03031, 090603, Great SkuaStercocarius skua<\/em>, calls in flight, Runde, Norway<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PFR00284_2-00_090603_erpip-littoralis-EC_no_runde_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR00284, 090603, Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus<\/em>, excitement calls, Runde, Norway<\/p>\n

\"09_blog_boyabreen_MH_297\"<\/a>0125,<\/p>\n

B\u00f8yabreen, Norway<\/strong>
\nB\u00f8yabreen is a well know glacier in <\/strong>the Jostedalsbreen National Park.<\/a> Beside busses
\nfull of tourists we sighted Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla,<\/em> Redwings Turdus iliacus
\n<\/em>and Willow Warblers Phyloscopus trochilus<\/em> there.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PFR03441_1-11_090601_BIO_redw-iliacus-1-S_no_boyabreen_REF-S_C.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR03441, 090601, Redwing Turdus iliacus<\/em>, song, Boyabreen, Norway<\/p>\n

Tipperne, Denmark<\/strong>
\nTipperne is a well known birding hotspot<\/strong> at western Denmark situated south to the
\nRingk\u00f8bing Fjord. This area gives you a proper impression what Central Europe must
\nhave look like before the age of industrial farming.
\nBecause I was more focused on the discovery of personal new species I didn’t make
\nmuch sound recordings there. But this is definitely a place I have to come back!<\/p>\n

Without the friendly guard of the reserve we definitely wouldn’t have seen so much
\nbirds. Thanks a lot!<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PFR01239_1-00_090610_BIO_ehmartin-urbicum-C_dk_tipperne_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

PFR01239, 090610, Common House Martin Delichon urbicum<\/em>, farmers, Tipperne, Denmark<\/p>\n

photo credits:<\/strong>
\nNorthern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus<\/em> \u00a9 Marcus Held | After Nature
\n<\/a>Great Skua Stercocarius skua<\/em><\/em>\u00a0\u00a9 Marcus Held | After Nature<\/a>
\n<\/a>Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus<\/em><\/em>\u00a0\u00a9 Marcus Held | After Nature<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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