Singing Siberian Chiffchaff

 Terje Hansen and Ann Kristin Østgård recorded a bird yesterday on Herdlevær, which they believed to be a Siberian Chiffchaff. Terje sent me the recording and I think it sounds good for that taxon. Other people couldn't find the bird back yesterday evening. 

I tried for it today and found the bird back in the garden of the house which had both Dark-sided and Red- breasted Flycatcher. It was the first bird I heard getting out of the car. There was much wind, so the recording are not top, but nice anyhow. I also got a record-shot.

Tristis is rare as a spring bird in Norway. The song matches other recordings made on the breeding grounds. Besides that the bird also looked good for that taxon with grey plumage and dark legs and dark bill with light on the cutting edges, but what does a tristis look like in June?

Anyhow, listen to the recordings below.

Another bird Terje and Ann-Kristin found was a female Red-backed Shrike at Blomvåg. That one I gave only 30 minutes without seeing it. Nice place though with a family of European Stonechats...

🎤 Siberian Chiffchaff song

🎤 Siberian Chiffchaff song

record-shot of the tristis

🎤 European Stonechat female calling

male European Stonechat

American Wigeon

 On Friday an American Wigeon was reported on a lake "in the mountains" in Vaksdal. I twitched it yesterday. It was on a lake with some other wigeons, but not showing all the time. I got nice scope views, but no pictures alas. Stein Rune Rise gave me permission to use one of his of earlier that Saturday. Thank you for that!

nice drake American Wigeon, photo by Stein Rune Risa

Migration is over...

 The first decade of June was quiet. Most birds are flown and the times I was out I took many sound recordings of singing breeding birds. Too much to show here, but feel free to scroll the sound page in the menu...

Otherwise on Herdla the English Yellow Wagtail (flavissima) still present, singing and probably breeding with a flava as partner, a few Gadwalls on Herdla and Husvatn at Tjeldstø,  multiple breeding pairs (with young) European Stonechat and a crow-gathering at Breivik with Rook, Carrion Crow and two Jackdaws worth mentioning...

Rook at Breivik

Common Tern at the colony on Dåvøy

Arctic Tern at the colony on Dåvøy

🎤 Arctic Tern calling adult

worn Common Redshank at Herdla

another Common Redshank at Herdla

male (upper) and female Gadwall at Husvatn

Northern Wheatear

Great Black-backed Gull with chicks at the colony on Dåvøy