Eidfjord (18Jul2017)

Eidfjord is a great little town smack dab in the middle of a fjord.  While Melissa did her morning ablutions I went birding in the town.

White Wagtail

At the time I thought this was just another Willow Warbler but now I see it is a Wood Warbler.  Clean white below.

Spotted Flycatcher

Now that Melissa was all clean and smelling good we hopped in the Mercedes and sped up the gorge to Voringfoss.

I took about 1000 bad pictures of House Martins.  Here you can barely see one speeding up into it's nest on the cliff face.

House Martin

Voringfoss waterfall from the top.

House Martins hunting in the gorge.

Rough-legged Hawk (Buzzard in eurospeak)

We found a beautiful hike in the gorge, but it was hard to make it down the trail due to all the good birds.

Ring Ouzel

Record shot of my lifer European Green Woodpecker

Great Tit

Willow Warbler

Grey Wagtail

Willow Warbler

White-throated Dipper!  The national bird of Norway.

Dipper chick!

Momma Dipper

Willow Tit - the bib is a tad wider than Marsh Tit.

The secondaries on the Willow Tit is lighter.

Long-tailed Tit

Hmm, guessing a fledgling European Robin

Eurasian Siskin

A young bird, probably also a Robin

European Green Woodpecker

Around lunch time we set off on the drive to Bergen.

Yet another gratuitous fjord picture.