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Portrait of a bridled common murre standing in front of a teal/blue blurry background (out of focus ocean), photographed from the chest up. The belly is white, the back and head are very dark brown (but look black), medium-sized sharp gray beak. Around its eye is a white circle and line, resembling glsses. The bird eye is in focus, along with tiny water droplets on top of the head. Light cimes from the left behind of the murre.

About the beautiful bridled common murres.

3. September 2024

Common murres come in two visual variations. Bridled individuals are less common, and a have white "glasses" around the eyes.
  • Research
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Group of purple sandpipers foraging in the water. Two of them in the middle are in focus. In front and behind them are out of focus sandpipers.

The parental roles of purple sandpipers.

29. August 2024

Purple sandpipers are monogamous, male and female share the egg incubation, but hatching the male is the only one taking care of the chicks.
  • Behavior
  • Research
  • Fun facts
Portrait photo from the chest upwards of an adult European Herring Gull just moulting into winter plummage, with light brown stripes on the head. She's looking towards the camera, and around her right eye her feathers are standing upwards and have blood on them.

Meet Gloria, one of our herring gull neighbors.

22. August 2024

Get to know Gloria, one of the gulls living in our street in Oslo. She often hangs out on the neighbor's roof, and occasionally visits our balcony too.
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Rare bird 🚨 Smew at Østensjøvannet

1. March 2024

This winter I had the opportunity to photograph a rare winter visitor at the local nature reserve: a smew, a small duck that typically breeds in the arctic.

Introduction to Gulliver and Josefine, our rooftop gulls

24. July 2024

Two tough herring gulls have our rooftop balcony as their favorite hangout spot, and enjoy watching us as much as we enjoy watching them.

What we know about "our" herring gull Josefine

1. August 2024

Josefine is a herring gull living on our roof. She was banded as an adult in January 2016, giving us a lot of information about her.

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