Bird Photo of the Week / Ukens fuglebilde - 30

Having photographed very little lately, this week's bird photo is a simple species portrait of a Redshank / Rødstilk (Tringa totanus) from the garden - the nr 1 noisiest bird in the area at night!

Bird Photo of the Week / Ukens fuglebilde - 29

This year there are some isolated 'pockets' with high abundance of voles in Northern Norway.

Preferring wet and damp habitats, the Tundra Vole / Fjellmarkmus (Microtus oeconomus) is a highly appreciated food item of various owls hunting in these habitats, and despite an overall low abundance of rodents this year, some birds feeding on voles have managed to raise chicks this summer.

Here is a very charming and fluffy 2-weeks old chick of a Long-Eared Owl / Hornugle (Asio otus) - well fed on a diet of tundra voles.

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Another magic summer evening with the Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

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Long-tailed Skuas / Fjelljo (Stercorarius longicaudus) in almost black and white