Branta leucopsis, hvitkinngås
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I went early out to our lighthouse this morning, to count birds for the Eigerøy bird-watching station, by myself for the first time.
I didn't get any new species for the year but there were some flocks of some nice species, like 10 northern gannets coming together.
I heard that many barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) had been passing places nearby yesterday, on their migration. But it wasn't until I was about to go back after 4 hours today, that a flock of 48 of them passed over me as well.
It's so interesting that they probably are on their long way to Svalbard in the Arctic, where I have seen them nest.
This photo is from when they and other Arctic geese came on an unexpected visit in our neighbourhood in January. Today was the first time having them back in the municipality after that.
(Hvitkinngås in Norwegian)
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They came in large numbers, hundreds of geese flying all around me. It was one of those moments you just want to lower your camera and soak it all in.
