As I wrote yesterday, I saw both sand martins (sandsvaler in Norwegian) and barn swallows, like this one from our island last year (Hirundo rustica, låvesvale in Norwegian), for the first time this year yesterday. They were my bird species number 148 and 149 of the year.
I ended the afternoon by getting the very rare alpine swift (alpeseiler in Norwegian) as a special number 150. It was found on Jæren when my friend and I were nearby. A lot of birdwatchers gathered to see it, since it can be a decade between its visits in Norway. (It breeds in the mountains from southern Europe to the Himalayas.) I got some nice photos of it in flight, that I will show later on.
My album of birds here.
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