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A male European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), just like the one I saw in the morning sun outside our kitchen today.

This one is from Jæren, in the last sunset of January last week. There they are seen through the winter, but on our island a little further south we don't use to see them until the end of February or early March.

But today it was here already, as the first in our municipality for the year.

I also found a second species today that was new for our municipality for the year- two razorbills (alker) out on the sea here. Extra fun, since I posted them here yesterday- saying that I rarely see them here, and it was 4.5 years since my last time ツ

It really felt like spring outside today, with sunshine after a cold night lots of birds chirping, lots of birds at sea, and even the first coltsfoots (hestehov).

(Svartstrupe-hann, in Norwegian)

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A beautiful male European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) from the archive, on Jæren one January afternoon.

I got some new photos of one in the snow recently as well. Many of them winter on Jæren, and are normal to find there at this time.

(Svartstrupe-hann, in Norwegian)

Today I went to Jæren to see the very rare red-breasted goose for the first time (rødhalsgås in Norwegian). It had arrived together with all the other geese species there now, like on our island.

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The beautiful male stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), from another time visiting the island I'm from.

I met a couple of them today as well, while being out to enjoy the sunshine and look for some other rare birds together with my mum, before I had to leave.

Only a few stonechat couples breed in Norway, so it's nice that there are several of them on Bømlo.

We also found the beautiful little grebe today, and my first common grasshopper warbler. What a cool bird! (Dvergdykker og gresshoppesanger, in Norwegian.)

I'm glad I took the time to enjoy two lovely and relaxing days together with my parents in the sunshine, and also surprised my good friend on her 40th birthday yesterday.

I look forward to go back for a longer time during summer, since I didn't have the time at all last summer.

(Svartstrupe hann, in Norwegian)

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A beautiful male European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), from the archive.

It's nice to have these beauties back again from migration.

(Svartstrupe-hann, in Norwegian)

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It was my first time meeting the beautiful European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), during an autumn break on the island I'm from.

Only a few stonechat couples breed in Norway, so I was surprised to meet several of them at once. This one is a young male.

(Svartstrupe, ung hann, in Norwegian)

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It was my first time meeting the beautiful European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) during my autumn break last year.

Only a few stonechat couples breed in Norway, so I was surprised to meet several of them at once on the island I'm from. This one is a young male.

(Svartstrupe in Norwegian)

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