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NEW YORK, NY—Love is in the air—listen closely and the sounds of chickadees, sparrows, and thrushes are beckoning you to step outside to experience the love from birds and nature. Take a moment...
The Snail Kite is one of the most iconic birds of the Florida peninsula. With its striking dark plumage, deeply hooked bill, and slow, buoyant flight just above the water’s surface, the kite is...
20. jan. 2026 kl. 19:23
Mais de um século atrás, no interior do Ceará, as árvores da Serra da Aratanha foram derrubadas para dar lugar a plantações coloniais. Quando as fazendas fecharam, a floresta foi aos poucos retomando seu espaço. E agora, graças aos esforços de biólogos para translocar espécies ameaçadas, as aves também estão voltando à Aratanha.
2025 gave me 10 new species and was the year when I finally saw the northern specialities close to the cabin in Bodø that I have been hoping to see since 2019. The northern specialities were: Lapland Fritillary (idun’s rutevinge) Arctic Blue (polarblåvinge) Frejya’s Fritillary (frøyas perlemorvinge) Away from specific trips/stops added three rare species: Large Grizzled Skipper (alvesmyger) Silvery Argus (kileblåvinge) Chequered Skipper (gulflekksmyger) whilst closer to Oslo I finally got to grips with 3 species I could have seen much earlier had I just made the effort: Scarce Heath (heroringvinge) False Heath Fritillary (mørk rutevinge) Meadow Brown (rappringvinge) Finally my first butterfly twitch gave me a vary rare vagrant Clouded Yellow (vandregulvinge) The Bodø mountains also gave me the other northern specialities that I have previously seen and I had all three of the resident Clouded Yellow Species at the same mountain locality which in itself is I imagine a unique experience but with the “normal” Clouded Yellow I saw later in the year I definitely became the only person to see all four species in the same year in Norway and who knows maybe Scandinavia. This photo of Violet Copper (fiolett gullvinge) made me very happy as for the first time the violet colour was really obvious I have now seen 82 of the 101 species recorded in Norway (or at least those in Artsobservasjoner) and saw 74 of these in 2025. With Jr now studying in Tromsø I can hope that visits to her in June/July will allow me to add some of those northern species that don’t occur as “far” south as Bodø but even with Tromsø as a base I will have many hours drive and walking to get to most of these species. BUT, it looks like there are enormous areas of mountain that have never been visited by someone who any interest in butterflies so there may well be opportunities to discover new species in new places. Here are the 19 species I am missing and where I intend to see them (this is for my own planning purposes but anyone who wants to join me in the search is welcome to contact me) 1. Essex Skipper (timoteismyger) - a trip around one hour south or east of Oslo in July should easily give this species 2. Reverdin’s Blue (lakrismjeltblåvinge) – this species occurred on islands close to Fornebu but was last seen in 2014 so that looks like an impossible species and a huge blocker for the older crowd who saw it (and in many cases collected it…) 3. Chequered Blue (klippeblåvine) - occurs only around Halden, an hour and a half drive away - where it is very local but is also being reintroduced. It is an early flier so I will need to visit in the middle of May or earlier if it is an early spring. 4. Niobe Fritillary (niobeperlemorvinge) – not recorded since 1997 although with its similarity to High Brown Fritillary and the variety of places with historical records there may be a chance it is rediscovered. 5. Arctic Fritillary (arktisk perlemorvinge) – a trip is needed to Alta at the beginning of July although as there is one site where everyone goes to see this species it wouldn’t surprise me if they can be found elsewhere. There is for example a record close to Oslo although there is no photo so who knows if its good or not, 6. Bog Fritillary (ringperlemorvinge) – a not too scarce species this species can be found within an hour of Oslo but should be easier to find in Hedmark along with Lapland Ringlet in the Osen area in the middle of June 7. Dusky-winged Fritillary (Dvergperlemorvinge) – a super rare species that I will use Tromsø as base to see in the first half of July. 8. Polar Fritillary (polarperlemorvinge) – has a very similar range and flying time to Arctic Fritillary so will be searched for at the same time. 9. Map Butterfly (kartvinge) – only 6 records in Norway but 5 of these are in the last two years and all are in the far north with Finland the likely source of an expanding species. All have been first generation in the first half of July. So it will be pure luck to see one but in a decade or so they might be established including in the south where the species is expanding north in southern Sweden. 10. Glanville Fritillary (prikkrutevinge) – now only occurs now on a military island of Rauer with other populations last recorded in 2009. Access to the public is as far as I know not possible for civilians. The beginning of June is the time to see them. 11. Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (seljesommerfugl) – a rare vagrant which did occur widely in April 2014 but since there have been 4 records although one in Oslo on 15 April 2022 does show that I need to be have it on my mind when out early in the year and check all Small Tortoiseshells I see. 12. Arctic Ringlet (disaringvinge) – a trip to Alta is again the place but for this species end of June/beginning of Juy is the time. There is a recently discovered population close to Tromsø though which I will look for (and already did half heartedly in 2025) if I have a chance. 13. Lapland Ringlet (emblaringvinge) – a trip to either Osen or the south end of Femund around mid June should do the trick or if I am birding in Pasvik then I should also see it 14. Arctic Woodland Ringlet (polarringvinge) – also an Alta species but does seem to be fairly widespread in all of Finnmark. A recently discovered population closer to Tromsø could be visited in conjunction with Dusky-winged Fritillary. End of June to mid July. 15. Rock Grayling (svabergringvinge) – a southern European species with a relict population a couple of places in southern Norway. A 3 hour drive to Treungen in the middle of July should do the trick. 16. Arctic Grayling (tundraringvinge) – another Alta species at end of June/beginning of July. 17. Clouded Apollo (mnemosynesommerfugl) – only known from a handful of sites in the west of Norway but a population discovered as recently as 2017 in Vinje, Telemark is only around a 3 hour drive away. Flies from Mid May into July with a visit at the end of June looking to be best. 18. Cryptic (Real’s) Wood White (enghvitvinge) – a species that is currently only identifiable through genetic examination of a specimen under a microscope. It has been recorded quite a few times in south eastern Norway but I would need to be with someone far more knowledgeable than myself if I were to see one with certainty. 19. Black-veined White (hagtornsommerfugl) – there is one well known population in Lærdal which is many hours drive from Oslo but they are occasionally reported in Telemark indicating a population there too. June would be the month.
Lasse Birch Højrup på 37 år har de seneste otte år været en af DOF BirdLifes punkttællere. Thorkild Lund på 84 år har sammenlagt deltaget i tællingerne i 38 år. Fælles for de to på tværs af generationer er en kærlighed til fugle og natur og en lyst til at bidrage til vores kollektive viden om fuglefaunaen.
20. jan. 2026 kl. 00:00
Picture 1: Feeding Snow Buntings (Snespurv) We started the morning with a nice breakfast before walking to Grenen to feed the Snow Buntings (Snespurv). The wind had changed to a north easterly, so we...
19. jan. 2026 kl. 18:21
2026 Lørdag d. 17. januarVinterfugle i Vestjylland Dagens tur startede ved Meny købmanden i Søndervig som annonceret. To gæster mødte frem, Verner fra Vildbjerg...
New study finds Asian Koels ignore egg appearance when choosing where to lay The post When cuckoos don’t bother to cheat appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
For mange gir det stor glede å oppleve fuglelivet på nært hold. Samtidig dukker et viktig spørsmålet opp. Hvis jeg ønsker å mate fuglene, hvordan gjør jeg det på en fuglevennlig måte?
The day started with a long walk to Nordstrand for me. I arrived at the observation site, and sheltered from the easterly winds, I started counting. There was a nice stream of Guillemots (Lomvie) with...
Lokalafdelingen arrangerer en en-dagstur til Djursland for DOF-Vestjyllands medlemmer og deres eventuelle ledsagere lørdag den 25. april.På vejen til Djursland...
Picture 1: Islom! Today was a day of two halves. The morning was spent by the Observatory team finding birds in the field between Worlds End III and Det Hvit Fyr. János chose the former and completed...
17. jan. 2026 kl. 04:15
Ricardo Berrios Perez leads bilingual birdwatching tours in New York City’s Central Park as a volunteer for the nonprofit Latino Outdoors. He knows when migratory warblers have returned to their...
This weekend is the winter date for the national waterfowl count. For us, this means that we have to count all the resting sea ducks and other seabirds from the harbor in Skagen to Nordstrand. The weather...
What happens when humans accidentally create a superhighway for crabs in a salt marsh? Audubon staff joined researchers from Stony Brook University at Crab Meadow marsh (Town of Huntington, Long...
Vil du gerne lære nogle af fuglenes stemmer at kende? DOF Østjylland udbyder i foråret 2026 tre kurser med fokus på forårets fuglestemmer. De tre kurser kan...
Der indkaldes hermed til DOF Østjyllands årlige generalforsamling 21. februar 2026Program:Kl. 10.00: Dørene åbnes. Foreningen byder på kaffe/te og morgenbrødKl....
After 3 very cold days but with only a small amount of snow we then had a day with LOTS of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday whilst temperatures rose to +/- zero. Thursday was cold again although at only -5C was a relative joy to be out in but today, Friday, the forecast is for the mercury to rise over zero and lots of RAIN. Welcome to icy pavements and roads and hell on earth… This week I have mostly been looking for snipes, rails and owls and succeeding to a good extent. Jack Snipe, Water Rail and Pygmy Owl have shown well, Common Snipe has been seen briefly but a Great Grey Owl in Maridalen has only been heard about via via but if the record is genuine then both myself and a number of others would appear to have been very close to it whilst being oblivious to its presence. Hopefully it is genuine and is refound although I so no evidence of rodents so cannot see that it will hang around one particular area for long. I have spent a lot of time trying to film Jack Snipe feeding but that has proven very difficult and merits its own post. A trip to Huk, Bygdøy revealed nothing unexpected except for a female Pintail feeding in the rock pools which rather surprisingly is my first record here. Three different female (but no male) Pintails have been seen in Oslo this winter – one at Østensjøvannet and upto two at Bestumkilen/Vækerø. In the last couple of weeks though only a single bird has been reported at Vækerø so whether the Huk bird was one of the other two or another bird is difficult to say. Maridalen on Wednesday after all the snow but before the rain the Pygmy Owl (spruveugle) has become more reliable again. Here it looks as though it is searching the ground for mice but otherwise it clearly had its eyes on birds at the feeding station one of upto three Water Rails (vannrikse) wintering in Oslo the open water that attracts Water Rails and snipe also often attracts Robins (rødstrupe) and Wrens the min cruise ferry from Kiel arriving in Oslo on Thursday morning as seen from Huk. Purple Sandpipers were on the rocks and a few Velvet Scoter and Eider were diving for food. The female Pintail can be seen swimming left the female Pintail (stjertand) feeding in the rock pools one of six Purple Sandpipers (fjæreplytt) the Pygmy Owl in Maridalen on Thursday. It is always easier to find it when it perches on top of a tree. Just after I took the picture it vanished but I then suddenly heard an explosion of noise from a flock of Long-tailed Tits that I had previously not been aware of so I assume it went for one of them Long-tailed Tit (stjertmeis) The sound of the small flock. They were still very excited a couple of minutes after they exploded into life and my continued "hunt" for a video of one of these feeding will get its own post sometime soon
Vi håber på strålende solskin og stort fremmøde, når Dansk Ornitologisk Forening i Nordsjælland inviterer til Ørnens Dag ved Arresø. Arrangementet er i...
16. jan. 2026 kl. 07:32
Nordsjællands Naturskole har et stærkt fokus på biodiversitet samt børn og unges læring og dannelse i naturen. Naturskolen arbejder målrettet med at skabe...
The first parasite Mark Hauber studied was a duck. Specifically, it was a Redhead, one of around 100 bird species worldwide with an unusual method of raising their young: Known as brood...
This month, a long-awaited milestone becomes reality: the High Seas Treaty enters into force. The treaty marks a turning point for the ocean, offering the first comprehensive framework to protect...
NEW YORK / SANTIAGO / BOGOTA (January 15, 2026) – Audubon invites photographers and videographers of all experience levels to enter the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards. Submissions will be accepted...
In December, the Water Quality Control Commission voted to adopt Colorado’s first-ever dredge and fill permitting program. Colorado made history. After more than a year of numerous public meetings...
