Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Last night I was out on the beach late at night taking pictures of the sunset. A tern couple landed on this old rowboat so had to take a picture of it against the beautiful sunset.
The sun is not up 24/7 […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 4th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is an Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) also known as Parasitic Jaeger in North America. These birds are so fascinating to observe (I know I say this a lot but there is nothing more fascinating than the nature) because they chase […]

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Taken on May 10th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This beautiful bird is called Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), formerly known as Oldsquaw.
It lives in the cold northern oceans and large lakes in the North Atlantic region, Alaska, northern Canada, northern Europe and Russia.
In this shot you can see the summer plumage of the male of […]

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Taken on April 17th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I was hunting down this Common Raven (Corvus corax) with my camera and suddenly it took flight. My camera was in manual mode and was not set to take a photo with the sun in it.
I must say I’m pleased with the result as it is […]

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Taken on May 10th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) sure are beautiful. They are not very common in my parts, but on my last two fishing trips I have seen many puffins. Very surprising and I hope this means that the number of birds are increasing after years of decreasing populations.
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Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera April 22nd 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is a great black backed gull (Larus marinus).
It is the biggest kind of seagull with it’s length of 61-74cm and wingspan of 1.4 to 1.7m. A grown gull weighs 1.5-2kg.
I find this bird very fascinating with it’s very coarse cries and […]

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