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Picture of field full of dandelion flowers and a red boatshed in Northern Norway

June 9th, 2008 · 14 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 8th 2008. Click image for larger view.
I love the short period when every dandelion plant seems to flower at the exact same time. A field full of yellow flowers on a sunny day is a beautiful sight so I could not resist taking out the camera to snap […]

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Tags: Countryside · Rural · Flower · Plant · Flora · Shore · Sky · Clouds · Nature · Coast · Boatsheds · Spring · Norway Norwegen Norge · Snow · Mountain · Landscape

Sunset scene during the spring in Northern Norway - Picture taken from bedroom window

May 26th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 16th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture I have photographed a sunset late in the evening (at 11 PM) from my bedroom window. I love this view and I never get tired of looking at it
Notice all the snow in the mountains that you can […]

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Tags: Nature · Snow · Clouds · Scenery · Shore · Sky · Mountain · Sunset · Spring · Coast · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Evening · Landscape

Pictures of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) on the coast in Northern Norway

May 20th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Here are a couple of pictures of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) that I captured last weekend while collecting seagull eggs on some skerries on the coast in Northern Norway (a post about the egg collecting is coming in a few days so stay tuned).
Herring gulls live here in large numbers and the sounds of the […]

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Tags: Sky · Seagull · Shore · Senja · Nature · Snow · Spring · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Birds · Coast

Picture of White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) bird on beach with red sand

April 29th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 25th 2008. Click image for larger view.
The cute white wagtail (Motacilla alba) birds are back! It is so nice to see new birds almost every day as it gets warmer and warmer. All the new birds are a good reason to go outside with a camera and capture […]

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Tags: Shore · White Wagtail · Beach · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Birds · Coast

Picture of water dropping from icicles - Sunny day in Northern Norway

March 23rd, 2008 · 27 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 20th 2008. Click image for larger view.
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Here I have photographed water drops falling from some icicles that were melting on a sunny day here in Northern Norway. In the picture I used the fjord and snow clad mountains as a background to the icicle. I also […]

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Tags: Sky · Shore · Ice · Icicles · Nature · Snow · Coast · Winter · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Picture of Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritim) bird at the coast in Northern Norway

March 20th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 17th 2008. Click image for larger view.
The Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritim or Erolia maritima) is a small shorebird (about 22cm) that live on the coast here in Northern Norway. While many birds migrate to warmer climate during the winter this bird stay here throughout the winter.
The Purple Sandpiper […]

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Tags: Shore · Seaweed · Purple Sandpiper · Nature · Birds · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Coast