Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

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 [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 17th 2008. Click image for larger view. Yesterday was our National Day (also known as the Norwegian Constitution Day) here in Norway and on that day it is typical for everyone to raise the Norwegian flag to celebrate our declaration of independence from the Swedes. In this picture [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 29th 2008. Click image for larger view. At this time of the year we get to see some amazing sunsets here in Northern Norway. During the spring, before we get midnight sun, the sun is setting in the ocean in the horizon. In this picture I have zoomed [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 25th 2008. Click image for larger view. In this picture you can see an European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) couple sitting on the roof of an old, decaying boatshed. Starlings are a sure sign that the spring has arrived here in Northern Norway so these birds are a very [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 4th 2008. Click image for larger view. We had some beautiful northern lights (Aurora Borealis) some nights ago here in Northern Norway. It was pretty jaw-dropping to watch the lights traveling incredibly fast over the sky so I had to grab my camera to share it with you [...]

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