The birds. Norway is a great place for ornithologists. The number of breeding species in Norway is so large, that it would be impossible to describe them in detail here. Both the most common species are briefly discussed in this section, jak i te, which happen very rarely.
The best places for bird watching are Revtangen (Rogaland coast), Utsira (on the coast of Rogaland), Fokstumyra (w Dovrefjell), Femundsarka National Park (Hed-mark), Round (near Alesund, where he lives over 150 000 seabird couples), wyspy Nordlandu (especially Lovund, Trsena, speak, Vser0y and Bleik-s0ya), 0vre Pasvik National Park (eastern part of Finnmark) and Sval-bard (for the sake of migratory birds, that come there in the summer).
The largest bird populations can be observed along the coast of Norway. Millions of seabirds, that feed on fish and other sea creatures, they nest on coastal bluffs. Various varieties of gulls are among the most numerous species [mdke), common tern [the mackerels), arctic tern [mdnebbterne), oyster catcher (tent), kormoran (s/wrv), white gannet [sea sole), Alka Crooked Nose [alka), maskonur [puffin), guilemot (lomvi), nurnik (another), crested cormorant (toppskatv], arctic seagull (seahorse), three-toed gull (.crutch), skua (tjuvjo i fjelljo), little alka (alkekonge) and the Antarctic giant petrel (storm petrel).
The white-tailed eagle dominates among the raptors living in Norway (hav0in]. Along the coast of Norway, it has nested at least 500 pairs of this species, also living in Troms and Finnmark counties. Buzzard (fjellvdk) hunts lemmings and voles in arctic regions and in the mountain tundra. The higher mountain regions are inhabited by approx. 500 golden eagle pairs (kongeorn). Rare Osprey (fish eagle) is represented merely by 30 by. It can only be observed in densely forested areas, desolate places. The best chances of meeting this bird are in Stabbursdalen and 0vre Pasvik National Park.
You can also look for a sparrowhawk in Norway (spurvekauk), snooze (dwarf falcon), Białozora, that is, the Icelandic falcon (kestrel), peregrine falcon (sell-falk), Harrier (anteater), kestrel falcon (tornfalk) and the hawk pigeon fancier (hensehauk). All of these species, except for the last two, they are becoming less numerous and rarely appear to human eyes.
In addition, there are at least four species of owl living in Norway: sowa błotna jjord-ugle), inhabiting marshy moors; little owl (track vegle), preferring coniferous forests,- snow or white owl (sneugle), inhabiting mountain tundra, and the eagle owl (hubio), who chose the northern and mountain forests as his seat.
You can meet different in southern Norway, species of forest birds typical of Europe, like a wild pigeon (ńndue), woodpecker |woodpecker), woodcock [backed|, gil [dompap], finch (bokfink), Cuckoo [chest], jay (jayskrike) and many varieties of tit (my). Very few beautiful waxwings breed in Norway (silk tail).
In winter, large flocks of these birds come from Russia, they can then be observed in the forests, parks and gardens.
The grouse is one of the largest game birds [ptarmigan) and two equally tasty varieties of hazel grouse (orrfugl i jer-pe). Scottish partridge (Scottish lirype) he likes treeless moors and the tundra. The capercaillie (tiur), to some it resembles wild turkey, just like with us, he likes coniferous forests. Other forest species are common – crows (krdke), scythes (blackthroat), swallows (tak-svale), ravens (raven), sroki [skjaere], rudziki (mdstrupe), sparrows (I said) e.t.c.
Norwegian wading and water birds include the gray heron igrdhegre) and numerous relatives of the squeaky wader -bekas, frog runner, fighter battalion, curlew smaller, wading pool and others, and also a mudguard (spove), plover (I), suffocate [steinven-der) and the seedling (Bolt).
The most numerous representatives of ducks are the mallard duck (stokkand|, Eider soft feather [xrfugl] and a long-beaked grater (siland). In the swamps, In the lakes and ponds you can also observe wild birds, such as whooper swan (whooper swan), field goose (sds), smaller white-fronted goose (dverggds), greylag goose [grdgós) and the Canadian goose [cana-dagds). Only the Greylag Goose are represented in great numbers.
Among the beautiful water birds, such species should be mentioned, like a black-necked dive (storlom) i just rdzawoszyi (smdlom) and the horned grebe (horndyk-ker), crane (trane), coot (sothene) and corncrake (dkerrikse). "National” bird of Norway, dash (waterfall call), lives near mountain streams and finds food, diving in their waters.