_part of the larger Oslo Fiord.
_Being close to Oslo the water
_is polluted and the shores
_partly urbanized.
_There are too many boats
_around (including mine),
_there are few islands and the
_wildlife is not exactly teeming.
_However, this is where I live
_and where spend much of my
_time, and if you look closely
_there is interesting wildlife
_even here. In wintertime the
_fiord is normally covered with
_(thick) ice. I have a little house
_close to the shore and
_accordingly global warming
_worries me in more than one
_aspect !
_Until then : Be my guest !
_PHOTO : JON PETTER ANDERSEN
_the winter
_(grågås) has increased
_considerably in the fiord after
_the introduced Canada goose
_has been decimated
_important prey for our local
_ lynx
_a difficult period with the deep
_snow
_can still be seen on the fiord during
_ the migration
_but can still be seen on the
_fiord during the migration
_can be seen flying over the
_fiord in migrationperiods
_mid winter
_cool summer marsh
_insect
_mute swan (knoppsvane)
_character birds in Bundefjorden
_can sometimes beseen in the
_fiord thanks to freshwater
_lakes in our near surroundings
_evening light
_local fisherman
_a rare, but still regular guest
_in the fiord
_on my nighbours boatpole 2
_on my nighbours boatpole 3
_a very marine bird and is
_not beeing seen very often
_in the fiord.
_picture is actually taken from
_my kitchen window.
_are pockets of relatively
_untouched nature. Picture
_taken in late spring.
_Goldeneyes are only seen in
_the fiord in migration periods.
_to the open sea in other
_regions. Still a few can
_be seen in the fiord in all
_icefree periods.
_small like a starling and very
_rare. Sometimes a few can get
_blown into the fiord in stormy
_periods.
_seen a wild lynx (gaupe).
_However I found these lynx
_tracks around my house in
_the winter of 2007.
_Fascinating !
_rare birds in our region.
_However, in the automn of
_2007 many were blown into
_the fiord by a gale at sea.
_For a short period there were
_lots of them around my house
_(thousands). Almost all of the
_birds died of hunger after a few
_weeks.
_(siland) in shallow water
_(siland) in springtime
_of shelduck (gravand)
_has beautiful drawings
_in springtime
_(gravand) in springtime
_merely on plankton and is
_the second biggest fish in
_the world. Unfortunaly
_this one ended its life in
_my net under the ice in the
_winter of approx 1980.