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Day 16: Birding to the Mountains

The next morning local birder Frøde Falkenberg picked me up for three days of birding in the area!  He's in his early 30s, and we just had a great time chatting as we made our way up to the plateau, which was that lovely habitat we came through on the train. We drove alongside a fjord and crossed it at one point on a little ferry, then arrived in the little town of Voss, where we stopped at a little woodland called Prestegardsmoen, where we tripped across a suspension bridge and hooked up with a great trail, where we had a feeding flock of Goldcrests, three kinds of tits, Robins, Nuthatches, creepers, and Willow Warblers, plus a Spotted Flycatcher. In the river we had Common Sandpiper and Gray Heron, but it started spitting on us, so we headed back to the car. A Redwing sat on top of a spruce, and I discovered that I could take great shots through Frode’s Swarovski as well! It really came in handy!

                    One of Norway's dozens of tunnels                                            Fjord on the way to Voss

                                         Typical habitat around Voss                                   Trailhead at Prestegardsmoen Preserve

                                        Trail and associated birdies...                  Spotted Flycatcher                    Goldcrest

                                                            Mallard                                                                View of the river