I've been told that I'll be going to Norway in less than a couple of weeks, for my glamorous engineering career in oil exploration using pioneering acoustic technology, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to see some birds that you'd not usually expect to see around Aberdeen. So in between the vital pressure-testing on equipment conducted today, I did some serious reading on birds (and listening to the appropriate bird sound CDs too naturally).
I'm most hoping to see the Stavangar White Pigeon, which is common just inland of the fjords, and if I'm lucky I may be able to make a visit to the famous Norwegian pine forests to get a glimpse of the rare Staring Owl, an owl whose stare is said in folklore to turn Norwegian children to real ice. Scary stuff! Who says birding is a walk in the park?
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