A Hoopoe Upupa epops is lingering half an hour drive from Bergen, at Berland on Askøy. It has been present since late September. This afternoon the heavy and wet clouds covering the county lately disappeared. Arild Breistøl and me decided to make a try on it, and speeded out to find it before dark. It was a close race...
The Hoopoe fed for some minutes in a little field before it disappeared. Shooting details: ISO 3200, F 5.6, 1/320 sec. Canon of course.
On site we met local twitchers Egil and Laila Frantzen, but it seemed the bird had gone. The landlord at the farm where the bird usually hung about, did however tell us the bird was present about 15:00. In our search for the Hoopoe we found one of the hits this autumn, a Yellow-browed Warbler. A good bird for Askøy municipality, with only a couple of previous accepted records.
The darkness descended and the four of us kida gave up on the army bird (Hoopoe in Norwegian). After kissing eachother goodbye, Arild and me drove a last resigned tour on the narrow roads nearby. And wow, suddenly the Hoopoe appeared on a wire. We gathered again, and all got great views of the impressive looking little bird.
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