Animal

New pet?

I just made a new blog for the graduating class of 1985 at Rognan Ungdomsskole (junior high).
We had our 20 year reunion this weekend. I hope some of my old classmates will make some funny and interesting posts there.

Passer domesticus

We have had a couple of sparrows nesting in our bathroom vent for two months now.

There must have been a hole in the wire at the front of the vent. At first I did not know what those strange scratching sounds I heard were. I thought for a moment that we might have a rat in the walls – but after some investigation I found that the sounds came from the vent.

At first it was a couple of parus major but somehow they must have been evicted because the sparrows got kids (chickens) 2-3 weeks ago. Up until their eggs hatched they were marking their territory with lovely bird songs.

The vent works as some kind of megaphone so we can hear them all over the house. The chickens make a lot of noise all day long. They are only quiet from 10 pm until sometime early in the morning. I guess their parents need those hours to get some rest because they are working their wings off.

Anyhow – I have read that they hatch two or three times every spring/summer – so I guess we shall enjoy them for some time to come.

Hauklandsand

Lofoten last August

Talking about the Lofoten Bunad in my previous post I got to remember some beautiful days in Lofoten last August. These photos are from Hauklandsand in Lofoten. It was a beautiful day with temperatures above 30C. Unfortunately the temperatures in the water were nothing like the air temperature. Remember this is above the Arctic Circle. We went for a swim, but could only stay in for like 10 minutes before we had to get out.

Lofoten

K after a short swim.

Skottind