Vacation pictures

I have spent the last ten days back home in Bergen visiting friends and family. It has been a wonderful time, filled with laughter and adventure and good companions. In my time I managed two fishing trips, two mountain trips three concerts and various other great activities. I would like to thank all my family and friends for making it a great trip home. Here are some of the photos taken from my trip. There are not any animal pictures (some will maybe come soon).This is due to the fact that we were still in April, and despite fantastic weather it is still a bit early for a lot of the animals. Mind you, there is a lemming (Lemmus lemmus)  year this year so the mountains are teaming with cute angry fellows. In the meantime there are some nice landscapes though.

Here is the view from my first fishing trip of the year with my parents. We are fishing just a 30 minute drive out of Bergen. No fish was caught that day (not the other fishing trip either), but it was a fantastic day in the sun so fishes were of lesser importance.

The two mountain trips took us to the nearest mountains called Rundemannen and Blåmannen. This photo is the view from the top of Rundemannen. Just a group of friends enjoying the days of Easter.

We also spent some time in the woods listening to the songbirds and looking for some insects and spiders oh my. As mentioned we had no great luck but it is still early. Still Just differentiating species of birds by sound there were a lot of different species;

Great tit (Parus major)

Blue tit (Parus caeruleus)

Coal tit (Periparus ater)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis higher up)

Winter wren (troglodytes troglodytes)

Red robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Spottet flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

With more to come further into the year.

A little river running from the Tarlebøvannet to Svartediket. Svartediket is one of the water supplies in Bergen and also a lake surrounded in myths. Horrible stories all involving the lake, probably none are true or at least greatly exaggerated (sadly only in Norwegian).  

The weather was amazing but several places, evidence of winter were found like a small icy lake and patches of snow everywhere.

This was a great opportunity to make the last snow angel of the year.

And lastly, as the day subsided, the light shifted to this great dimmed and hazy light. It was beautiful. A wonderfull time in my home town.