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Birds of the Varanger Peninsula, Norway

Finnmark is the northeastern-most county in Finland, and the Varanger Peninsula is the eastern part of the county. It borders Varanger Fjord and the Barents Sea, and lies above 70 degrees North.

I strongly recommend that North American birders and photographers consider Varanger for easily accessible tundra (paved roads), astonishingly beautiful, sparsely populated scenery, and very cooperative birds. Tormod Amundsen and Elin Taranger are birders and pro nature architects based in Vardø -- their web site is indispensable: www.biotope.no
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Herring Gull (Larus a. argentatus), Vardø Harbor.
Herring Gull (Larus a. argentatus), Vardø Harbor.		 Herring Gull (Larus a. argentatus), Vardø Harbor.
Herring Gull (Larus a. argentatus), Vardø Harbor.		 Herring Gull (Larus a. argentatus ), Vardø Harbor.
Herring Gull (Larus a. argentatus ), Vardø Harbor.		 Common Gull, Ekkerøy.
Common Gull, Ekkerøy.
Black-legged Kittiwake, Hornøya Isl., near Vardø.
Black-legged Kittiwake, Hornøya Isl., near Vardø.		 Long-tailed Jaeger, tundra inland from Komagvær.
Long-tailed Jaeger, tundra inland from Komagvær.		 Parasitic Jaeger, Kramvik.
Parasitic Jaeger, Kramvik.		 Arctic Tern, Ekkerøy.
Arctic Tern, Ekkerøy.
Arctic Tern, Ekkerøy.
Arctic Tern, Ekkerøy. 		Bar-tailed Godwit, breeding male, tundra inland from Komagvær.
Bar-tailed Godwit, breeding male, tundra inland from Komagvær.		 Parasitic Jaeger, adult dark morph, tundra inland from Komagvær.
Parasitic Jaeger, adult dark morph, tundra inland from Komagvær.		 (Eurasian) Oystercatcher, mouth of Landhuselva River, north of Vadsø.
(Eurasian) Oystercatcher, mouth of Landhuselva River, north of Vadsø.
Black-legged Kittiwake, Hornøya Isl., near Vardø.
Black-legged Kittiwake, Hornøya Isl., near Vardø.		 Black-Legged Kittiwake, Vardø.
Black-Legged Kittiwake, Vardø.
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