During the last four winters a male Northern Pintail Anas acuta has wintered in Bergen, western Norway. This is a rare species during winter in the county, with only a handful records during the last 20 years. I have seen the bird every winter, and yesterday I was able to do a proper photo of the bird. Proper in the sense of no disturbing Mallards in the frame, and no half eaten breadcrumbs lying around.
The explored beauty - a wintering Northern Pintail in a frozen Bergen.
About 22:30 last night I uploaded a shot of the bird to my photostream at Flickr. I woke up this morning to an inbox at Flickr, filled with favorites and comments on the picture. At first I suspected this was an act of a web robot of some kind, but the commentators congratulated me with "explore". The epic hit rate was in fact due to Flickr that had chosen the picture among 500 other pictures, to be presented in their daily updated "Explore" section. A nice gesture, and you are free to do it again Flickr.
Targeting the Ground Tits
By 15:00 today the picture has been visited by more than 3000 persons, and has climbed to be the third most seen picture on my Flickr photostream. I have no idea how many visits such extra visibility will bring, but I suspect the rate well diminish during the afternoon. Could the Pintail actually challenge the unattainable Ground Tits? Below you can see the visitor stats collected 23. January 2015 at 15:00, showing the most visited pictures at my Flickr photostream. By clicking the picture above, you'll see current hits.
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