Perfect first of May with a “bird fall out”

At 5:00 Esben and I opened the nets at Kabeltromlen. We could already hear that there are many birds in the area and where not disappointed. In total, we ringed together with Frederick and Simon 136 birds plus caught 3 recaptures – that’s so far our best spring ringing morning! The most common birds were Willow Warblers (Løvsanger) and Blackcaps (Munk), but we also caught 2 Wood Warblers (Skovsanger), a very nice adult male Wheatear (Stenpikker) and the first Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) for the season. During some busy rounds Jørgen and Igor kept us company, which is always very nice :-) And also Fredericks family came to visit him and were able to see his quickly and very good developed ringing skills.  

Fanny and Daniel went out for morning observations at Nordstrand together with Knud and also had a quite decent morning with a beautiful Yellow-Billed Loon (Hvidnæbbet Lom) – that we others thankfully were also able to see from the ringing spot – and close Artic Skuas (Almindelig Kjove), many Gannets (Sule) and Common Scoters (Sortand) and the season’s first Red-backed Shrike (Rødrygget Tornskade)!

In the afternoon, Daniel and Esben prepared the nets for the CES ringing (Constant Effort Site) which we start tomorrow at Jennes Sø. During that, they saw a Wrynek (Vendehals) feeding at an ant hill very close to the spot where the nets going to stand tomorrow, so all fingers crossed that we’re going to manage to catch this awesome bird during the CES!!

Later, we opened the nets in the Lighthouse Garden as well and caught a male Redstart (Rødstjert) from Belgium, which was super nice!

So all in all it was a really, really good bird-day! :-)

Birds ringed at Kabeltromle:

Løvsanger – Willow Warbler: 55

Munk – Blackcap: 39

Rødhals – Robin: 10

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat: 9

Gransanger – Chiffchaff: 8

Broget Fluesnapper – Pied Flycatcher: 3

Sangdrossel – Song Thrush: 2

Skovsanger – Wood Warbler: 2

Fuglekonge – Goldcrest: 2

Tornsanger – Common Whitethroat: 1

Gærdesmutte – Wren: 1

Stenpikker – Wheatear: 1

Bird ringed at the Lighthouse Garden:

Rødhals – Robin: 1

Løvsanger – Willow Warbler: 1

Rødstjert – Redstart: 2

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People: Simon S. Christiansen, Daniel Bloche, Fanny Rey, Esben E. Hansen, Frederik R. Johansen, Knud Pedersen, Jørgen Kabel + Igor and Lisa Vergin