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Getting ready for night catching
torsdag 27. august 2020
Today, our day was dedicated to the night catching that will happen tonight. The team is going out again to try to catch Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) in order to ring them with colour rings for Lisa’s master project.
No ringing in the morning then, so we could save our energy for the upcoming night. Kristina, Knud, Angus, Ebbe and I went out for migration counting instead. It was a slow morning though and we only saw a few Great Skuas (Stor Kjove) and 160 Gannets (Sule) migrating. Still, it was nice to be out and see our first Fulmars for a part of us, or to enjoy the beginning of Brant Goose (Knortegas) migrating season. We saw 160 of them flying just in front of our counting spot. They belong to the ssp. hrota which breeds in Greenland and Spitzberg.
It was again a great opportunity to enjoy a beautiful sunrise.
In the afternoon, the team was getting all the equipment ready. Our batteries also need to be charged, with a well deserved nap! Lisa and Amelie charged the pick-up to leave around 17:00. In the meantime, Simon was leading a tour for a few tourists interested of the Bird Observatory’s activity.
During the afternoon, I found some time to go though the recordings of the previous nights. Tree Pipit migration is on the run and we had a bunch of them ! If you want to look for more information, click on the link below.
We now have to hope that some terns will be caught tonight !
Klik her for at se dagens observationer indtastet i Dofbasen af observatører i området
People: Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Kristina Sønderkjær, Angus Barnett, Ebbe and Bente, Lisa Vergin
