Whoop, whoop, Whooper swans!

Hey folks! :)

Our day at the obs started as usual with a lovely breakfast. We put some seeds and apples out on our way out, and went to meet up with Knud. We had a few flocks of Whooper Swans flying over before Anders and Dorte met with us, and kept on coming, with a total of... 1762 Whooper Swans (sangsvaner) which is a new record for us!

Migration was very much present today, including some raptor movement with Red Kites (rød glente), White-tailed Eagles (havørn), and Common Buzzards (musvåge). A Lesser Black-backed Gull (sildemåge) also made his appearance right next to Great Black-backed Gulls (svartbag), making it great for comparaison between the two species. Jørgen joined us with his dog, Igor, that I finally got to meet!

Here is a 2nd year White-tailed Eagle (havørn):

We opened the nets in the garden this afternoon so Jonas and I could train. We caught a lovely second-year male Yellowhammer (gulspurv) that I ringed and Jonas released after Simon showed us different ways of holding the bird. After a couple of hours, we closed the nets and Simon took Laima, our new volunteer for the season, for her covid test so she could hopefully join us tomorrow along with Daniel, also a volunteer!

After having done some data entering with Simon, we had a nice start to the evening with a lovely paella kindly prepared by Anders and Dorte for their last night at the observatory. Having travelled to Gambia, Anders showed us the stunning pictures him and Dorthe took of birds, landscapes and people they met along the way.

Until next time! Stay safe :)

Ringing (Fyrhaven):

Gulspurv 1

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Folk: Jonas Pedersen, Simon S Christiansen, Dorte H. Jensen, Anders Østerby, Jørgen Kabel, Igor, and Michaela Berdougo