Night catching and Kestrel release

Last night, me and Frank went night catching around the point. We had big hopes of many birds although we were warned that birds were rarely caught. The conditions were ideal: wind and rain. We approached a few common ringed plovers (stor præsterkrave) but they were too fast for us. We saw both natterjack toads and seal pups which were very adorable. We also got lucky and Frank caught what we thought was a common tern (fjordterne) Once we got back to the station, we realized that we had actually caught a artic tern (havterne). Only the second ringed of the station ever! It was a very nice start to the day.

In the morning, Frank, Augustin and Sander went out to do morning observations. However, they got caught in heavy rain and the visibly became very low which meant they came back. All of us were able to get our sleep in. Once we woke up, we went to look at our guest in the lab. The juvenile kestrel was very reactive this morning, eating and drinking a good portion of food. He didn’t need the animal care and was instead ringed and released. I got the lucky task of ringing it, the first in the stations history!

In the late afternoon, after of swim, we opened the garden nets and got 1 house sparrow (gråspurv). A noisy yellowhammer continuously refused to land in the nets even with sound. Ulysse cooked us diner and all the guys went out to try out the woosh net with Simon in preparation for tomorrow.

Ringmærkninge – Nightcatching

Havterne 1

Ringmærkninge – Fyrhaven

Tårnvalk 1

Gråspurv 1

Total - 3

Folk på stationen: Mathilde Ducroz, Frank Osterberg, Simon S Christiansen, Ulysse, Sander og Augustin.

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