Spring arrived for real!

Today, I was lucky to take a morning off. Meanwhile everyone except Manuel went to Kabeltrommeln to have another exciting ringing day. They caught almost as many birds as yesterday but no surprises yet. Two bramblings “Kvækerfinke “and a chiffchaff “gransanger” from Norway were the coolest birds.

Manuel went to the tip of Grenen to observe the migratory birds who were present in small amounts, but a white stork “Hvid stork “was a nice extra. He also saw his first tree pipit “Skovpiber “ here. Together with some barn swallows “Landsvale”, he could feel the first real spring vibes. Later at the station, we also saw the first yellow wagtails “Gul vipstjert“ and spoonbills “Skestorke” who were discovered by a kid while attending the open freezer day. This event is an exciting day for some, a disgusting afternoon for others. We showed our visitors the dead birds we collected for several projects and dissected a common scoter “sortand”. A local viper smelled the freshly cut duck and came along to say hello. The duck was out of the viper’s hunting range but he tried to catch a sand lizard instead.

Unfortunately this was only my first moment outside today. I had to do some work on the laptop for the university and for an exciting project about spontaneous vegetation in cities I am starting in Belgium. After the noon, Thomas came to give us the laserbinocular back. Fortunately, we don't have to collect the data manually in the future. In the afternoon, I worked on the raptor project with Esben and Simon, while the others were cleaning. Unfortunately, we had to say a goodbye to our guests who were really lovely again. Luckily, it's rather a "see you soon" because they will come back in one month. In the evening, we had an early meeting, because we booked a table in the restaurant Blink where Mathilde made a delicious meal for us!

We finished the evening with a nice walk before we got ready for a good night rest.

Robbe

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Ringmæking Kabeltrommeln:

Vindrossel: 1

Sangdrossel: 4

Solsort: 3

Musvit: 2

Rødhals: 21

Jernspurv: 4

Gæerdesmutte: 7

Kvækerfinke: 2

Munk: 1 

Fuglekonge: 2

Gransanger: 10

Total: 57

 

Ringmæking Jennes Sø by Michael Ancher:

Lille Gråsisken: 13

Grønirisk: 1

Kvækerfinke: 5 

Bogfinke: 5

Blåmejse: 1

Gransanger: 7

Solsort: 1

Rødhals: 10

Gærdesmutte: 1

Total: 44

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Ancher, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Lisa Vergin, Robbe Cool,  Dorte and Anders Østerby, Manuel Tacke, Thomas Kjær