The First Year Birds Have Arrived!

Waking up bright and early; Asia, Myrthe and I headed to Skarvsøen for CES ringing this morning. Benjamin decided that he was too tired and stayed home for the first few hours before joining us later in the morning. Arriving at the parking lot we were expecting the mosquitos to be quiet bad after many days of strong wind, but we were surprised to find they were surprisingly bearable! Simon arrived at 4:45 for the first round and we were delighted to find the first 1k Reed Buntings (Rørspurv) in the net! Something I personally have been waiting over a month for - I love Reed Buntings! The next several hours were quiet productive with close to 30 new birds in the net and around 10 recaptures. Oluf Lou also joined us and assisted in the ringing process! Thank you Oluf for coming. Highlights included Crested Tit (Topmejse), Reed Bunting (Røspurv), and a pair of Lesser Redpoll (Lille Gråsiskin).

After closing the nets at 10:15, we biked back to the station around 11 AM and made ourselves some well deserved lunch before taking a much needed nap in the afternoon to replenish ourselves for the rest of the day. In the afternoon, we caught up on some data entry from this morning and prepared ourselves for the meal with Mark & Co. had been preparing. Pancakes! Lovely. Simon and Lisa also came and joined us for dinner and of course, we had to play a few games outside to work off the calories and enjoy the nice weather before the projected massive rainstorms of the coming few days.

A few very intense james of Viking, latter ball and spikeball later we had drained ourselves of the last of our remaining energy for the day and headed upstairs to bid everyone goodnight. And so, another day at SKAF passes, what will tomorrow bring?

Vi Ses!

Ringing (Skarvsøen) - includes recaptures

Reed Warbler (Rørsanger) - 17

Common Blackbird (Solsort) - 1

Lesser Redpoll (Lille Gråsiskin) - 2

Crested Tit - 1

Lesser Whitethroat (Gærdesanger) - 4

Blackcap (Munk) - 2

Blue Tit (Blåmejse) - 2

Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) - 2

Common Chaffinch (Bogfinke) - 1

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Benjamin Bech, Asia Kane, Myrthe Van Brempt, Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin, Oluf Lou, Mark Desholm & co 

Link to today's observations from observers in the area