A nice start to the new week

In the morning me and Rosa opened the nets for the ringing, we were joined by our guest Karen who helped us in the ringing. We had a very average morning without any particularly special birds today in the ringing. Later Karens husband also came by and we got good views on a young Hen Harrier (Blå Kærhøg), before that he was at the beach taking pictures of some Red-breasted Mergansers (Toppet Skallesluger) and Gannets (Sule). While that Emma and Ragnar were out on the beach for morning observations, they saw a adult light morph Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) and two Snow Buntings (Snespurv).

Ragnar and Emma during the morning observations, photo by Søren Leth-Nissen

After that we gathered at home to have lunch together and cleaned the apartment. Our guests of the week went to Højen Fyr in the afternoon to look for the Red-footed Falcon (Aftenfalk) and got really good looks at it, they also saw a Osprey (Fiskeørn) while out there. 

Adult Female Osprey (Fikeørn) near Højen Fyr photographed by Søren Leth-Nissen

In the afternoon Simon came back to the station and we declared the winner of our little birding competition. The Volunteer team obviously won with a great observation of the Red-footed Falcon(Aftenfalk)! After that the new guests for this week Karen & Søren Leth-Nissen.

Red-footed Falcon(Aftenfalk) photographed by Søren Leth-Nissen 

 Tonight we will atttempt to catch Tengmalm Owls (Perleugle) as there were some seen on islands in the Baltic sea, so don’t get fooled by the calls tonight if you are planning to go on a night hike:)

Highlights from the observations:
Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) - 1
Snow bunting (Snespurv) - 2
Purple Sandpiper (Sortgrå Ryle) - 1

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Musvit -1

Blåmejse - 1
Rørsanger - 8
Gærdesmutte - 2
Rødhals - 3
Munk - 3
Gransanger - 7
Fuglekonge - 2
Total: 26

People at the station: Ragnar Smith, Rosa Hicks, Augustin Sticksel, Emma Fabre, Simon S. Sigard og Karen & Søren Leth-Nissen

Link to today's observations from observers in the area