Waxwing

This morning I went to Kabeltromlen with the ringers, to count the birds migrating inland. The first hour was good, with 12 species, including a large diver (Great Northern or Yellow-billed) flying toward the northwest but remained too far to see. The next hours were very quiet, however the weather was nice.

Blackbird (Solsort), Merlin with a GPS track

For the ringers, it was also a quiet. No birds were caught for the first round, and one or two birds per round for the next few hours. They ringed 7 birds, a slow day to say the least. Among them, was one female Blackbird (Solsort), so they attached a GPS track on her. We named this bird Merlin. They closed the nets early due to the absence of bird.

Ragnar went to World’s end III to count the seabirds migrating. Knud joined him. They saw a Yellow-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom) flying east early in the morning, so this was a different bird than mine. They also spotted a good number of Razorbill (Alk), around 3 000 individuals. When Ragnar was about to leave, he heard on Zello a possible Great Shearwater flying and landing somewhere out at sea. Ragnar searched for it during one hour, without success.

Waxwings (Silkehale)

In the afternoon, I heard on Zello there were some Waxwings (Silkehale) in Skagen, so I went to try to see them. I waited for one and a half hour in the cemetery. When it begin to be dark, two birds finally flew into a berry bush. They took some berries and perched at the top of a tree to eat. They stayed ten minutes then they flew away.

Jay (Skovskade)

Meanwhile, Thomas and Mara opened the nets in the garden to try catching some Blackbirds (Solsort). They caught two : one male, we named Rowan, and one female, named Marie. They equipped them with a GPS tag. They also ringed a Jay (Skovskade)

This evening, we enjoyed the nice sunset.

Highlights from observations:
Yellow-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom) – 1
Waxwing - 2 (Skagen)

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)
Gærdesmutte - 1
Rødhals - 1
Solsort - 1
Sangdrossel - 1
Blåmejse - 2
Bogfinke – 1

Total : 7

Ringing (Det Grå)
Blåmejse - 1
Solsort – 1
Gærdesmutte - 1
Skovskade - 1

 Today’s observations on Dofbasen from observers in the area

People at the station: Thomas Weston, Emma Fabre, Ragnar Smith, Mara Glane, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lars & Lone; Jorgen