On the search for birds

Hej!

After my alarm clock woke me up today at 04:50 I immediatly checked the weather radar to see if the rainy forecast from yesterday evening was still up to date. It was and also a quick check outside the window by Chris confirmed that. So we went back to sleep for another hour in the hopes that the rain would stop eventually. It did, but only after 11 am. So this mornig we all stayed inside and rested. We of course also did some productive work for example the quality check of the DOF-Basen entries and the ringing data. Around noon Simon came by with some cake, so we had a nice and "healthy" lunch.

Nordjysk brunsviger

After that we went on a little sightseeing tour to some spots around Skagen to look for a Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvidvipstjert). We found some normal White Wagtails (Hvidvipstjert), a Sparrowhawk (Spurvehøg) and some Mistle Thrushes (Misteldrossel). We also saw a flock of 35 Skylarks (Sanglærke), quite the number! On the Scoccer field we saw a huge flock of starlings (Stær) systematically foraging the field for snacks. On our way back we popped into a bakery to buy some nice fresh bread and had a quick stop at Simons house so we could look at his pet chickens.

Back to the car!

Once we got home we all sat together to have a proper lunch and ate almost all of the fresh bread we bought earlier. Janna gave some of us a lesson in Skat, Cora won - I think by accident - and now we are ready to loose some BirdLife Denmark funds in a game of Skat!

After our pizza dinner, Simon picked us up to try and cath some Woodcocks (Skovsneppe) on a horse field. The first challenge was to cross the electric fence, but that was no problem for us with a well excecuted secret-agent roll underneath. Our secret-agent skills apparently weren't enough to sneak up on the woodcocks because they flew away before we could reach them. Back to training school i guess, agent 007!

Highlights from the observation:

Sanglærke - 35

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

no ringing due to rain

Link to todays observations in Dofbasen from the Skagen area

People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Simon Sigaard Christiansen