The early bird catches the worm

Today, it was the first time that we`ve been ringing with Simon. We started in the early morning at 5:30, but it was worth it! We went to Grenen, where 18 mist nets are placed. The most common birds for this ringing-day were Blackcaps (Munk) with 7 caught and Coal Tits (Sortmejse) with 4 caught. But we also rung 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Gærdesanger), 1 Goldcrest (Fuglekonge), 3 Robins (Rødhals), 3 Yellowhammers (Gulspurv), 3 Common Redstarts (Rødstjert), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Stor Flagspætte), 2 Great Tits (Musvit), 2 Garden Warblers (Havesanger) and 1 Wheatear (Stenpikker). Apart from the Danish bird names, we also learned a lot about moult stages and how these indicate ages.
Knud visited us at the ringing spot and later on he and Simon went looking for new bicycles for the station, which is great for us volunteers, because it`s beautiful to cycle in Skagen.
Later we had to update the ringing database with todays results (maybe not the most exciting work, but it`s quite necessary) and learned how to do a moult card for the different ages of wing feather.
So it was a very nice day with a lot of new things and we`re looking forward to next (ringing) days!

People: Molly Brown, Knud Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin