Greenfinch-day

The weather forecast said a whole day without raining. So we were very motivated for doing ringing and opened the nets in the garden. It went pretty well with 38 Greenfinches (Grønirisken) out of 39 new ringed birds. The other one was a Redwing (Vindrossel). We also had some recaptures of Great Tits (Musvit), a Blackbird (Solsort) and a Robin (Rødhals). The Greenfinches were really interesting because they have a variable moult, so we had some challenges to find the moult limits. Males are often moulting more than female, because this species doesn’t have a moult in winter. So they are already preparing their plumage for spring.

In the afternoon we went to town to do some shopping. After finding everything we needed we started to prepare the dinner, because we invited Christel and Flemming for dinner today. Yotam prepared an awesome Israeli dish, called Shakshuka and Mugaddara. For dessert I prepared a yogurt cream with berries. We had a really nice evening together with Flemming and Christel – thanks for coming!

In the evening also Esben came back from his weekend off and finished the rest of the dinner. And he was also very happy about the chocolate-balls that Laia made for him for his birthday. She made a lot of them so we can enjoy them the next days.

Ringing (Fyrhaven):

Greenfinches – Grønirisken – 38
Redwing – Vindrossel – 1

Total: 39

People: Christian Stolz, Judith Kloibhofer, Laia Soler Iglesias, Esben Hansen, Yotam Lehnardt, Flemming & Christel, Jørgen Kabel & Igor, Erik Christophersen.