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Waterrails (Vandrikse), Common Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasin) and Bearded Tits (Skægmejse)!

onsdag 12. august 2020
af Amelie Zeller

So many nice birds today in the mist nets! Viktoria and I opened the nets today at 4:30 and Simon, Oluf and Jan joined us for the first round, which was really helpful because we were busy with many birds…

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WhatsApp Image 2020 08 12 at 17.43.11Foto: Jan Speiermann

Already in the second round we caught two waders, a Waterrail (Vandrikse) and a Common Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasine). Waders are always exciting, especially for Viktoria and me, as we both come from regions in Germany where they are not common.

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In the meantime, Martin and Amandine had a rather slow morning at the migration counting. Amandine took a photo of the sunrise through the telescope which looks amazing! Also, they observed a Eurasian Nuthatch (Spætmejse) attempting to migrate East. 

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Later that day, we had some more beautiful birds:

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a Fieldfare (Sjagger),

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an adult male Redpoll (Lille Gråsisken),

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and in the last round two juvenile Bearded Tits (Skaegmejse). You can see that the right bird is a male, because it already has a bright orange-yellow bill. On the left you can see a female, as the bill is blackish.

After the ringing we had lunch and we typed in the data from the ringing and the migration counting. In the afternoon Simon gave us a lesson about skull ossification, which can help us for aging birds in autumn. He showed us some examples on birds from the freezer.

In the evening our new guests Jan Hjort Christensen and Kristine arrived. 

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):

Dobbeltbekkasin - Common Snipe - 1

Dompap, Lille - Bullfinch - 2

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Gransanger - Chiffchaff -2

Gråsisken, Lille (cabaret) - Redpoll – 3

Gulbug – Icterine Warbler - 1

Gulspurv - Yellowhammer - 3

Havesanger - Garden Warbler - 1

Kærsanger - Marsh warbler - 7

Løvsanger - Willow warbler - 5

Munk - Blackcap - 3

Rødstjert - Common Redstart - 1

Rørsanger - Reed warbler - 2

Rørspurv - Reed bunting - 2

Sjagger – Fieldfare - 1

Skægmejse – Bearded Tit - 2

Tornsanger - Common Whitethroat - 14

Vandrikse - Waterrail - 2

Total: 53

Aflæsninger (Kabeltromlen):

Dompap, Lille – Bullfinch – 1

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Gransanger - Chiffchaff - 3

Gråsisken, Lille (cabaret) - Redpoll – 2

Munk – Blackcap – 1

Rørsanger - Reed warbler – 1

Total: 9

People: Viktoria Mader, Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Amandine Doré, Oluf Lou, Jan Speiermann, Kristina Sønderkjaer

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