September Rain

It is easy to get caught up in the workload of the observatory and neglect the more basic jobs around the house. Today was primarily a cleaning day. The weather had put bird ringing on hold with scattered heavy showers throughout the day. However a lay in was quite welcomed. The bad weather also created an opportunity to finally start work on our photo archive here at the observatory. The archive is a great resource for us to reflect on so that we can see previous ringing encounters or just reminisce the good moments.

In the afternoon I found a couple hours between the rain to do a bit of birding in the dunes. Amelie had found a possible peregrine (Vandrefalk) kill and I was a little excited by the fact it might have been a gyr falcon (Jagtfalk). But my quest ended in failure with very little to report on. It would however need to have been a considerably large sized raptor to take a lesser-black back gull (Sildemåge).

In the evening our guest Alfreda came by for a glass of wine for her last night with us. It is fair to say we will miss her a lot! She has been great company and her love for birds and nature is admirable.

Klik her for at se dagens observationer indtastet i Dofbasen af observatører i området

People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Alfrida Garboe, Angus Barnett, Simon S. Christiansen, Christina Stinn.