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Birdin' in the rain
onsdag 9. september 2020
A team of 5 motivated birders went to the tip to brave the rain this morning. As a Gene Kelly’s good cover, we enjoyed a nice morning birding in the rain. Nice ? Well, that feeling wasn’t shared by the entire group as you can see on the photo that follows ! Although, we spent our 4 mandatory hours with cheerfullness and in a good mood !
The beach was totally empty of tourists this morning, the contrast is really striking compared to yesterday ! We really wondered why !
The birding wasn’t as rewarding as we hoped it could be with this strong winds though. There was only a few migrants that came into our sighting range : 8 Great Skuas (Stor Kjove), 16 Northern Fulmars (Mallemuk) and a few Gannets (Sule). Although, we enjoyed some great views at some resting birds on the beach or feeding birds close to it. The Mediterranean Gull (Sorthpvedet Måge) was still present at the pool on the beach, which is quite nice to see here since it is a scarce species for Denmark. Strong winds have also taken a few Black-legged Kittiwakes (Ride) which were resting, we counted as much as 51 birds ! At last but not least, 2 young Arctic Terns (Havterne) were foraging along the beach on the Kattegat side. What beautiful and delicate birds they are !
In the afternoon, Amelie and Angus went to Jennes Sø to put up some nets since we will ring there on Friday and the following days with Michael Ancher. It took them almost the entire afternoon since the nets were not carefully stored and cleaned.
Christina read about moult strategies and bird catching methods, while I worked on a reminder about moult strategies and the extent of moult in post-juvenile moult, which can be really useful when we are ringing.
By the way, the fever of night catching caught Angus and Amelie again yesterday night and they were succesfull ! They caught not only one but two Dunlins (Almindelig Ryle) !
People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Angus Barnett, Simon S. Christiansen, Christina Stinn, Knud Pedersen
