A sweet smell of Siberia

The first thing Oluf said this morning when he arrived at the ringing table was that there was a nice Siberian smell in the air, and he was right ! The first Siberian highlight of the day was found in the nets and was a lovely 1cy Red-breasted Flycatcher (Dverg Fluesnapper), a lifer for both Angus and I ! Knud and Amelie who were going migration counting also joined us to enjoy this little gem of the Siberian forests. The excitement around the table and among the birders was really sensitive ! Since it was the first twitch scene for Christina, she had a lot of fun experiencing the hype about that bird.

Otherwise, the ringing was a bit slow this morning with a low number, but as Michael said, it’s a good thing to have more time for processing birds and especially ageing them. Since Simon is away this week, we only rely on our owns and it’s a challenging and fulfilling experience to learn to do it ourserlves ! Reed Buntings and Chiffchaffs, here we come !

On the migration side, Knud and Amelie had a really nice morning, although they missed the other Siberian treat of the day: a White-billed Diver that made Angus jumped out of his ringing chair and ran for it ! Unfortunately, he couldn’t spot it either although the bird landed in the Kattegat.
During the morning, Amelie enjoyed a few nice lessons from Knud who was eager to share his precious knowledge about bird identification and ageing. It was the occasion for her to see a few new species : Arctic Skua (Almindelyg Kjove), Mediterranean Gull (Sorthovedet Måge) and Razorbill (Alk).

In late morning, Amelie joined Angus and they stayed a bit longer at the ringing station for sewing a few holed nets while catching a few more birds including a nice adult Dunnock (Jernspruv) for which they took time to process it. During that time, Oluf and Michael went for a walk in the dune area looking for the Lapland Buntings (Lapværling) and found them ! From 2 birds earlier this week, they are now at least 5, and even probably up to 9 !

The afternoon was dedicated to sewing holes in the nets again, and Angus took advantage of that to do a bit more of ringing meanwhile.

With a beautiful sun in the evening, Michael went to North Beach to enjoy a nice walk in a hope for new sibes ! Amelie and I went to Kabeltromlen to work a upcoming movie we’ll made about nocmiging.

Ringmærkning (Kabbeltromlen):

Blåmejse - Blue Tit 13
Gærdesmutte -Wren 5
Gransanger - Chiffchaff 2
Jernspurv - Dunnock 4
Lille Fluesnapper - Red-breasted Flycatcher 1
Munk - Blackcap 5
Rødhals - Robin 5
Rødstjert - Redstart 1
Rørspurv - Reed Bunting 6
Sangdrossel - Song Thrush 1
Sortmejse - Coal Tit 1

Total: 44

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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie S. Zeller, Angus R. W. Barnett, Christina Stinn, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Fink Jørgensen, Oluf Lou, Knud Pedersen, Lene & Stig