The Wind of Change

While Alice uses the euphoria of preparing dinner for a little dance (the delicious smell wafts through the flat already), I sit down to the blog for the first time. Today was another rather quiet day in terms of birds because of strong wind from a „wrong“ direction. So there was time for everyone to make phone calls, to write applications or to rest.Hanelie and Marion started the morning observations, Robbe joined them a little later. 

That the migratory conditions are not optimal is made clear by the sparrowhawks coming back from the direction of the open sea. The same goes for some jackdaws and crows. Quite a few Red-throated Divers Rødstrubet lom (a total of 97 ind. going NW), and Gannets Sule nevertheless made some nice observations possible. We expect a change in wind direction on Tuesday and little wind for that day - and we will be ready for that!

This fits in well, as Kjell arrived tonight after a long journey from Belgium. Kjell is an expert in catching and tagging birds of prey. Together with him we want to check out suitable places for catching and also see if we can catch something. Big plans are already being made about what that could be, there are some interesting raptors on the way already (however, Kjell says: we'll see.)

With Dorte and Anders, two new guests have arrived. We are looking forward to their friendly and knowledgeable company in the coming days. They already have our sympathy: they have announced that they will cook a (heavy) Danish soup for all of us tomorrow. We are very curious what it will contain (and how it tastes of course).

Ringmærkning - Nordstjernevej/Nordlysvej (Michael Ancher):
Musvit - 1
Bogfinke - 8
Kvækerfinke - 1
Grønirisk - 1
Gulspurv - 5
Total: 16

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Ancher, Hanelie Sidhu, Manuel Tacke, Alice Scalzo, Robbe Cool, Marion L'Huillier-Hunsinger, Kjell Janssens, Dorte and Anders Østerby.