Windy and Redpolls

Dear blog Readers

This morning ,we went to jennesø an unusual site for us to conduct our standard morning ringing .Unfortunately ,the weather was not in our favor as it was quite windy with a strong north-west wind. This was not ideal for catching birds , but we opened our four nets at 7:00 am and started our morning ringing routine . In between net round , I took the opportunity to do some birding around the area . I was able to spot some interesting species such as crossbill , long tailed tit and siskin , along with the common ones like blue tit, great tit, and jays. How ever, the most exciting sighting for me was the red squirel .

During our ringing , we managed to catch three redpoll/ lille Grasisken .we close the nets at 10:15, am and we were only three volunteers at the ringing site, including Yehonatan, Lauren and Michael.

As we were heading back to the station , Simon send us a text message , informing us that the tent at the ringing site in kabeltromlen had fallen down . He asked if we could go and fix it and we did . we have new guest that have cheek in today in the apartment they are Kristine Martin and Carl Anker.

Unfortunately ,due to the strong winds , the observation this morning was not as good as we hoped. Most birds were not seen , and Dante who was at the observation side , there was little migration, reported few sightings ,

White-billed Diver / Hvidnaebeh lom  

Great Northern Diver / Islom  1

Black-throated Diver / Sortstrobet lom  1

Red-throated Diver / Rodstrobet lom  116

A full list of today's observations can be found here.

Raptor summary of the day can be found here

Ringing Totals Jenne Sø:

Lesser redpoll (Lille Gråsisken) - 3

Skagen Fuglestation: Yehonatan Ben Aroia, Michael Colley, Dante Shepherd, Lauren Evans, Martin & Kristine.