The Afternoon Produces!

Today started off like any other day in Skagen. We woke up early as always, as the sun is continuously getting up earlier as we progress into spring. Heading out to Kabeltromlen to open the nets, Tue and I recognized it was too windy to open the north side nuts so we in total were able to open 16 of 22. Unsurprisingly, it was a slow morning, and we caught a total of eight new birds including a nice 2k male Redstart (Rødstjert). We were also joined by one of our celebrity guests Søren Leth Nissen. Because of wind and low numbers we close in that early and headed back to the station to catch up on data and prepare ourselves for tomorrow. 

In Rasmus’ absence, Cora and Andrew headed out to Grenen to do the days observations, joined by Jørgen Hulbæk Christiansen. Highlight was a White-billed Diver but also the long-staying 3k Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) and a new ‘Viking Gull’ (Gråmåge x Sølvmåge) gave someinteresting observations. Arriving back at the station during the mid morning, one of our board members Very kindly dropped off a cake for us! Thank you! 

The rest of the day was fairly slow and due to the wind we opted to have a quiet afternoon and catch up on some much-needed rest. Tomorrow we head out to Skarvsøen to open our CES nets for the first time this season and we hope for a very nice day. The weather is looking good so we are quite hopeful! 

Gråmåge

In the mid afternoon, the crew went with Søren to go towards town and bird in the vicinity of Batteriskoven. They had a nice walk around albeit quiet, but still managed to pull several Ring Ouzels (Ringdrossel) and a few Western Yellow Wagtails (Gulvipstjert). 

Right as we were about to sit down for our evening meeting, we recieved a Zello message of a Long-eared Owl (Skovhornugle) at Batteriskoven and we quickly went down to see it before the meeting. A very nice bird enjoyed by many.

 Skovhornugle

We also recieved word that one of the Common Buzzards we ringed in 2023 was resighted and photographed at Tversted. A very local bird that has stayed near the site it was captured. Nice to see a good picture of this individual and that it's doing well.

 Musvåge med tracker. Foto: Henrik Pedersen

And so another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see.

Highlights:  

White-billed Diver 1

Gråmåge 1

Viking Gull 1

Skovhornugle 1

Ringing Data

Kabeltromelen:

Munk 1

Gransanger 2

Løvsanger 2

Bogfinke 1

Total: 6

Raptor migration in Skagen today

 Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Tue Baaner, Cora Köberle, Andrew Jacobs, Søren Leth Nissen, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Niels Eriksen, Jørgen Hulbæk Christiansen