Summer feeling arrived and another Buskrørsanger too

This morning Hanelie and I went out to open the nets. Later also Lucas joined for the first round. There were not so many birds in the nets in the first rounds. But on the fourth I extracted a Reedwarbler (Rørsanger) with a ring on it, when I checked the ring number Icould see that it was ringed in Norway. It is always a bit exciting when you catch birds with rings from other countries. So now we are looking forward to receive the recapture letter of this bird.

Hanelie also brought two birds back from her round. One of them was an Acrocephalus Warbler. But when I took that one out of the bag we could see that it looked a bit different than a Marsh- or Reed warbler and also the wing was very short. We checked all the measurements again and then it was clear this one was another Blyth’s Reedwarbler (Buskrørsanger)! Already the second this year! It was only the 5th caught for the station.  

Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Buskrørsanger)

Oluf, Tue, Andrew and some other birders came by to look at the bird. Later also Jørgen Kabel and his dog Igor came by to have a chat with us and keep us company. The other highlight of the ringing was that we  caught five young Crested Tits (Topmejse) today. They were very nice.

 the young Crested Tits (Topmejser) 

The observations were observation wise a bit slow today but they saw a Shag  (Topskarv) and an Arctic Skua (Almindelig Skua). One other highlight of the observation were four young  Coal Tits (Sortmejse).

When we were back at the station we took a look at the Moths Hanelie caught in her traps tonight. There were some very nice ones like a Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Lille Vinsværmer) and an Eyed Hawk-Moth (Aftenpåfugleøje). 

Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Lille Vinsværmer). Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Eyed Hawk-Moth (Aftenpåfugleøje). Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

After that I sat in the Garden, read a Book and enjoyed the sun. Today was the first day where you could finally feel the summer.

Later Tue and I went out to Grenen and the old Lighthouse Garden to collect some Elderflowers to make Elderflower syrup. Out while I was collecting the flowers Tue found Fawn lying in the grass. Sooo cute! 

very cute Fawn in the grass

When we came back Tue, Lucas and I went swimming. It was very nice.The water is still a bit cold but much warmer than in March.

 

Ringing Kabeltromlen:

Rørsanger 4

Gulbug 1

Munk 5

Havesanger 1

Gransanger 1

Buskrørsanger 1

Topmejse 5

Total: 18

 

Highlights from the observations:

Shag - Topskarv 1

4 young Coal Tits - Sortmejse

Arctic Skua - Almindelig Kjove 1

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Hanelie Shidu, Andrew Jacobs and Simon S. Christiansen