Skovpiber and Orcas

This morning, Rose and I went out to open the nets at Kabeltromle. We were joined by Markus for the first round. It was his first day in the ringing and he got to extract and ring his first birds. We did not have many birds in the nets. The first round only brought one bird, but it was a nice one: A juvenile Tree Pipit “Skovpiber”. Simon also came by for a bit at the ringing and saw the Pipit.

 Tree Pipit "Skovpiber".

Ringing totals Kabeltromle:

Løvsanger 1

Gransanger 1

Skovpiber 1

Jernspurv 2

Tornsanger 3

Kærsanger 1

Total 9 

Then he went to the observers at Verdens Ende 3, where he found some Orcas “Spækhugger”.

Orcas on the sea, observed from Verdens Ende 3.

The observers saw them for quite a while but unfortunately we did not see them from Kabeltromle. But it sounded like a really nice observation day with Little Gull “Dværgmåge” and three Great Scuas “Stor Kjove”. 

In the afternoon Sarah and Rose went for the Fulmar survey. They did not find any dead Fulmars “Mallemuk”and also no dead birds in good condition to put in the freezer.  But they found a tooth from an animal, probably a deer. Also a little statue of a Santa Claus. But the highlight was definitely a fossilized banana. We did not expect a banana to fossilize and are wondering how long it took so it looked like that. 

Treasures from the beach.

This evening we are trying for Nightjars and Stormpetrels “Stormsvale”. 

 High expectations for tonight at Det Grå Fyr.

Highlights Observations

Stor Kjove

Spækhugger

Mallemuk > 300

Dværgmåge

Highlights Ringing

Skovpiber

Today´s observations of observers in the area can be seen here.

At the station: Rosemary Frikke, Markus Kemp Clément, Simon Kiesé, Louise Buksti-Ladefoged, Sarah Partrige, Mio Brix, Cora Kørberle, Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu