"Pibesvane & Sjagger" - would be a superior name for a band

Hej! I am really happy to be back at the station! It's now my third stay here, and I can tell you it is not getting any less exciting. After spending almost a week here, it feels like I never left.

About the day, prepared for a day full of birds, Sahra, Amira and I headed out to Kabeltromlen this morning. In the hurry out to the nets, Amira forgot to pack her apple and it was sadly left on the table in the kitchen. But no worries - Miles and his apple delivery service made sure that Amira would survive the big ringing day we had ahead of us! How nice!

The weather was perfect for ringing today and we were able to ring 107 birds. It was so busy that we had to strategically plan our ringing procedures and split up the ringing and the net rounds. We had great help though from Jeppe, Linda and Jesper! Highlights from the ringing did not go unnoticed in the constant stream of Wrens (Gærdesmutte) and Blue Tits (Blåmejse) to ring. We caught four new Twites (Bjergirisk), Yellowhammers (Gulspurv), a Coal Tit (Sortmejse) - especially cute - and my personal highlight a Fieldfare (Sjagger)!

Fieldfare (Sjagger)

Coal Tit (Sortmejse)

While Simon was at Kabeltromlen to tell the guests of the guided tour about the ringing, he spottet a flock of geese flying together with swans. But what kind of swans? 3 Bewick's Swans (Pibesvane)! They were only a little bigger than the geese and had a lot of black in the beak and a relatively short neck. 

Bewick's Swans (Pibesvane) in a flock of geese

Over at the Obs, Miles and Florian had a rather calm morning. Miles counted 1150 Auks (Alkefugle) and later in the morning they had some big flocks of Fieldfare (Sjagger). Pretty far away, but still nice, Florian was able to spot some Waxwings (Silkehale). As nice as the boys are they came over to us ringers after the obs, to help us finish the ringing and close the nets. 

We came home pretty late from our extended morning duties and had a late lunch. Miles, Amira and Sahra went into town for some shopping and data was entered in a group effort later. Now cleaning day is succesfully completed and we are all excited what tomorrow will bring. 

Ringing Kabeltromlen:

Sjagger 1
Sangdrossel 1
Gulspurv 3
Grønirisk 1
Musvit 3
Gærdesmutte 14
Jernspurv 1
Stillits 2
Bjergirisk 4
Rødhals 2
Skægmejse 7
Sortmejse 1
Kvækerfinke 6
Blåmejse 19
Lille Dompap 7
Stor Dompap 5
Dompap 1
Munk 2
Rørspurv 2
Gransanger 1
Fuglekonge 18
Sydlig halemejse 2
Halemejse 2
Træløber 2
Total 107

Ringing Jennes Sø (Michael Ancher):

Gærdesmutte 2
Rødhals 1
Fuglekonge 4
Topmejse 1
Sortmejse 9
Blåmejse 12
Musvit 4
Træløber 3
Skovspurv 2
Bogfinke 1
Lille Gråsisken 6

Total 45

Highlights from the observations:

Today’s observations from the area can be found here

People: Mara Glane, Florian Hatt, Sarah Partridge, Amira Nuseibeh, Miles Scheuering, Michael Ancher, Simon S. Christiansen, and our guests Mette and Jesper.