Autumnal vibes and birds

Hej!

Another great day at Skagen has come to an end. We can really feel the days getting shorter now and the feet getting colder during our morning duties. Nevertheless we were greeted by a beautiful sunrise this morning, covering Grenen in red orange light.

Orange sunrise at the nets

Amira, Lise, Lone and I had a decent ringing morning with a good variety of species. Including a Firecrest (Rødtoppet Fuglekonge), of which we caught quite a lot this season and they seem to be everywere in the bushes. Other highlights inlcuded Siskins (Grønsisken), a Goldfinch (Stillits) and Fieldfare (Sjagger). Just after the first net round, a couple of Waxwings (Silkehale) flew right over Kabeltromlen, with one of them sitting right in the sunlit bush next to us, together with a Fieldfare (Sjagger), Yellowhammer (Gulspurv) and a Chaffinch (Bogfinke). Before going back to the station after a productive ringing day, we were just a little more productive by painting the new Kabeldrum with some wood protective paint.

Waxwing (Silkehale)

Firecrest (Rødtoppet Fuglekonge)

The observers Florian and Miles had good company today, while sitting at Worlds End 3. They had some Siskens (Grønsisken) flying over and spotted at least 8 Little Auks (Søkonge), despite getting colder and colder by the hour. Heated socks are a smart investment for the future morning counts!

Afternoon bird watching walks were conducted individually, with some Crested Tits (Topmejse) and a Woodcock (Skovsneppe) spotted. We also welcomed the DOF ung member Anton today, who will stay with us for one week, hopefully seeing his target species: Søkonge, Mallemuk and Ride. 

After our evening meeting we sat down with Simon to age some difficult to age birds we took pictures of and had a nice pumpkin soup for dinner. The cozy Halloween evening will be completed with a movie night and popcorn.

Ringing Kabeltromlen:

Solsort 2
Sjagger 1
Grønirisk 3
Musvit 2
Grønsisken 3
Gærdesmutte 10
Lille Gråsisken 2
Rødhals 2
Skægmejse 1
Stillits 1
Bogfinke 6
Blåmejse 6
Lille Dompap 6
Stor Dompap 1
Dompap 1
Munk 3
Fuglekonge 3
Rødtoppet Fuglekonge 1
Total 54

Ringing Jennes Sø (Michael Ancher):

Solsort 2
Gransanger 1
Fuglekonge 1
Blåmejse 1
Musvit 2
Grønsisken 2
Lille Gråsisken 8
Stor Dompap 1
Total 18

Ringig Nordstjernevej (Michael Ancher):

Blåmejse 3
Musvit 2
Lille Dompap 1
Total 6

Highlights from the Obs:

Søkonge 8

Islom 1 

Today's observations from the area can be seen here.

People: Mara Glane, Florian Hatt, Amira Nuseibeh, Miles Scheuering, Lise Mastrup, Anton Møbjerg Toft, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Ancher and our guests Lars and Lone