My first Stonechat!

Today was a calm day to gain some energy for the upcoming bird festival, which will start on Thursday. We saw a Storkjove (Great Skua) and Ride (Kittiwakes) at Grenen, which was quite nice! We also tried to catch the Husrødstjert (Black Redstart), which was jumping around in our garden. Unfortunately, we didn't make it, but instead we caught a blackbird. A little comfort, after all. Besides, Joakim showed me my first Sortstrubet bynkefugl (Stonechat), which is rare, where I live in Germany. And here it has a favorite branch in our garden, incredible! In the evening I tried our awesome Olympus camera and watched the Ederfugl (Eider) and Splitterne (Sandwich terns) near the Lighthouse. Unfortunately, the SD card was broken, so I can’t show you any pictures. Later in the afternoon Hebe and I went for a swim in the sea. It was my first one here in Skagen and it was so cold! But we enjoyed the refreshing, salty adrenaline rush.

And besides that, we got a present from Axel Mortensen & Else Marie Collin: A painting made by Peter Nilsson of Ottenby Bird Observatory, one of the three observatories which are part of the Scandinavian Triple (= a great internship opportunity to get to know three observatories in different Scandinavian countries in three months). We hung the painting in the kitchen, and it really changes the atmosphere of the room in a positive way. Thank you very much for this present Axel & Else!

Ringing (Det Grå Fyr):

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Total: 1 Folk: Joakim Matthiesen, Dante Shepard, Simon S Christiansen, Hebe Denny and Marie Heuberger