Chunky Finches ( Fede Finker )

Morning Observations

With mediocre winds from westnorthwest we set out for another day at the obs-point. We were joined by Anders, Jan, Bent and Henrik for the forst two hours of the day. We quickly realised that the main migration of the fay did in fact not pass over the water but by land. The day brought a lot og chaffinches and bramblings (bog- og kvækerfinker), some occasional meadow pipits (engpibere) and other small finches flying overhead. But primarily finches... like a lot of finches. 2000+ passing by the observation post. Of course we also had some scoters (sortænder), red throated divers (rødstrubet lom) and one velvet scoter (fløjlsand). A couple of sparrowhawks passed by, and Henrik saw a possible Pallid Harrier that was too far away for us to fully identify. Otherwise the day was a bit quiet. Especially the last half an hour with light rain. For this period of time it was just Andreas and i left to count the "multitude" of birds in the last half an hour. An occasional fun day at the obs with the great numbers, and as always a great day here in Blåvand:) - SDP

Ringing

This morning rain showers came in and out which really slowed down movement around our nets, and therefore reduced our bird numbers acutely, in comparison to yesterday. However we still had some really impressive individuals, like this very round berry munching green finch!

Fede Finke

 

With a bit more time than usual, me managed to do some needed deep cleaning of our ringing labs and wash the windows even though it was raining!

Nevertheless, todays bird count was still over 30 indivuduals and 11 species! We had not caught a common chiffhcaff in a few days, so that was as always a pleasent and polite visitor in the net!

 

-LK

 

 

 

 Folk på stationen: Lua Koplin, Sverre Dahl Porsgaard, Mathilde Lundt Larsen, Anna Beluga Gade-Jørgensen og Andreas Pedersen