1000 tits and a special surprise!

Morning Observation

Today we were contemplating even going out, due to the bad weather that was promised. But we took on our boots, jackets and most importantly, our optics. A slow rain fell on us as we got ready for the day. The birds migrated slowly but promisingly, oddly enough allot of the auks went north instead og south. Yesterday at night the wind was strong, which could have blown the birds off course, leading them to go north instead of south this morning. The birds of today were a mix of, Northern pintale in fair numbers, and starlings, in what i would call, huge numbers, with a flock of 3000 birds passing eary in the morning. For many people seeing a little auk is a great and rare experience, but for us the observers we have seen them for four straight days. Some days with less than five, and one great day with 15 little auks. In the beginning we would yell "LITTLE AUK", and now we just say "oh theres another one". But soon before we know it we will be missing the little auks, when the migration stops and the cold winter takes over and halts the birds in their path.

- OLA

Ringing

What seemed to be a rained of day, turned out to be very special day in many days! Do you prioritize quantety or rarity? Either way, today we got both! We have officialy ringed 1.000 blue tits (blåmejse)! And to top it of, we got our second Pallas leaf-warbler (fuglekongesanger) of the season!

The rest of the day calmed down again due to the colder winds and rain showers. However we did get a good number of blackbirds as well and saw alot of blue tits hoping around the trees waiting for the rest of the clan to be released, which is always nice to see!

- LK