Firecrest!

The morning started off slow, but as the day progressed it got better and better. What I thought would be a day with less than 10 birds, ended up being a decent 25 birds total, recaptures included!

We had the surprise of catching a few unringed Icterine Warblers (Gulbug), which is a species that should start to migrate away from our locality around now and we were expecting to catch some already ringed resident birds more than new birds. Nice surprises!

Icterine Warbler (Gulbug). Picture Alix Bortolussi

I also caught my first Firecrest (Rødtoppet Fuglekonge) of the season, which was a cute little female.

Female Firecret (Rødtoppet Fuglekonge). Picture Alix Bortolussi

During the second half of the morning Saxe, a young Danish birder I first met in Skagen Fuglestation, joined me and we took some rounds together. I was happy to catch some interesting birds to show him, Spotted Flycatcher (Grå Fluesnapper), Crested tit (Topmejse), Icterine warbler (Gulbug), Firecrest (Rødtoppet Fuglekonge), etc.

Spotted Flycatcher (Grå Fluesnapper). Picture Saxe Lind Christiansen

We were hoping to see the Long -Tailed Grackle around, as I had seen it previously earlier in the morning. Unfortunately the little rascal decided to fly towards the city and disappear from everyone’s view in the mid-morning. Hopefully it is back tomorrow morning at his usual spots!

At 10:00 Henrik and I had the pleasure of going on a guided tour with a couple of danish birders, and had some really good birds to show! We had a really good time, and I think our guests did too.

After all the nets were closed, Henrik, Thomas and I found our last energy and did some gardening work in the lighthouse garden around the nets.