Igen en meget smuk dag på Gedser Odde. Morgenstunden var vindstille og pænt lun, så der var ikke behov for de store trøjer.

Anders og Hans gik på odden for at trækobse, mens Michael og undertegnede – og senere også Anders - passede nettene. Nettene var sat kl. 04.00, og der var pænt med fugle på de første runder. Allerede på 4. runde blev det lidt småt med fuglene, dog skulle vi helt frem til kl. 12.00 før de første nul-runder indfandt sig. Der var generelt ikke mange fugle på runderne efter kl. 07.00, men dog lidt hver gang.

Anders og Hans kom hurtigt tilbage fra Odden, da der ikke skete noget som helst ude over havet. De gik senere videre mod Frisenfeldt, kanalerne og Vesterhave, men uden sensationer ’på tasken’ da de vendte tilbage. Det blev dog bl.a. til to karmindompapper ved Frisenfeldt og en enkelt ved Vesterhave, samt to sortstrubede bynkefugle ved Vesterhave og en enkelt mere ved Kroghage. Til gengæld havde de wienerbrød med hjem.

I løbet af dagen trak bl.a. fire rørhøge mod sydøst, og en flok på 20 traner trak nordvest, mens to stk. sortstrubet lom tæt under kysten fløj mod syd. Små og større flokke af Bramgæs fløj over odden og hastede mod ynglepladserne i nord. I haven hørtes igen karmindompap sporadisk syngende, samt både Bomlærke og Gulirisk.

Ringmærkningen fortsatte helt frem til kl. 18.00, og der blev i dag ringmærket i alt 40 fugle og aflæst 7. Igen i dag var løvsanger den mest talrige art med 18 stk, og det blev dagen, hvor vi ringmærkede endnu en rødrygget tornskade og årets første kærsanger. Et dejligt gensyn!

Også genfangst og aflæsning af to gulbuge skal nævnes. Begge er ringmærket af Anton henholdsvis d. 20/7-2017 som 2k+, og den anden d. 10/8-2017 som 1K fugl. Gulbug er en af de små sangfugle, der overvintrer langt nede i det østlige Afrika, så de er begge vendt tilbage fra en længere tur.

Da antallet af fugle begyndte at stilne af, fik vi sat nettene op på det sidste hejsenet. Det bliver så godt at få dette net i aktion igen. Der var dog også rum tid til at nyde det gode vejr og hygge i godt selskab og ualmindeligt godt vejr. 
Nina sørgede igen for aften-bespisningen af os alle – et rigtig godt koncept, som vi alle nyder!

Endnu en fantastisk dag på Gedser Fuglestation, og i morgen ser også spændende ud! 

Billedet herunder viser, hvor forskellige løvsangere kan være i farven.

Ringmærkningen gav i dag følgende fugle fordelt på følgende arter (genmeldinger i parentes):

Rødstjert 1
Kærsanger 1
Gulbug 3 (2)
Løvsanger 18
Gransanger 0  (2)
Havesanger 6 (1)
Munk 1
Gærdesanger 2 (1)
Tornsanger 4 (1)
Rødrygget tornskade 1
Bogfinke 2
Tornirisk 1

Kun 123 særligt udvalgte meter blev sat, og det skulle vise sig at fungere ganske fint! Nettene blev sat allerede kl. 03.45. Da vi kun har været Nina og jeg på stationen i dag, gik jeg lidt forsigtigt til værks og satte ikke alle ’sejl til’, da der var risiko for, at de sidste dages blæst måske havde ophobet fuglene. Dagen startede på smukkeste vis. Næsten ingen vind, en flot solopgang og nye fugle i haven. Der var en ren kakofoni af fuglestemmer, da lyset begyndte at bryde frem. Havens mange gulbuge sang om kap med havesangere, tornsangere, gærdesangere, løvsangere, rødstjert, solsorte, gøg, sangdrosler mm. Der var relativt mange fugle på de første fem-seks runder, men så døde det ud som det plejer. Nina fik i dag også sin debut som ’sekretær’ under mærkningerne på laboratoriet, og det var hun selvfølgelig også supergod til. 
Igen i dag var løvsanger den talrigeste fugl med 11 eksemplarer, og der var kun to genaflæsninger af henholdsvis en gammel gærdesanger, der blev ringmærket på GFU af stationsleder Hans Lind d. 4. juni 2016 herpå fuglestationen, og desuden en tornsanger, der var blevet ringmærket i sidste uge af Robert. 
Omkring klokken otte sang også en karmindompap i haven og få minutter senere også en græshoppesanger. Vi fik karmindompap i nettet, men desværre var græshoppesangeren ikke med på ideen, ligesom vi desværre heller ikke hørte eller så noget til hverken buskrørsangeren fra i onsdags eller lundsangeren fra i går. Men der kan jo heldigvis komme nye til, og da de næste dage lover pæn varme og svage vinde fra øst og sydøst, så kan der altid ske spændende ting. I aften kommer ringmærker Michael Bjerregaard fra Fyn, så mon ikke at der i morgen sættes alle ’sejl til’. Senere kommer også Anders Odd og Hans, så der bliver godt med liv på fuglestationen de kommende dage.

Dagens 27 mærkninger fordelte sig således (Genaflæsninger i parentes):

Løvsanger 11
Gransanger 2
Gærdesanger 3 (1)
Tornsanger 2 (1)
Havesanger 3
Munk 1
Tornirisk 2
Jernspurv 1
Rødstjert 1
Karmindompap 1
I alt                       27 (2)

Nina og Clausjannic

Hans got a sms of Anton Liebermann who is at this moment on Christiansø together with Mikkel Lausten and Peter Lyngs. They believe it could be a Buskrørsanger/Blyth's Reed Warbler. Going through the information I have this is a real possibility. The second primary is much shorter that the third and fourth primary (unfortunately I only have an unsharp picture of that, but it shows it clearly). The head pattern is certainly pointing to Blyth's reed warbler and not to the Paddyfield reed warbler (supercilium stops at the eye), which is another species with a short second primary. The notch on the second primary is 14,5 mm and the wing length is 65.

This is a species that has to go to the commission and lets hope they will accept the bird for Denmark.

This time a little bit later than normal. We had the nets open at 4.30 and closed them at 11.00. After bird catching we cleaned the house. That is part of the job. We got a clean and nice house and we tried to do the same. After tomorrow Clausjannic and Nina will take over. Tomorrow the birds in the garden will have a day off. Hans is painting his kitchen and that has to be done too. Hans brought us to the bus and after a trip of almost 4 hours (three busses and two trains) I was home. Traveling to and from Gedser is not easy nowadays when you do not have a car.

The garden is nice with a lot of flowers (see one of the pictures). We caught 33 birds (27 new and 6 recaptures. In total 14 species. One new one for the year a Rørsanger/Reed warbler and the second Skovsanger/Wood warbler. This species has a relative short tail compared to the length of the wing (I have made a photo to show you). And we had the fourth Rødrygget Tornskade/Red-backed Shrike: this time a female.

It was a pleasure to be at the Fuglestation and I am quite sure that I will be back in the future.

Photo gallery

Flowering tree, Rørsanger/Reed warbler, Skovsanger/Wood warbler and the Rødrygget Tornskade/Red-backed Shrike.

Table with the bird species caught today (newly ringed and recaptures)

With kind regards and till the next time

Robert

Today 23 birds caught in six and a half hour (17 new and 6 recaptures). We needed some birds because the Fuglestation was visted by a group of people. Luckely we could show them some birds. The group was taken care by the three boys: Hans, Gert and Benny and Dina and I had to provide them with the ones to show.

Early in the morning we caught the third Nattergal/Thrush Nightingale of the year. The other species were the normal ones for the time of the year.

Tomorrow the last day for Dina and me, lets hope it will be an exciting one.

Photo gallery

Hans the teacher and his group and the Nattergal/Thrush Nightingale (bird could been sharper, but it was a bird that did not want to sit stil and I do not like that very much and let it go).

Table with the birds caught today (new ones and recaptures)

With kind regards

Robert

Hardly any new birds, most of the old ones are gone or do know where the nets are standing. We caught only 14 birds today (nine new and 5 recaptures). The garden looks empty, some birds singing but no birds flying around.

There was one very beautifull bird. Again a Karmindompap/Common Rosefinch, but this time a male (nicely red). Was also one of the last birds we caught.

Photo gallery

Closeup of Engpiber/Anthus pratensis caught yesterday evening and the male Karmindompap/Common Rosefinch

Table with number of birds caught and number of recaptures 

The day started with fog and there were hardly any birds flying. First round we had no birds second round 1 and in the third round 2. In total we caught 20 birds (14 new ones and 6 recaptures). Nets were open till 15.00 hours. So not much work. At the end of the morning we were surprised when a Karmindompap was flying into the net. It was a second year female. It is not a real rare bird, but nevertheless it was the first of the season. Further there is hardly anything to tell.

Although, we had a roe deer in the garden and luckely not in the nets. A White-tailed Eagle was sitting in the field a little bit in the direction of Gedser and a Crane was flying over.

Late addition. Caught at little lake one Engpiber/Meadow Pipit, so total is now 21.

Hope tomorrow will bring more birds.

Photo gallery

A grey morning and the Karmindompap

Table with the number of birds caught today (newly ringed and recaprtures)

With kind regards Robert

As expected we have caught less than yesterday. Often new birds arrive after a weather change and than the next day you will catch less and the day after even more less. Lets hope the rule is not always true. We had in total 80 birds (70 new ones and 10 recaptures) and in total 20 different species. Once again we had a little Rødtoppet Fuglekonge/Firecrest (number 65 for this year) and the third Rødrygget Tornskade/Red-backed Shrike for 2018. The Willow Warbler was the main attraction of  the day, in total 27 birds. 

But there was one bird that made me really happy, I had my first Nattergal/Thrush Nightingale in the hand (see picture). You would perhaps think how is that possible that he has never had a Nattergal in his hand. I just did not catch one in Denmark and in the Netherlands the Thrush Nightingale is a more rare species and I was just never lucky. Clausjannic saw the bird hanging in the net and he called me. He did know that I had never caught this species and was so friendly to give me the honors.

Photo Gallery

Two times the Nattergal/Thrush Nightingale, a happy ringer and one Tornirisk/Linnet just because it is such a nice bird.

Numbers of birds caught today and the number of recaptures

Net open at 4.30. And hoping that our prediction would be right (mine and Hans Lind). After a weather change very often new birds will arrive. First round was not much just a few normal birds (5). But the second round was already much better and it kept going on. We closed the nets at 16.00 hours and that wwas a lucky decision too. In total we caught 135 birds (122 new and 13 recaptures). We had 21 species which I think is rather a lot.

It was a Løvsanger/Willow Warbler day in total 74 different birds. Second bird of the day was The Tornsanger/Whitethroat with 20 individuals. We also caught the first two Rødrygget Tornskad/Red-backed Shrikes of the year. But the most interesting bird was the Pirol/Golden Oriole, for me a new hand species. 

We also had two intersting recaptures: a Guluig/Icterine Warbler caught in Gedser in 2014 and a Tornsanger(Whitethroat also caught in Gedser in 2014.

All in all a very nice day and when we would have stopped ringing around noon we would have missed the Pirol and the second Rødrygget Tornskade.

The day was very good and I am extremely tired. 

Photo Gallery

Pirol was photographed by Gert Jeppesen

Number of birds ringed and number of recaptures

With kind regards Robert