Ringmærkning: Up went the sails (the mist nets), down came the hail (the rain). There was a busy flow of birds flying into the nets this morning, but an intermission of rain meant that we did some klap net (closed the nets) briefly to let it pass and avoid the risk of birds getting wet whilst caught in the nets. Three munk (blackcaps) were ringed today (two male and one female), and the morning saw many new birds being ringed. In total, 52 new birds were ringed today, including three rødtoppet fuglekonge (firecrests). In the second half of the morning we had a fair number of recaptures from the day. Before long, it was time to close the nets for today, and slowly the clouds began to open up for a sunny afternoon…

One of the munk (blackcaps) ringed today. Foto: Jennifer Lüdtke.

Trækket på Odden: Det var et stille vejr til morgen uden særlig meget vind, nærmest havblik under hele obsperioden. Der kom dog lidt regn og lidt vind på et tidspunkt i starten, så vi måtte søge i læ, men det stoppede hurtigt og vi kunne igen rykke ud på spidsen af Odden. 

På grund af det stille vejr og ingen vind, var der nærmest ingen fugle på Odden i dag, nok det laveste antal fugle vi har haft på en dag, mens jeg har været på fuglestationen. Der var kun 223 trækkende ederfugle (Somateria mollissima), så et noget lavt tal. Vi havde dog to 2K (2. kalenderår) vandrefalke trækkende mod syd og en rastende rødtoppet fuglekonge (Regulus ignicapilla), samt en husrødstjert (Phoenicurus ochruros), så helt skidt stod det heller ikke til. Vi håber dog alligevel på noget mere træk i morgen, selvom de har lovet lidt regn og lidt forkert vindretning. 

Se alle dagens observationer fra Gedser Odde i DOFbasen

En enkelt udtrækkende rød glente (Milvus milvus) røg forbi Odden i et lidt vanskeligt lys. Foto: Oliver Bøgh Jensen

Nyt fra fuglestationen: In the afternoon, Marith, Oliver and I went out to look for the fuglekongesanger (Pallas’s leaf warbler). We parked up the car between the sommerhuse and began to strain our ears to hear its song (something between that of a løvsanger and a gærdesmutte). Justin Bieber playing from the radio of the neighbouring building site provided the extra challenge, but before long Oliver’s sharp ear picked up the wanted warbler. It was far away, we stalked to the next road over, Oliver tracking its whereabouts like a crime scene investigator, Marith providing the doc pick, and I, well I never caught sight of the bird. But in the end, we were there, showed up and heard plenty of other birds on a sunny spring afternoon. Give it a go and perhaps you will get lucky (and entertain the holiday homers whilst you’re at it). Next stop: the infamous Bøtø Fluglturn. Of course the geese, ducks and coots presented pleasant background chatter, but in the foreground we were able to watch the loop-de-looping lapwing, the common redshanks picking away at invertebrates, the graceful avocets and even three yellow fluffy greylag geese chicks! Further back there was a marsh harrier swooping around. As we trundled back towards the car, the hooded crows were chattering noisily to our left. Suddenly, Marith cried out and between the crows a huge havørn (white-tailed eagles) was the culprit for the commotion. Only a few metres from us it stood, before lifting up and swooping around. What a sight for the eyes!

Folk på Stationen: Marith Mol, Jimmy Skat Hansen, Jennifer Lüdtke, Søren Mygind, Oliver Bøgh Jensen