Last night before going to bed we checked the weather (as we do every night) and we saw we were going to have south westerly winds again, so not the best for us. When we were opening the nets, the wind was blowing a bit too much to open all the nets (better safe than sorry), although it did not make much of a difference because after catching five stillits and three grønsisken in the first round, the garden was almost completely depleted of birds, but we always try..

After standard time, we played birds sounds with the speakers as every day, but today nothing was moving above us. We were catching none, one or two birds maximum each round, but at least we were doing a lot of data check between rounds. So at 14:30 I wanted to close the nets because I completely lost all hope, but Gail said that we should try one more round, just in case. She was totally right because we caught a Stor Tornskade, Lanius excubitor (Great Grey Shrike)! It´s beautiful, but it has a brutal bite. So thanks to her we caught this one! Thanks Gail for never losing hope!!

After completing and suffering the ringing process of the Stor Tornskade we went for a run and did some yoga. Vibeke, Line and Gert also visited us today which it was very nice. We were very happy to see you all! Gert showed us some of the pictures that he took of Krognæb, Pinicola enucleatror (Pine Grosbeak) in Skagen - fantastic!

Now we are trying to catch owls again, but no luck yet. Although you never know!

As always the numbers of the day:

Best,

Ramón.