Stod op til endnu en dejlig morgen i Gedser, på trods af det trælse nederlag ved EM igår aftes. Dagens første fugl i nettet var gårdsdagens husrødstjert, så det lovede godt for dagen.

På de næste 4 runder fangede jeg dog kun 1 fugl, så det tydede ikke på, at der var gang i trækket. Op ad morgenen sad der dog en karmindompap og sang lystigt i haven, men i nettet ville den ikke. Op ad formiddagen kom der også en del nye fugle til haven bl.a. dagens 2. husrødstjert, 2 rødstjerter og en korttået træløber. Så selvom der måske endnu ikke er gang i trækket, så er de lokale fugle i hvert fald begyndt at rykke rundt.

Årets første lille regnspove trak mod syd om aftenen imens vi fik ringmærket lidt flere bysvaler. Dagens mærkningstotal endte på 23 mærkede, hvilket er ganske udemærket i starten af juli.

Imorgen bliver vores sidste dag på stationen i denne omgang, så håbet om en flodsanger i nettet lever lidt endnu:)

Lærke og Jesper

Idag stod vi op til helt overskyet vejr med lidt rigeligt vind. Ude fra søen på engen lettede en svaleklire, så det gav håb om lidt tiltræk af fugle. Det viste sig dog hurtigt at det ikke var tilfældet, da der kun var få fugle på hver netrunde og næsten lige så mange aflæsninger som mærkninger.

Som dagen skred frem blev det dog til en landsvale samt en nyudfløjet unge af rødstjert der gæstede ringmærkningslabbet, så lidt nyt var der alligevel kommet til haven. Og da nettene blev lukket hoppede en ung husrødstjert rundt oven på ringmærkningsskuret.

Over middag smuttede vi en tur i krokodille-zoo og så alle de fine dyr deroppe. Da vi kom hjem igen besluttede vi at mærke lidt svaleunger. Det blev blandt andet til 10 bysvaler - det lyder måske ikke af meget, men indtil idag var der kun mærket 57 bysvaler på stationen gennem alle årene, så det er ikke en art vi ringmærker mange af.

Imorgen håber vi at trækket er startet, så den flod eller savisanger, jeg har bestilt, hænger i nettet:)

Lærke og Jesper

I disse dage har jeg besøg af mit 10-årige barnebarn Bastian, som holder rigtig meget af naturen. Derfor var det oplagt, at vi tog nogle timers ringmærkning på fuglestationen.

Vi startede først op med alle net åbne fra ca. 07.15, så jeg havde kun sat næsen op efter et par ganske få stykker. Men der var faktisk fugle på alle netrunder (hver halve time). Først på lukkerunden, der startede 10.15, var der ingen fugle.

Bastian med en tornsanger

Det blev til 9 mærkninger og et par aflæsninger af egne fugle, så det var da helt fint - osse at have dejligt selskab af Bastian. Det var noget blæsende, op til 11 m/s fra vest, men uden nedbør.

2 af fuglene var årsunger, og resten var voksne fugle med rugeplet, så efterårstrækket af småfuglene er ikke begyndt endnu.

Fra tirsdag i næste uge kommer Jesper Brinkmann med sin datter Lærke på stationen nogle dage med mærkning af fugle.

Dagens ringmærkede fugle:

Gulbug, Icterine Warbler 2

Jernspurv, Dunnock 2

Hvid vipstjert, White Wagtail 2

Tornsanger, Common Whitethroat 1

Musvit, Great Tit 1

Gransanger, Chiffchaff 1

Solsort, Blackbird aflæsning/recapture 1

Gærdesanger, Lesse Whitethroat 1 aflæsning/recapture 1

So, this is it, the nets have been folded for good this time. Today was the last day of spring season in Gedser! I had the time to ring 5 hours before the storm showed up very briefly with a strong showery rain that was pretty needed.

Not many bird around today, but still a couple of good birds in the last round as a goodbye gift.  Another marsh tit was one of them as well as another red backed shrike.

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Not very surprinsingly, one last lesser white throat was also caught in the last round. 

There were only 3 retraps today, two of them ringed last year and breeding in the garden now.

So this is it for me! I'm heading back to France this afternoon, but I'll be back! Actually, it's already planned for me to come back with some friend in late autumn! So have a nice summer and see you around!

Today couldn't obviously be as good as yesterday but still brought a few good suprises.

It was another hot summerly day with temperatures reaching above 20 even in early morning and no wind, so only the first round were a bit productive.

The first nice surprise was a chick of a marsh tit. These little birds seem always so tiny in the hand and this one still had fluffy feathers on its belly.

Then, a few round later, when nothing was trapped anymore, I had the surprise to catch one of these bullfinches that have been calling yesterday and this morning and that I can still hear while writing now! It was a 2k female who got trapped and had a brood patch.

Among the retraps, there was nothing particular, mainly breeding birds, mostly lesser white throats.

After a day like yesterday my hopes were not very high this morning... Hoewever, days succeed but are definitely not alike!!

Surprinsingly, I had much more birds trapped today but above all, a very nice diversity with a few suprises! 

It all started at 6:00 in one of the last net of the round, I found this bird:

With not tail and very worn but it is a red breated flycatcher! And what's more is that it had an obvious brood patch!

A few minutes later, I heard an oriole in the edge of the garden!! But had no chance to see it. I also heard at least two bullfinches  on the path but not seen either.

However, the day was not over and the singing rosefinch of yesterday which was still singing this morning suddenly got silent... it was trapped in a net!!

This was a first in the hand for me! So I was very happy to get it! But even more, is that a few round later, I got another one!!

Not need to say that I got quite excited! I therefore tried to keep nets open acouple of hours more but only got one more bird.

All in all, it has been a really nice day!  13 different species trapped mostly new birds but also a couple of retraps among which one garden warbler ringed in 2017.

After yesterday, I was hoping that it could go on a little bit but it went back to very quiet today with only 4 birds captured. Two new ones and two retraps. Maybe the birds of yesterday spread the word that the ringing is still on.

The weather is still very very nice and I had hoped that the rosefinch which sang the whole morning in the garden and still does now was going to get caught but that didn't happen... Maybe tomorrow?

Nets were open in a peaceful and warm morning, with almost no wind. 

I wasn't expecting much of the day but it turned out to be much better than yesterday! In the first round, I already had 3 new birds to ring, which was the total amount of yesterday's captures! All in all, 10 new birds were ringed today, among which my first chick of Chiffchaff.

But it is mainly the retraps that were really interesting today. Strangerly, many adult birds, ringed in the previous years were trapped today. It looks as if they knew that ringing usually stops the 15th! So, a garden warbler ringed in 2019 as an adult was already a good one: this bird is at least 3 years old and has undertaken at least 3 migrations to the south and back! Well done!

But the probably even more funny retrap has been the one of a wood pigeon today. This pigeon was ringed here by Andreas in 2016 as an adult! Also, it apparently had not been recaptured since then! That actually made my day :)

Trækket på Odden: En interessant morgen med havtræk på landets sydspids. Vi laver ikke standardiserede tællinger i juni, men det ser ud til, at der foregår et træk, som er værd at hæfte sig ved. På fem timer – som svarer til en standardtælling for Gedser Fuglestation – kom der fra klokken lidt over fem til lidt over ti 1.365 hanner af Ederfugle (Common Eiders) og 7 hunner forbi Gedser Odde på vej mod vest ad ’hovedsporet’ for efterårets træk af andefugle. Det er et betragteligt antal Ederfugle uden for ’sæsonen’.

 Trækket er sikkert helt normalt, men bare hidtil lidt upåagtet. Det er hanner på det, der ofte bliver kaldt fældningstræk, fordi de søger mod steder med rigelig mad, hvor de kan være, mens de skifter fjer. De ganske få hunner i trækket kan man kun gisne om; det er måske fugle, som har fået deres æg ødelagt eller har mistet alle ungerne.

 Det bliver spændende at se, hvordan tallet for onsdag bliver.

Lys Ederfugl (Common Eider) på en af betonklodserne ud for Gedser Odde. De manglende kulører er genetisk bestemt mangel på farvestoffer i fjerene. Foto: Ole Friis Larsen/GFU

Der er også op mod et par hundrede Ederfugle, som ikke trækker, men holder til ved odden. Det er et broget foretagende af hovedsagelig hanner i alle mulige stadier af fældning, men tirsdag morgen var der alligevel en, som skilte sig ud i mængden med en usædvanlig lys fjerdragt. Den mangler nogle af farvestofferne i fjerene, og det kan være genetisk bestemt. Bedre kikkerter, teleskoper og kameraer har gjort os i stand til at opdage mange flere af den slags variationer hos fuglene, og mange kender sikkert især fænomenet fra Solsorte med hvide fjer.

 Trækmæssigt bød morgenens fem timers tælling desuden på nogen trafik af Knopsvaner i forskellige retninger, lidt Fiskehejrer og fire Traner, som i samlet flok passerede ud over havet mod syd. Det kunne være fugle, som var for unge til at yngle, eller fugle som af en eller anden grund har mistet deres æg eller unger og derfor allerede flyver væk fra ynglepladsen nu.

 Ringmærkning: 

It was good that Ole was here and had some migration news because on the ringing side, it has been a super quiet day. The 15th of june is usually the end of the ringing season and it definitely looked like it today. 3 birds were captured: 2  new birds, among which a reed warbler and 1  retrap of a icterine warbler. In 5 h of ringing, it was not much work!

I have a few more days at the station, so we can still hope for one good bird before the actual end of the season.

Folk på stationen: Marie Chevalier, Ole Friis Larsen