Trækket på Odden: There won't be a poem today. It was my last morning as a migration counter here in Gedser. Tomorrow, I will pack up and head back to France. But what a last morning outside at the tip ! I won't mention the cold (but it was very cold — just ask Mads!). It started really well with lots of Eiders. It had been many days since we had seen numbers like today's: 737 birds in total.

The migration of divers was also quite nice, with the numbers increasing gradually. We saw 211 Red-throated divers and 19 Black-throated divers, which is a good number for this species. Many of them were migrating far out, but we also saw flocks flying over the tip, which was great because we could hear the flight calls of the Red-throated divers.

Here is one of the divers who flew close enought for a picture. A Black-throated diver, bigger bill, long legs, more wight behind the wings. Foto : Théophile Fontaine

We also saw a White-tailed eagle fishing over the sea, quite far away at first, and then getting closer. At one point it was attacked by a Herring gull. I would have been very happy to show you a nice picture of this, but unfortunately, the picture is completely blurry. Nevertheless, you can see in this picture that the gull doesn't seem very happy about the white-tailed eagle's presence.

Herring gull and Whight-tailed eagle, not the perfect couple... Foto : Théophile Fontaine

Folk på stationen: Mads Elley, Louis A. Hansen, Théophile Fontaine