Smukhed og koldhed

Observations:

En kold og meget flot morgen på hukket.. ofte er hvad jeg syntes er flot, dog bare også ret dårligt i forhold til at kigge i teleskop og se fugle der er lidt længere væk.. Det var nemlig meget diset til at starte med, og det kolde vejr og meget høje luftfugtighed sørgede for at holde teleskopet godt dugget til gennem de første 2 timer, og over havet var der den vildeste kulde flimmer, der gjorde at Sortande flokkene blot lignede klatter af sort røg..

Det var generelt til den stille side, men hvad man vel også må forvente i med. november..

Kulden bragte os en del flokke af gæs gennem hele morgenen, både Bramgæs, Kortnæbede gæs og Grågæs, + nogle flokke som kom laangt inde over land og blot blev til gås..

Ellers kan der nævnes 3 fine Blå Kærhøge, hvoraf 2 af dem var 2 meget flotte gamle hanner, 2 Hedelærker, 5 Bjerglærker, 1 Havørn stod på stranden da jeg ankom, og på den første timer trak hele 5 Spurvehøge.. og ingen resten af dagen, 4 af dem kom sammen, lidt spøjst..

Ringing:

It was a rather slow ringing day, quite cold in the morning, there was white frost on the fence, and it formed little white clouds when I breathed out. When I opened the nets in the lighthouse garden, Anne did the station garden, I saw two owls and found their pellets on the loops of one nets. Later, I saw them together with Anne. We were quite excited the whole day.

Detective work: Dissecting an owl pellet.

Later in the morning it cleared up and we had blue sky, and the sun warmed us up. That made the nets pretty visible and did not bring so many birds. But we got a Greenfich “Grønirisk”, one of Annes favorites in hand. Also, a fat male 2k+ Blackbird with one white feather on the breast.

In the afternoon Louis, Anne and I tried to find the owls again, but we did not succeed.

Anne and I decided to open the nets before sunset and when I went to check the second time, it was there, the Long-eared Owl “Skovhornugle”.

Long-eared Owl “Skovhornugle”

I am not sure if it was one of the birds we saw in the morning but anyway, we were all pretty amazed. So far, the following rounds did not bring more owls or Woodcocks “Skovsneppe” or anything, and I am soon going to close, it is already late.

Moths:

I got three species of moths this night. One I did not have for a while: Agrochola macilenta “Mager Jordfarveugle”.

At the station: Louis, Hanelie, Anne.