10-14.4.13
After two very slow days (10-11.4) Finally! Birds!
On the 12th of April we had the first "proper"
spring morning with 153 new birds caught and ringed, from 13 different species.
Among them were:
- 2 Juvenile Female Waxwings Bombycilla garrulus ציצנית
ססגונית; Which made us all smiling for two hours, since last one was caught here in
2010!
- An adult male Bullfinch Pyrrula pyrrula אדמון (which
made me smile for the rest of the day).
- Three species of thrushes: Blackbird Turdus
merula שחרור, Redwing Turdus iliacus קיכלי
לבן גבה &
Song thrush Turdus philomelus קיכלי רונן.
- Black redstart Phoenicurus
ochruros gibraltarensis חכלילית סלעים
- Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs פרוש מצוי
etc.
We also had our first recovery from abroad- Polish Great
tit Parus major ירגזי
מצוי.
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| Waxwings Bombycilla garrulus ציצנית ססגונית נקבה צעירה Juvenile Female |
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| Bullfinch Pyrrula pyrrula אדמון זכר בוגר Adult male |
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| Bullfinch Pyrrula pyrrula אדמון זכר בוגר Adult male |
On first light and soon after sunrise we could see
nice waves of landing robins and Thrushes (Blackbirds Turdus
merula שחרור, Song
Thrushes Turdus philomelos קיכלי רונן, redwings Turdus iliacus קיכלי לבן גבה, Fieldfares Turdus pilaris קיכלי אפור, Mistle Thrushes Turdus
viscivorus קיכלי
גדול
and even one very coperative Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus קיכלי
סהרון!
It hopped on the ground for maybe 15 min. but we had to stop watching it
because we just caught too many cool birds).
Later in the morning
(about 10:30) nice flocks of Great tits Parus major ירגזי מצוי started coming and
around 14:00 there was also nice landing of about 500 white
wagtails Motacilla alba נחליאלי לבן.
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| Christopher Magnusson & Mikaela Kahari ringing at the ringing lab of Ottenby |
On the afternoon we went Kryssing (Twitching) a female Stonechat Saxicola torquatus דוחל שחור גרון. Luckily we found it and saw it very well to the relief of some of the Swede birders here (since this species is seen only once a year in this area). After all, we were looking for it also yesterday but we used the weather excuse for not finding it.
כן, מוזר למדי, בהרכב של שמונה צפרים הלכנו לחפש דוחל שחור גרון, להוטים כאילו הייתה זו ציפור נדירה. האמת היא, שפה מדובר בציפור שנצפית פעם בשנה בערך. למרבה השמחה נמצאה האבידה לאחר שחיפוש כוזב (אתמול) שציער פה לא מעט מחברי הצוות.
From the evening of the 12th, and on to the next day (13th
of April), thick fog covered the island. we were sure it's too thick and the
birds will stay in a dry safe area far shouth but, happily, at dawn, lots of
birds were resting all over our lovely little garden! During that day we had
654 birds of 20 species. Mostly Robins Erithacus rubecula אדום חזה but also first Chiffchaf Phylloscopus
collybita עלווית
חורף, An adult female Bullfinch Pyrrula pyrrula אדמון , a few Goldcrests Regulus regulus מלכילון אורנים and most mentioned species of yesterday.
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| Bullfinch Pyrrula pyrrula אדמון נקבה בוגרת Adult female |
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| Goldcrests Regulus regulus מלכילון אורנים "With it's "family |
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| Goldcrests Regulus regulus מלכילון אורנים נקבה Female |
A cool Pic was taken today- This Blackbird Turdus merula שחרור was caught with breakfast and lost it. The greedy Great tit Parus major ירגזי מצוי
came to take it and got caught too. who do you think got it at the end?
Non of these two, but a passer-by Robin Erithacus rubecula אדום חזה took it.
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| משמאל לימין From the left The Blackbird Turdus merula השחרור The greedy Great Tit Parus major הירגזי מצוי החמדן So called Breakfast- Earthworm מה שמוגדר כאן כארוחת בוקר- שלשול |
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| Finish Female Blackbird Turdus merula שחרור, נקבה שטובעה בפינלנד |
On the 14th weather went worse for ringing (considered as
"better" if you are a Swede after winter): the day
was mainly sunny and clear with just slight wind. Most birds
left us and continued their journey north, but despite the weather we had 118
new birds from 14 species. We also had a nice Finish Female Blackbird Turdus
merula שחרור and a Treecreeper Certhia familiaris familiaris טפס עצים צפוני in good light
(sort of compensation after the bad
pictures I uploaded last time).
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| Treecreeper Certhia familiaris familiaris טפס עצים צפוני |
Since ringing was really boring on the 10th-11th (6 &
17 birds) and also sea migration, my usual escape when riging is slow, was
hidden thanks to some fog over the sea I had to do something. So, I found these
pallets added on the next pic. to play with. Since the 11th I found on three
more mornings pallets on same location. I'm mainly familiar with Long-eared
Owls Asio otus ינשוף עצים pallets and it seems to me that these pallets
are larger, more rounded and less compressed. If anyone knows if it's regular
for Tawny Owls Strix aluco לילית מצויה, or have any other idea, I'd love to
hear any comments!
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| ?Pellets of Tawny Owls Strix aluco צנפות של לילית מצויה? |
- new and really required column-
*Fun Facts about
Swedes!*
I never heard
of it before- Shops without any sellers!
You see,
it's not a new or modern kind of shops.. They just have shops which are
unprofitable when paying salaries for sellers so they just put some cash and
calculator in the entrance and you write everything down, pay and go away! WOW!
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| Mikaela shopping |
Till the next interesting day..
Yael
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