Finishing up the ringing course

Even though ringing was slow, we were still able to catch quite a few birds to practice the techniques we've gone over during the weekend.  As we were closing the lighthouse, we also caught a Crossbill (Lille Korsnæb) which Louis was very happy to ring (his first time getting one in hand!). Once we finished ringing for standard time, we headed back to the station to view some wing pictures before everyone left.  Merit and I kept the station nets upon for a bit longer hoping to get a lucky find to end the day.  We didn't much but incredibly, Merit flushed a Wryneck (Vendehals) into one of the nets! Lisa was absolutely overjoyed about this catch, after finally getting her first in hand yesterday we were definitely not expecting she would have a chance to ring one.  

The obs also had some great birds today.  We had quite a few people, with Henrik, David, and Alex helping Joseph and Louis.  Our best bird of the morning was a nice male Kentish Plover (Hvidbrystet Præstekrave) which is impressively our fourth bird of the season.  We also had multiple Little Gulls (Dværmåge) and a single Velvet Scoter (Fløjlsand) which where very nice. 

People at the station Louis K. Poulsen, Joseph Stephan, Merit Lenk, and Strummer Edwards