Another day of strong winds

I would almost start to believe that the weather conditions of the past view days like it so much here in Blaavand, it was here to stay. I can relate, I’m enjoying myself here as well. But the weather has decided to give us a break for tomorrow at least. Although it is not always comfortable, I have been enjoying the cold weather. There is a freshness to the air that feels great to take deep breaths of and fill the longs with.

The distant calls from the cranes are still carried in our direction by the morning winds. My ears are not as attuned to the sound of birds as Morten’s are, so I miss most of the calls, but I do hear them from time to time in the early morning.

It was another day of low counts due to the weather conditions. In total four new tagged birds and one recaptured robin. The newly tagged birds were two dunnocks, a blackbird and a first for the season and a first for me, a yellow hammer. It is a species that is a bit more difficult to determine the age of, at least compared to the birds we have caught thus far in the season. Morten was able the confirm his own assessment with the information provided on the ringers’ digiguide website, it was an adult female.

Later in the morning I overheard two chaffinches having a conversation. One would call from a treetop and the other would respond and so it went back and forth, they were probably talking about the weather. Every so often a green finch would interrupt them telling them to be quiet. Maybe I should get a new hobby for the days with a lot of downtime…..

Morten took the time to observe the coast while I was busy with my studies. Nothing special was going on over there either. During my daily walk/run through the dunes I saw a view skylark’s take off while passing by, but other than that it was very quiet in the dunes as well.

The weather will be changing soon, with the wind coming from the south, hopefully giving the migrating birds an extra boost to get here. Sometime this week, we will be able to open the nets at the lighthouse garden and start to work a little bit harder with all those extra meters of net to check.

People at the station: Morten and Maxim