Revtangen BO September 11th

A very pleasant day at Revtangen BO. ESE breeze 6-8 m/s concentrated lots of raptors between the station and the sea. There were not too many birds caught, thereforer we had plenty of time to enjoy the migration. Nets up 06-14 and 18.30-21. Playback on garden warbler and reed warbler throught the night, european robin at dawn, then meadow pipit, tree pipit and dunnock from the morning onwards. 

Ringed: Sparrowhawk 2, tree pipit 2, meadow pipit 12, dunnock 2, winter wren 1, european robin 4, redstart 5, garden warbler 6, blackcap 10, common whitethroat 1, willow warbler 2, goldcrest 1, pied flycatcher 1, house sparrow 1, tree sparrow 2, chaffinch 1, linnet 1. Total = 54. Also 3 controls. 

Ringmerket: Spurvehauk 2, trepiplerke 2, heipiplerke 12, jernspurv 2, gjerdesmett 1, rødstrupe 4, rødstjert 5, hagesanger 6, munk 10, tornsanger 1, løvsanger 2, fuglekonge 1, svarthvit fluesnapper 1, gråspurv 1, pilfink 2, bokfink 1, tornirisk 1. Total = 54.    

Observations: Sparrowhawk 115, goshawk 2, hen harrier 4, pallid harrier at least one 1 cy, marsh harrier 3 (1 cy), osprey 1, peregrine 3, kestrel 30. 

In the evening we started the first ever ringing course in the recently renovated old station building, with 13 participants. 

This sparrowhawk needs glasses. It took aim at the photographer from a long distanse, and only less than a meter from my face did it realize that I was not a bullfinch. Spurvehauk.

1 cy goshawk (top) and sparrowhawk. Hønsehauk 1K (øverst) og spurvehauk.

Håvard Husebø, Alf Tore Mjøs and Morten Stokke. 3 visitors.