Revtangen BO October 14th

Back to the weather we've had the previous two weeks, with light easterlies and mainly sunny. Nets open 07-17, netmeter hours approx. 3600. Playback on Chiffchaff during the night and Grey Wagtail, Yellowhammer and European Goldfinch during the day. 

Ringed: Eurasian Woodcock 1, Tengmalm's Owl 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Winter Wren 7, European Robin 5, Song Thrush 8, Redwing 14, Common Blackbird 7, Fieldfare 1, Blackcap 6, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Chiffchaff 9 (2 tristis), Goldcrest 4, Great Tit 1, Blue Tit 18, Tree Sparrow 5, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 3, Brambling 2, Greenfinch 17, Lesser Redpoll 1, Mealy Redpoll 1, Common Rosefinch 1, European Goldfinch 3, Yellowhammer 16. Total = 134. 

1 cy Tengmalm's Owl trapped at dawn. Perleugle.

A late 1 cy Common Rosefinch trapped today. Rosenfink.

Abnormally long hind claw on this Meadow Pipit. 

Haavard Husebö and Alf Tore Mjøs

Revtangen BO October 13th

A change in the weather today with a cloud-covered sky and a quite strong wind from ESE. We used around 250 meter nets in stead of the usual 360, because the wind was too strong in both ends of the trapping area. Playback on European Goldfinch, Goldcrest and Chiffchaff.

Ringed: Winter Wren 5, European Robin 17, Song Thrush 3, Redwing 14, Common Blackbird 2, Fieldfare 1, Chiffchaff 20 (2 tristis), Goldcrest 52, Great Tit 2, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 3, Brambling 8, Greenfinch 7, European Goldfinch 3, Lesser Redpoll 7, Mealy Redpoll 3, Eurasian Siskin 2, Yellowhammer 2. Total = 152. We also controlled a Goldcrest with a ring from Finland.

Chiffchaffs from a vast geographical area are passing through at the moment. This one is an average abietinus, the dominant ssp/colourmorph...

...while this one was small and clearly more green/yellow than the rest - ssp. collybita?

This cold-toned bird without any yellow in the supercilium but lacking the rusty-toned ear-coverts is probably somewhere on the abietinus-tristis cline....

...while this bird has the typical rusty-toned ear-coverts and supercilium of tristis but perhaps the slight yellow hue above the eye indicate that it also belong in the vast overlap-zone between classical abietinus and tristis.

Haavard Husebö and Alf Tore Mjös

Revtangen BO Octover 12th

E to ESE light wind, at times 4-5 m/s but mostly quite windless. Sunny. Playback on Blackcap during the night and Redwing at dawn, and Grey Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Redpoll and European Goldfinch during the day. Nets open 07-17, netmeter gours approx. 3300.

Ringed: Water Rail 1, Meadow Pipit 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Winter Wren 9, European Robin 15, Song Thrush 4, Redwing 5, Common Blackbird 2, Fieldfare 3, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff 6, Goldcrest 9, Great Tit 8, Blue Tit 27, House Sparrow 1, Tree Sparrow 2, Chaffinch 3, Brambling 8, Greenfinch 6, Lesser Redpoll 4, Mealy Redpoll 8, ARCTIC REDPOLL 1, European Goldfinch 3, Common Linnet 2, Reed Bunting 1. Total = 134.

A few northern redpolls have arrived the last days, such as this adult male Mealy Redpoll. Gråsisik.

In between the Mealies we also found the first Arctic Redpoll (ssp. exilipes) of the season. Polarsisik.

Ingvald Ekeland, Haavard Husebö and Alf Tore Mjös. 2 visitors.

Revtangen BO October 11th

Light SE and part cludy. Nets open 07-20, netmeter hours approx. 4200. Playback on Blackcap through the night, and Redpoll, Grey Wagtail and Meadow Pipit during the day. Today we were back on track with a decent arrival of Winter Wrens, European Robins and thrushes in the morning.

This was the 800th Meadow Pipit ringed at Revtangen BO in 2016, by far the best season total ever.

Ringed: Meadow Pipit 3, Grey Wagtail 3, Winter Wren 9, European Robin 21, Song Thrush 6, Redwing 10, Common Blackbird 5, Fieldfare 3, Blackcap 4, Chiffchaff 7 (5 abietinus, 2 tristis), Goldcrest 22, Great Tit 9, Blue Tit 46, Tree Sparrow 2, House Sparrow 2, Chaffinch 2, Brambling 18, Greenfinch 23, Lesser Redpoll 2, Mealy Redpoll 19, Eurasian Siskin 2, Reed Bunting 3, Yellowhammer 2. Total = 223. Also 17 controls.  

This Lesser Redpoll was ringed as a 1cy at Revtangen BO in August 2014 and controlled today. A 3cy bird still without any red in the breast should be a female, but a winglength of 75 mm like this one is certainly not common in female Lesser Redpoll. 

Ingvald Ekeland, Haavard Husebö and Alf Tore Mjös. 2 visitors.

Revtangen BO October 10th

Part cloudy and a northeastern breeze. Nets open 07-15, netmeter hours approx. 2600. Playback on Blackcap during the night, Song Thrush/Redwing around dawn and Grey Wagtail/Brambling/Meadow Pipit during the day. Today represented an anticlimax compared to the previous week, with the only arrival around dawn was a medium occurrence of Winter Wrens.

Two flocks of Long-tailed Tit passed through the garden today, and one flock was trapped. The first this season. Stjertmeis.

Ringed: Grey Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit 3, Winter Wren 10, European Robin 1, Song Thrush 1, Redwing 2, Common Blackbird 4, Blackcap 4, Goldcrest 6, Great Tit 1, Blue Tit 4, Long-tailed Tit 10, Chaffinch 1, Brambling 3, Greenfinch 8, Yellowhammer 5. Total = 65. Also 21 controls, including a Greenfinch not from Revtangen and a Blue Tit ringed at Revtangen in January 2013. 

Ringmerket: Vintererle 1, heipiplerke 3, gjerdesmett 10, rødstrupe 1, måltrost 1, rødvingetrost 2, svarttrost 4, munk 4, fuglekonge 6, kjøttmeis 1, blåmeis 4, stjertmeis 10, bokfink 1, bjørkefink 3, grønnfink 8, gulspurv 1. Total = 65.

Haavard Husebö, Alf Tore Mjös and Njaal Sölvberg. 1 visitor.

Revtangen BO October 9th

Same weather, but more cludy in the afternoon. Light easterlies. Nets open 07-17, but most were closed a while in late morning because we had a little too many birds to handle. Netmeter hours approx. 3000. Playback on Blackcap a few hours before dawn and Redpoll, European Goldfinch and Grey Wagtail during the day.

Ringed: Meadow Pipit 2, Winter Wren 15, European Robin 17, Song Thrush 2, Redwing 5, Common Blackbird 8, Blackcap 13, Chiffchaff 3, Goldcrest 75, FIRECREST 1, Treecreeper 1, Great Tit 1, Blue Tit 31, Tree Sparrow 1, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 4, Brambling 7, Greenfinch 15, Lesser Redpoll 2, Mealy Redpoll 8, European Goldfinch 1, Reed Bunting 1.Total = 214. Also 20 controls, in cluding 3 Blue Tits ringed elsewhere.

This 1 cy female Firecrest arrived in a small rush of Goldcrests just after dawn. Rødtoppfuglekonge.

Ringmerket: Heipiplerke 2, gjerdesmett 15, rødstrupe 17, måltrost 2, rødvingetrost 5, svarttrost 8,  munk 13, gransanger 3, fuglekonge 75, RØDTOPPFUGLEKONGE 1, trekryper 1, kjøttmeis  1, blåmeis 31, pilfink 1, gråspurv 1, bokfink 4, bjørkefink 7, grønnfink 15, brunsisik 2, gråsisik 8, stillits 1, sivspurv 1. Total = 214. Også 20 kontroller, inkl. 3 blåmeis med fremmede ringer. 

Ingvald Ekeland, Alf Tore Mjös and Njaal Sölvberg. 2 visitors.

Revtangen BO October 8th

Weather as previous days, but  a bit more cloudy in the morning. Nets open 07-17, netmeter hours approx. 3200. Playback on Blackcap through the night and Grey Wagtail, European Goldfinch and Brambling during the day. 

Ringed: Meadow Pipit 4, White Wagtail 1, Winter Wren 15, European Robin 17, Song Thrush 6, Redwing 4, Common Blackbird 5, BLYTH´S REED WARBLER 1, Blackcap 7, Siberian Chiffchaff (tristis) 1, Goldcrest 53, Great Tit 9, Coal Tit 1, Blue Tit 18, Chaffinch 2, Brambling 2, Greenfinch 23, Eurasian Siskin 2, European Goldfinch 1. Total = 172. Also 21 controls, including 2 Blue Tits not from Revtangen. 

The second Blyth'S Reed Warbler this week (1 cy). Notice the short p2 and a winglength of 67 mm, unusually long for this species. Busksanger 1K.

Ringmerket: Heipiplerke 4, linerle 1, gjerdesmett 15, rødstrupe 17, måltrost 6, rødvingetrost 4, svarttrost 5, BUSKSANGER 1, munk 7, sibirgransanger (tristis) 1, fuglekonge 53, kjøttmeis 9, svartmeis 1, blåmeis 18, bokfink 2, bjørkefink 2, grønnfink 23, grønnsisik 2, stillits 1. Total = 172. Også 21 kontroller, inkl. 2 blåmeis merket annetsteds.  

Observations: Very quiet, but 2 Grey Wagtails, a Lapland Bunting and 5+ European Goldfinch.

Ingvald Ekeland and Alf Tore Mjös. 3 visitors (2 adults and one child).