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Yesterday was a particularly rewarding day. A start at Fornebu on a cold, wind free and cloudless day revealed all the bays were frozen and there was hardly a bird to see although I did hear Bearded Tits so we can only hope that they stay and start feeding high up on the seed heads rather than on the ground. Maridalen was where the action was though. There are very few birds here too and although the lake remains ice free I only counted exactly 10 birds on it! A Guillemot (presumably a long stayer) and a Great Crested Grebe topped the bill. Passerines other that tits were hardly more numerous although I did not find the Marsh Tit – I assume the fact that the horse manure it has been finding food in is now frozen has caused it to exploit a new food source. But it was a Pygmy Owl that stole the show and it performed to a group of generally well behaved photographers and the odd birder for pretty much all of the short day. And there are clearly rodents. I witnessed it take 2 Field Voles and a Wood Mouse with 40 minutes between each catch. One of the voles was eaten but the two other catches were stashed in a nest box for leaner times. It often was hunting right by the road where its two legged admirers were stood and after catching one of the voles it then flew with it at head height through our throng (a slight exaggeration we were never more than 10) to a small wood on the other side of the road where it ate in privacy before soon appearing high in a tree where it looked suddenly very plump and content and preened and enjoyed the sun. Today though was if anything even better. Jack needed to add his 198th species to his Oslo list so we met up to try to find the Marsh Tit for him. And we suceeded in finding two! The usual quiet bird by the horses and only 300m away a very loud bird. We saw and heard this bird long enough to be confident that it was single so my theory of a single bird and a pair does not look to hold water but two separate single birds is interesting. Why do they not hang out together? We also had great views of the Pygmy Owl in lovely golden light and had it catch a Field Vole right in front of us and generally go about its business seemingly completely unaffected by out close presence. I’ll start with documentation of today’s events: Pygmy Owl (spurveugle) with freshly caught Field Vole (markmus) the new and noisy Marsh Tit (løvmeis) which can be heard in the video and the other mostly silent bird which doesn't seem to move far at all Yesterday in chronological order: first seen perched quite high it then flew into this nest box but without taking anything in. Through a crack in the side of the box it could be seen moving around and was in there for a few minutes. after it came out it was searching for food in the area of the nest box and right by the road and a number of admirers here it has taken a Wood Mouse (småskogmus) from the ground and flown up into the tree much longer tail and larger ears on a mouse than a vole the mouse has been repositioned and the owl is ready to fly.. ..over 50m back to the nest box here it can be seen inside. I believe it deposited the mouse in one of its larders rather than eating it but there is no obvious layer of dead rodents or birds covering the base of the box although there could of course be some to the left peering out plunging down to a branch under the box and immediately in hunt mode again here it had clearly heard something and was leaning further and further forward and (s)hes off it disappeared into the dead grass but this shot just about shows the vole in its talons here it has taken control of, and killed, the vole and is getting ready to take off a plump and content owl enjoying the sun after having eaten this vole rather than storing it
Eighteen different Wood Thrush pinged the Bent of the River Center’s Motus tower during the summer of 2025. In fact, this species has pinged their tower more than any other bird. One Wood...
Painted: 8/19/2025 About the Mural: In downtown Rockton, Illinois, three Lesser Yellowlegs now adorn the exterior of a local antique shop called Frosted Farmhouse, the nine-foot-tall shorebirds...
Painted: 10/22/25 About the Mural: Along the noisy Landmarks Boulevard that winds into downtown Alton, Illinois, drivers will now be greeted by a colorful sight: three painted Lesser Yellowlegs...
This year we celebrated a significant milestone for our program: the 125th Christmas Bird Count (CBC)! An anniversary like this provides a good opportunity to pause and reflect on the many years this...
The day started rainy, and at some point even the first snow fell, so we could sleep an hour longer than usual and went to observing and ringing after it stopped. I and Florian went to Northstrand for...
Trækket på Odden: Gråvejr kan sagtens være rigtig godt vejr, når det gælder fugletræk over havet. Onsdag var vi begge af sted fra fuglestationen og slap næsten for regn, men ikke for alle nuancer...
Af Jens Peter Bech Ugen bød på både gråvejr, regn, sol og den første nattefrost. Vintergæsterne begynder nu for alvor at indfinde sig. Så det er nu man kan...
I had decided to go ringing today, as the ringing season is slowly coming to an end. So I wanted to take advantage of one of these last chances. It was very nice of János and Amira to go out early to...
18. nov. 2025 kl. 00:00
Trækket på Odden: The wind was blowing strongly from the west this morning. We managed to find a place that was almost perfectly sheltered in which to stand for the five-hour count. It was pretty...
17. nov. 2025 kl. 22:51
Many of America’s grasslands and forests are more than just postcard backdrops; they are working lands that sustain people and wildlife alike. For example, well-managed farms and ranches provide...
There are at least 3 Pygmy Owls in Maridalen at the moment and on Sunday I finally got to see the one that everyone else is seeing (not that I haven’t tried) and in sunshine. It was clearly hunting for rodents and made one unsuccessful attempt to catch something. This is in contrast to previous years when the owls have been seen to catch many rodents in quick succession. There have been quite a few news articles about this being a rodent winter but it is clearly still quite local. Østensjøvannet proved to be half frozen today not that that really caused there to be much in the way of new birds although I did have a single Common Snipe and the Scaup was still present. A nice surprise at home was a flock of 29 Waxwings that briefly visited an apple tree that still has fruit on it. There are very few Waxwings around this winter but I had been counting on them visiting at least once. Pygmy Owl (spurveugle) a classic pose when it has heard something the female Pintail (stjertand) at Østensjøvannet was along with the Mallards clearly hoping I had food these two Goldeneyes (kvinand) with bills that are turning yellow must be young females good numbers of Herons (gråhegre) show there must also be a lot of fish the ice had concentrated all the remaining (9) Moorhens (sivhøne) and I assume now that all but one or two will move off over night this really is not a finch winter with seemingly no wintering birds other than resident birds. This (Lesser) Redpoll is a rare sight at the momemnt the Scaup (bergand) with a Tufted Duck (toppand) and 4 Wigeon (brunnakke) Waxwing (sidensvans) in the garden the Maridalen Marsh Tit (løvmeis) just look how much the appearance of a pale wing panel changes depending on angle and a Willow Tit (granmeis) where the pale wing panel is always obvious
Af Dorthe Andersen og Holger Hansen – I NNP Hellebæk er der blevet oprettet et Stor FiNN-område på 19,2 ha. Området er valgt ud fra, at de hydrologiske...
17. nov. 2025 kl. 06:00
The BOU Summer Placement Scheme provides financial support for undergraduate students to carry out small summer ornithological research projects. Here Anya Shackleton-Jones provides an account of her time in East Iceland. The post A Seabird Success Story? Temporal Monitoring of Kittiwakes and Fulmars in East Iceland appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
17. nov. 2025 kl. 01:00
BirdLife Norge har levert en omfattende høringsuttalelse til NVE i forbindelse med Statnetts planlagte spenningsoppgradering av kraftledningen Bamble–Porsgrunn–Tønsberg. Prosjektet berører store naturområder i både Telemark og Vestfold, og kan få betydelige konsekvenser for fuglelivet og det biologiske mangfoldet langs traseene.
This morning it still seemed a bit too windy to ring, but Amira went out to Kabeltromlen anyway to check. She was only able to open a handful of nets, and after a little waiting to see if the wind would...
The ringing: Xxxxx Trækket på Odden: Godt selskab, smukt vejr og ikke ret mange fugle. Vi var begge på fuglestationen ude at tælle mandag morgen. Flere er altid bedre end en, så vi kan konkludere,...
For første gang præsenterer vi nu resultater fra det tredje ben i Gedser Fuglestation trækovervågning: Fuglelydsregistrering med elektronisk lytteenhed (BirdWeather PUC)
17. nov. 2025 kl. 00:00
Siden maj 2025 har vi på Gedser Fuglestation døgnet rundt lavet elektronisk fuglelydsregistrering. Nu har vi sammenlignet resultater fra det lytteudstyr med resultater fra ringmærkning og træktælling. Lytteudstyret giver sammenlignelige resultater og 10% flere arter kan overvåges. Løsningen er nu sat i produktion som fuglestationens tredje ben i fugleovervågningen.
I efteråret 2024 mærkede danske ringmærkere ca. 20 solsorte med ICARUS-sendere. På Fyn mærkede vi 8 fugle, hvilket der kan læses mere om her. En af disse solsorte...
Migration at the Odden: It was cold and windy at the tip this morning. I (Théophile) decided to stand inside the building for shelter. The duck migration was pretty good during the first two hours, with...
Today was another really lovely day of birdwatching in Skagen. The day started off quite windy, but Miles and I still cycled to Kabeltromlen to check if we could open any of the nets. We tried our best...
We have now had a few nights of frost and with very little wind and daytime temperatures also staying cold I visited Østensjøvannet expecting it to be mostly covered in ice. In fact the lake was ice free with just some ice on the edges although the wrongly named Wader Pond (just Pond would suffice) was frozen. I was a bit surprised that the first bird I saw was a Scaup as the bird I found on 3 Nov has not been reported since the 8th. This bird looked to be a 1cy male (a grey feather on the back and hint of green on the head) whereas the previous bird whilst being a 1cy had nothing in its plumage to suggest it was a male but upon looking at pictures I believe it is the same bird but that just come further in its post juvenile moult over the course of a week. I had been hoping for ice as I hoped this would have concentrated what ever birds were left (and also any new arrivals) but that should come some time next week as temperatures are still forecast to get colder. This will hopefully also push out some snipe which I was unable to find today. Yesterday I enjoyed close views of Red-throated Diver and a feeding Eider at Fornebu. The diver was showing unusually well and was in the same area on Sunday. Rather than being ill I think it is exploiting a food source. The Eider had caught a crab and I was able to watch it remove the legs by holding one leg at a time and shaking the crab until the leg was detached and the body fell into the water. This was done with each leg until there was just the body left which was swallowed after some careful manoeuvring to allow it to slide down. It impressive to think of the stomach acids it must have that will allow it process the crab. the female Eider (ærfugl) preparing a crab for lunch the video shows it removing the remaining legs and then eventually swallowing the body a confiding 1st winter juvenile/1st winter Red-throated Diver (smålom) a Razorbill (alke) getting ready to dive and the RtD with a Guillemot (lomvi) when the diver looks surprisingly small a young Scaup (bergand). The dark green colours coming through on the head plus a grey feather on the mantle show it to be a male And a video of the Treecreeper in Maridalen that likes searching for food on/in spruce cones and a comparison of the Maridalen Marsh Tit (løvmeis) and a Willow Tit (granmeis) in sunlight. Notice how the Marsh Tit seems to have a very pale wing panel... a feature that is commonly said to mean Willow
Så har René Christensen og Lasse Birch Højrup sammenstillet en flot rapport. Se den her: https://www.dofstor.dk/images/Rapporter/Lolland-Falster_Lokalrapport2024ENDELIG_15-11-25.pdf...
Vi fire frivillige der er på stationen til efterårssæsonens afslutning i dag takker af og ser tilbage på en god sæson i både træktælling og ringmærkning samt vores personlige oplevelser på Blåvand...
