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2. sep. 2025 kl. 20:51
This month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to reverse its 2009 “Endangerment Finding,” a landmark science-based decision under the Clean Air Act that found...
Kystdirektoratet er i gang med at udarbejde en miljøkonsekvens rapport for strækningen fra Lodbjerg i Thisted kommune til Nymindegab i Ringkøbing-Skjern kommune...
My efforts to locate the Maridalen HB nest have eventually been successful but after putting in the ground work myself without finding it I phoned a friend and outsourced the glory shot to Per Christian who was able to send me photos of the nest whilst I was in Tromsø this weekend. I had had a number more sightings and felt certain I have narrowed down the area to a radius of under 250 metres. In addition to, I think, my periods watching in the nest area coinciding with periods when the adult(s) were not making frequent visits to the I believe that the adults don’t fly directly either to or from the nest and probably fly quite a distance through the forest which will of course make finding the nest more difficult. Before finding the nest I did have confirmation of nesting when I saw a juvenile fly out of a wood that was close to my watch point on 24th (although it would turn out this was not where the nest was) and then slowly circle before flying north to the same area the ad Male has frequently flown to. The young are supposed to spend quite some time returning to the nest for food deliveries (although I have not noticed this with the 3 nests I have followed before) so continued observations would hopefully reveal this and there may well have been another unfledged juvenile still on the nest (at this time both young were still on my other nest). And this is what PC witnessed on 30th August when he saw an adult flying into a wood and then heard a young begging for food before finding both adult and young on the nest. Both then flew off and the young continued begging and the adult alarm calling elsewhere in the wood. The nest was only 100metres from where I had spent around 11 hours, spread over 4 days, watching and was in a wood I initially thought could hold the nest based on where I had seen birds flying but a walk through the small wood revealed no large spruce trees which I thought were the preferred nest tree. They had however chosen a deciduous tree though - an aspen (osp) – and the nest was low down (no more than 10metres up) . Upon seeing the nest when I visited on 31st I realised I had actually noticed it when I checked this wood but hadn’t even bothered raising my bins as I assumed it was just a jumble of twigs (it was in the wrong type of tree and too low down….). So, I have definitely learnt a lesson. The fact that birds have bred in Maridalen both this year and last (and who knows maybe before) and have therefore been present end of May/beginning of June to end of August/beginning of September without hardly ever being seen is quite extraordinary and I believe owes more to their cryptic nature than my dire field skills…😉. The nest is also close to paths and a farm and it yet again amazes me how close shy raptors will breed to people. I have only with certainty seen the male of this years nest and it is clear from his plumage that he is the same bird that I saw last August flying with wasp comb into exactly the same area as this years nest. I did see and photo a female last year that I assume is his mate but had no definite sighting of a female at all this year… posts from 2024: https://oslobirder.blogspot.com/2024/09/late-summer-bopping.html https://oslobirder.blogspot.com/2024/08/bop-photos.html Hopefully they will nest again next year and this location will be much easier to observe than the other, regular, nest and allow me to document even more of the life cycle of this enigmatic species. The juvenile on 24 August is the (joint) second earliest photo documented 1cy Honey Buzzard in Norway and may well be the first fledged bird as the photo from 20 August looks to me to be of a bird taken close to the nest. There are a surprisingly high number of records of 1cy birds before 24 August though including 6 in July, one of which is «approved», 13 in the first week of August of which 3 are «approved» and 15 in the second week with 5 of these «approved». All of these records should be expunged from the records and there are many names as well as records committees who should update their knowledge on the breeding cycle of Honey Buzzards and what 1cy birds look like… (the same applies to Hobby and don’t get me started on all the impossibly early spring records of both of these species..). the empty Maridalen Honey Buzzard (vepsevåk) nest. Low down in a deciduous tree and easily viewable. Hopefully it will be used again in 2026 - just 9 months to wait... Mobile shots : I cannot see why they have chosen this branch in this tree but then again I'm not a Honey Buzzard juvenile on 24th August The male over the nest site on 21st August. My pictures this year were far worse than I managed last year (see links above and a comparable picture below) 27th August 2024 when he was in clear moult which is not the case in 2025
Last night the four of started our group bonding by going out hand catching at the beach. We went to Grenen on the sandworm track and walked around for a while, but all we saw were three Red Knots (Islandsk...
Morgen observation: Hello readers of the Blåvand blog! Today was my first day at the station, and the weather was nice (7 m/s south east). Lots of species at the morning obs, 39 in total, and Sverre...
Ringmærkningen: Der var fuldstændigt vindstille og lidt diset, så vi håbede på at det kunne smide lidt fugle fra sig. Der var også flere fugle på de 2 første runder end sammenlagt i går, men...
Ringmærkningen: Xxxxxx Trækket på Odden: En perfekt tirsdag til træning af fuglestationens nye medarbejder fra Australien. Morgenen begyndte meget stille med et tiltagende træk af Landsvaler (Hirundo...
Ringkøbing-Skjern kommune har haft en høringsrunde omkring et nyt boligområde ved Birkvej i Skjern. Boligområdet ligger i den sydlige udkant af byen og området...
1. sep. 2025 kl. 09:00
At the end of March 2024, more than 100 early career ornithologists gathered in the charming city of Prague to attend the 4th EOU Fledglings Meeting. Throughout the conference, one could almost tangibly feel the spirit and eagerness of the attendees to share their ideas, results and create new professional connections, which seamlessly evolved into [...] The post When the youngsters flock: my experience at #EOUFledglings2024 appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
I sidste halvdel af august har Keldsnor Fuglestation fanget pænt med fugle. 12 ringmærkningsdage har givet 889 nye fugle, et dagsgennemsnit på 74 fugle. Specielt...
The ringing: A Quiet Day Another quiet day ringing. Currently the wind direction is unfavourable to bird migration and few birds are arriving in the garden. In opening the nets we could hear few birds...
I dag vågnede vi til masser af regn, hvilket i vores tilfælde betyder at der er fridag på programmet. Da vi hverken kan ringmærke fugle i det våde vejr eller artsbestemme på lang afstand igennem...
The ringing: Xxxxxx Trækket på Odden: En tredjedel af dagens fugle var Sortænder (Melanitta nigra) og det var helt i tråd med forholdene længere inde i Østersøen. Vi talte 567 i standardtiden;...
I dag vågnede vi til masser af regn, hvilket i vores tilfælde betyder at der er fridag på programmet. Vi sov længe og brugte dagen på at gøre huset rent, lave fuglequiz, se film og byde vores nye...
The Milky Way hung hidden by dark clouds over the Skørving plains. Somewhere out there, under the cloak of darkness, the birds were sleeping. But not us. Not tonight. Simon Jr.?better known...
Læs det her: https://www.dofstor.dk/images/Nyheder/Nyhedsbreve/DOFSTOR_NYHEDSBREV_2025_09_v01.pdf De bedste hilsner DOF Storstrøm...
Cora and Simon junior began the day by putting up the nets, and soon Yuri, Lisa, and I joined them for the first round. And what a rining day it turined out to be. The first round already brought some...
31. aug. 2025 kl. 00:00
Ringmærkningen: Der var en smule mere vind og der var næsten ingen skyer ved netopsætning. Sigten var rigtigt god med sigt på over 10km. Klart vejr og god sigt er ikke altid det bedste når der skal...
Ringmærkning With the weather warnings predicting high winds and some rain, it was a pleasant surprise to have this breathtaking sunrise to start another work day! After that the morning went by quite...
31. aug. 2025 kl. 00:00
Ringmærkningen: Xxxxxx Trækket på Odden: Endnu en fin dag på hele Nordens sydligste punkt. Solen stod smukt op til en lun dag, og der var god søgning til Odden af både faste og nye folk, blandt...
31. aug. 2025 kl. 00:00
Ringmærkningen: Xxxxxx Trækket på Odden: Endnu en fin dag på hele Nordens sydligste punkt. Solen stod smukt op til en lun dag, og der var god søgning til Odden af både faste og nye folk, blandt...
Water railThis morning was very foggy when Rosemary and I went to open the nets at Kabletromeln. Lille Simon joined us, bouncing and ready to go after a full three hours of sleep, for the first round....
The ringing: At several places in the ringing garden there are some apple trees. In the spring their blossoms are much appreciated by a variety of pollinating insects. Now the results of that pollination...
Observationer Ringmærkning Mens Lua og jeg gik og åbnede net i dag fik vi lidt småregn, så vi valgte at holde krattet og et par standardnet lukkede. Resten af formiddagen holdte dog heldigvis...
Get your binoculars and field guide ready! Fall migration is underway. For some birds, this annual odyssey starts as early as July. At Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, volunteers and visitors reported...
