Baby season :)

The morning went well with some nice visits of Spotted Flycatchers (Grå Fluesnapper), some more Icterine Warblers (Gulbug), the first Dunnock (Jernspurv) fledgling and the first Starling (Stær) fledgling!

It is a lot of fun to see the ‘baby’ version of common species, and often they can look very different from their adult plumage!

Young Dunnock (Jernspurv), fresh out of the nest! Picture Alix Bortolussi

Young Starling (Stær). Picture Alix Bortolussi

I tried to leave the nets open a little longer than the standard time required because yesterday we had a small influx of birds at the end of the morning, but I had no luck today and the last two rounds were very scarce.

The Great-Tailed Grackle has unfortunately not returned to his usual spots around the lighthouse, and there were today again multiple disappointed bird watchers during the morning to see it. I wonder if it will come back!