Birdmigration early morningcountings 23 sept 1999
Weatherconditions 23 - 09 - 1999 06.53 - 09.23 h Precipitation in min. View Clouds in eighths Sunshine in min. Temperature in oC Wind
Species . N Cormorant 3 White-fronted Goose 14 Greylag Goose 28 Shoveler 1 Hobby 1 Lapwing 34 Black-headed Gull 1 Stock Dove 14 Woodpigeon 2 Swallow 516 House Martin 3 Meadow Pipit 14 White Wagtail 6 Dunnock 1 Blackbird 2 Song Thrush 3 Jay 7 Starling 6 Chaffinch 2 Greenfinch 1 Goldfinch 1 Siskin 45 Linnet 10 Reed Bunting 18 Species ex. Local birds and other specialities:
- Today, very early for the time of year, a group of 14 White-fronted Geese flew to the south together with 28 Greylag Geese.
- In the decoy there was a Penduline tit. I have seen this species here only once before, a couple of years ago.
- Only one Ruddy Shelduck today, foraging with a family Egyptian Geese in the fields.
- I heard the Kingfisher passing by, but I couldn't see him. It often flies very low and extreme fast.
And this mail was send yesterday to Eurobirdnet
Onderwerp: [EBN] Jay invasion
Datum: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:31:53 -0700
Van: Juris Kazubiernis <ring@LATNET.LV>
Organisatie: Latvian Ringing Center
Aan: EUROBIRDNET@LISTSERV.FUNET.FIDear Euro Birders,
we hope this short note from a bird trapping and ringing site Pape in the south-western part of Latvia will be of interest to someone. There were great movements of Common Jay (Garrulus glandarius) along the Baltic cost. The first small groups were noticed on Sunday 5th of September. Unusually large numbers of Jay was traversing the area during last week. Daily bird counts produced the following figures:
7552 - September 15th
16750 (continual stream) - September 16th
10803 - September 17th
1090 - September 18th
50 - September 19th
Totally during 13 day period have been seen 36830 Jays.Best regards
Juris Kazubiernis
Janis Baumanis