Before going up to the Mt. Hermon ringing session, I made the correct decision and visited Atlit. The catch included 59 Common Terns, 12 Little Terns, 2 White-winged Terns and 1 Redshank. Two of the Common Terns were controls, one from Lithuania and another from Germany ! This is an amazing incident in Israeli standards. The potential distance from the ringing sites might be 2500-3000 km ; I was never aware of such early autumn migration of Common Terns. I am eagerly waiting for the answers from Lithuania and Germany , but I'm sure they will be interesting.
Two foreign rings in one ringing session - it's a first for me!
Thanks to Yotam, Rea, Gilad, Avishai and Yohay.
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| White-winged Tern |
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| HIDDENSEE GERMANIA |
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| LITHUANIA |