I began the tern ringing season with four tight sessions,
30/4-08/5. This period is normally very productive with the peak of tern
migration, and then numbers normally reduce when the breeding birds start
laying eggs. We enjoyed nice totals including some nice shorebirds and
interesting controls.
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| Little Tern |
The first was a Common Tern ringed in Ukraine and second was from
Poland. Another nice control was of a Little Tern I ringed as juvenile in July
2011 and now returned for its first breeding season.
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| INFORM RING CENTER KIEV UKRAINE |
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| ST.ORN.GDANSK POLAND |
The total is 214 birds by this list:
1 Pied Kingfisher
3 Common Ringed Plover
1 Temminck's Stint
25 Little Stint
2 Ruff
1 Wood Sandpiper
1 Bar-tailed Godwit
3 Slender-billed Gull
31 Little Tern
142 Common Tern
1 Black Tern
1 Barn Swallow
1 Thrush Nightinale
1 Common Nightingale
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| Bar-tailed Godwit |
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| Black Tern |
During the next few weeks I will stop
ringing near the breeding colony, not to disturb the sensitive colony. This is
Israel's largest tern colony. Meanwhile I will observe the colony using our web
camera from my house - much better observation conditions! During the last week
I produced some nice recoveries of our ringed birds, when I sit more than 60 km
from the events.
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| Turnstone |
Thanks to my helpers for the
strenuous work this time: Ron, Hans, Yoram, Eilon, Rafi, Arad, Re'a, Adiv, Gay,
Michael, Sapir and Yoval.
