ABP 2014: Week 3

this years August team and ABP´s 20.000th trapped bird: a Yellow-browed Warbler © Wieland Heim

The week started with the arrival of Friederike and Julia, two students from Germany, and Laszlo, bird ringer from Hungary. And they came just in time: during all week weather conditions were perfect - sunny and calm days with clear nights. We started to trap during the night, too, using tape-lure, and the first Eurasian Skylark and Siberian Rubythroats were trapped. In general, most of the species seem to be two weeks earlier than last year - we already trapped many Yellow-browed Warblers and Red-breasted (Taiga) Flycatchers. Juri, a volunteer working for Muraviovka Park since many years, helped us to get fuel and made our car working again. So we checked several lakes and mudflats in and around the Park, but failed to find Baer´s Pochard. But the waders were noteworthy: we found Sharp-tailed and Terek Sandpipers as well as Long-toed and Red-necked Stints, and even in our mist-nets we got some, like Common, Green and Wood Sandpipers. In total we catched more than 500 birds during the last week, including the Amur Bird Projects 20.000th trapped bird! Next week we will have our Bird Ecology Summer School, so stay tuned for the update.

//Wieland

a very early Brambling © Friedrich Eidam

ABP´s first ringed Common Sandpiper © Friedrich Eidam

always a good catch: Schrenck´s Bittern © Friedrich Eidam

the first visitors came to our ringing station © Julia Schröder

Friedrich had to fix our old bikes at least once a day © Wieland Heim

Friedi and the Japanese Quail... © Wieland Heim

...a beautiful male. At least six are still calling around the headquarters each morning © Wieland Heim

Susi and a first-year Eurasian Sparrowhawk © Wieland Heim

watching waders © Wieland Heim

the place were found Baer´s Pochard in 2013. White-winged and Common Terns are still breeding here © Wieland Heim

our old friend, Long-tailed Rosefinch XP87825: this bird was ringed by an American ornithologist at the Park in 2009 and was re-trapped by us several times each year © Wieland Heim

04.08.-10.08.2014, Total traps: 522 birds of 42 species

Dickschnabel-Rohrsänger	Thick-billed Warbler	Толстоклювая камышевка	144
Streifenschwirl	Pallas´s Grasshopper-warbler	Певчий сверчок	45
Brauenrohrsänger	Black-browed Reed-warbler	Чернобровая камышевка	36
Braunwürger	Brown Shrike	Сибирский жулан	36
Gelbbrauen-Laubsänger	Yellow-browed Warbler	Пеночка-зарничка	33
Dunkellaubsänger	Dusky Warbler	Бурая пеночка	25
Rötelammer	Chestnut Bunting	Рыжая овсянка	23
Ussurilaubsänger	Pale-legged Leaf-warbler	Бледноногая пеночка	23
Maskenammer	Black-faced Bunting	Седоголовая овсянка	21
Zwergschnäpper	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Восточная малая мухоловка	18
Goldschnäpper	Yellow-rumped Flycatcher	Желтоспинная мухоловка	14
Rauchschwalbe	Barn Swallow	Деревенская ласточка	11
Braunschnäpper	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Ширококлювая мухоловка	10
Meisengimpel	Long-tailed Rosefinch	Урагус	8
Rubinkehlchen	Siberian Rubythroat	Соловей-красношейка	7
Wanderlaubsänger	Arctic Warbler	Пеночка-таловка	7
Feldsperling	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Полевой воробей	6
Karmingimpel	Common Rosefinch	Обыкновенная чечевица	6
Chinarohrsänger	Oriental Reed-warbler	Восточная дроздовидная камышевка	6
Gelbbrauenammer	Yellow-browed Bunting	Желтобровая овсянка	6
Spießbekassine	Pintail Snipe	Азиатский бекас	4
Eisvogel	Common Kingfisher	Обыкновенный зимородок	3
Rußschnäpper	Dark-sided Flycatcher	Сибирская мухоловка	3
Sumpfmeise	Marsh Tit	Черноголовая гаичка	3
Elster	Common Magpie	Сорока	2
Kohlmeise	Northern Great Tit	Большая синица	2
Schwarzkehlchen	Common Stonechat	Черноголовый чекан	2
Mandschurendommel	Schrenck´s Bittern	Амурский волчок	2
Middendorff-Laubsänger	Two-barred Warbler	Двупоясковая пеночка	2
Bruchwasserläufer	Wood Sandpiper	Фифи	2
Strichelschwirl	Lanceolated Warbler	Пятнистый сверчок	1
Rohrammer	Reed Bunting	Камышовая овсянка	1
Bergfink	Brambling	Юрок	1
Flussuferläufer	Common Sandpiper	Перевозчик	1
Feldlerche	Eurasian Skylark	Полевой жаворонок	1
Sperber	Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Перепелятник	1
Buntspecht	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Большой пестрый дятел	1
Waldwasserläufer	Green Sandpiper	Черныш	1
Japanwachtel	Japanese Quail	Японский перепел	1
Kleinspecht	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Малый пестрый дятел	1
Orient-Zwergohreule	Oriental Scops-owl	Восточная совка	1
Bartlaubsänger	Radde´s Warbler	Толстоклювая пеночка	1