I made my traditional autumn ringing trip to Tankar Bird Observatory last week with Kaisa Välimäki. We were very lucky to see some rarities and enjoy nice weather on the island in such a short time. The ringing total was 490 birds in four days and included Olive-backed Pipit, 5 Tengmalm's Owls, Jack Snipe, Yellow-browed Warbler and a Chiffchaff with characters of subspecies collybita.
During stormy days we stared at the sea and saw unbelievably many Skuas. Most of them were too distant for identifying but we managed to id 21 Pomarine Skuas safely. The number of unidentified Skuas was something like 50+. We are having a nice irruption of Pomarine Skuas here in Finland so our numbers go well with this. 2/10 we celebrated my 100th day on this island and saw a migrating Great Northern Diver! Only the second record for the island!
Thanks to Vilppu for a great company!
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| Olive-backed Pipit. |
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| Chiffchaff. |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler. |
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| Tengmalm's Owl. |
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| Jack Snipe. |
