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Blyth's Reed Warblers et al, summer ringing '06 (1 Viewer)

I started my Barn Swallow ringing season yesterday evening. There was 6 chicks in the first brood. Also I catched the parents and both of them were ringed in earlier years, male ringed 2 or 3 years ago and female ringed in last year (2005). I ringed one River Warbler too.
Here some pics from yesterday...
 
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I ringed 4 birds in last night:
3 Blyth's Reed Warblers (total sum 48 now) and 1 Grasshopper Warbler
 
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I checked two Barn Swallow's breeding sites in yesterday evening and I ringed totally 4 broods, where were totally (3+6+6+6) 21chicks. I catched and ringed also 1 male and 1 female. In addition to I controlled 3 male and 2 female Barn Swallows, which I have ringed earlier years.
I controlled also one my ringed Blyth's Reed Warbler in late evening, which was changed the singing place.I have to check where and when I ringed that individual in this year.

Total ringing sum now:
Blyth's Reed Warbler 48
Marsh Warbler 5
River Warbler 3
Grasshopper Warbler 2
Sedge Warbler 2
Pied Flycatcher 8
Barn Swallow 29

= 97

and controlled:
Pied Flycatcher 1
Barn Swallow 7

= 8
 
I have ringed in 3 days since last posting. I have ringed 43 Barn Swallow's chicks, 8 adults and controlled 3 adults.
 
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I have spent few hours in ringing Barn Swallows since last posting during two days. I have ringed 42 chicks and 17 adults and controlled 5 adults in that time. I have to continue my ringing project today and tomorrow too. Few shot's from the ringing trip,...
 
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hannu said:
I have spent few hours in ringing Barn Swallows since last posting during two days. I have ringed 42 chicks and 17 adults and controlled 5 adults in that time. I have to continue my ringing project today and tomorrow too. Few shot's from the ringing trip,...
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For the first thumbnail I dd go for Omecestus viridulus
(The good side of having no birds is the available time one has to put on other things)
 
gerdwichers8 said:
For the first thumbnail I dd go for Omecestus viridulus
(The good side of having no birds is the available time one has to put on other things)
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Thanx for the grassghopper id !
 
This male bird, which I ringed last year, is the record bird:
6tf 138,0 mm (left, record), 137,0 (right), fork 91,1 (left, record), 90,2 (right),
 
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I met also one male, which has a hole in the lower mandible. The bill was damaged ! See first pic. As you already know, Barn Swallows are usually white belly in local population, but sometimes I met a slightly orange coloration in the belly... see 2nd pic.
 
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gerdwichers8 said:
How was its fat of the one on the first?
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Zero, as it's usually in breeding birds. Birds start to collect fat (reserve nutrition) after breeding season before migration..
 
I expected it to be zero (usual), but condition might have been more terrible for its handicap in keeping a lot of insects at once?

such as minus 0 :gn:
 
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gerdwichers8 said:
I expected it to be zero (usual), but condition might have been more terrible for its handicap in keeping a lot of insects at once?
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Female has always zero, because they have incubation patch and fat will possibly trouble in brooding. I have not looked so carefully what is the fat situation in males during the breeding time, but usually it is zero.
 
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