Since the last post here on the blog, I've been out twice to catch nightjars. On the first occasion i captured no nightjars because it was bad activity on them. The evening was warm and sultry, and mosquitoes and gnats were there in droves. Shortly before 23:00 so silent all nightjars, and they did not start singing again. at midnight it began to rain and it continued all night and well into the day as well. On the night of Midsummer's Eve so I was out again, and this time I chose an area a few mil north of Oskarshamn where there was plenty of nightjars last year. This year it was even more nightjars here, and at about 4 km forest road, I had 26 singing males and 2 females!! I caught two pieces that I had ringed last year in the same places that i caught them at this time. I also got one that was not ringed already, so now I'm up in the 30 trapped nightjars this year. It was very good speed on the sing and they sing all night without a break but they were pretty elusive. They sat so tightly in their little sing territory that it was difficult to get close enough without disturbing when the net was set up. So either I ended up between the two territories, or so it came more nightjars when the nearest came, and they started chasing each other instead. The last nightjar that I tried to catch the night I found when it was almost full daylight. Although it could see the net and swerved several times as it flew into the net after a while, unfortunately bounced out again. Several times it sat down on the ground just a few feet from me, and at one point so did it also landed on my camera bag that was standing a few feet away. The comming night I and Gabriel Norevik want ot go out and catch some nightjars to try to get to the last lightlogs. The area has now been resting for almost a week and right now this is the best singperiod, so we must hope that the night will be rewarding. We have found some new specimens that we have not tried to capture the past, so they may get a little easier to fool.
En av de redan ringmärkta som fångades -------- One of the already ringed i caught
Hej Urban
SvaraRaderaKul att du fångar så många, själv tog jag mig en tur inatt för det har ju blivit fina, lugnaoch varma nätter igen, fick 2 st varav en som gäckat mig flera gånger.
Lycka till med fortsatt fångst.
PE Svahn