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In recent days I have spent on a new area that I have discovered, and I have ringed 5 pc nightjars in the area so far. One night the batteries to the CD player going out so I had to go around and count singing birds instead. That night I heard 30 different birds along a stretch of about 5 km! In some places they were sitting so close together that I had 6-7 items singing around me. This year I have now captured 43 nightjars and of these, 39 have been ringed. Others have been recoveries of the ring I noticed last year. The eggs have not hatched yet enough to be easily captured so far and coming directly when I start the CD player. Last year they stopped coming when the eggs hatched. Several of this year's birds are born last year and it seems that the young birds moving between the territories of the frequent-flying fast and quiet when I try to capture the territory owner. Sometimes you find the bird that was his territory and chasing the intruder away, other times it does not care if it's another bird inside his territory.
Nattskärra ------ Nightjar.
Det nyupptäckta området -------- The new area.
I detta område så finns det ca 80 nattskärror i år----- In this area there was up to 80 nightjars this year.
Good work!
SvaraRadera