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Last night we were a bit hesitant how the nightjars would behave after the rain that came during the day, and with recent rains coming on the next day. But we got a very nice night with plenty of nightjars that churring the entire night. When we came out at 22 o'clock there was some churring nightjars, so we had to wait for it to get dark before we could put up the net. One couple of nightjars had great air shows for us while we waited, and Woodcocks fly around the same time as a Badger came up to us. On the first attempt to capture some of the birds in this territory, we not caught anyone, so we went to the one that we tried on a number of times before. We found that he often sat on a couple of large stones from a distance each time it came flying, so we let the player stand still and place the net there. Already on the first attempt he flied right into the net, and we discovered that he had a light log on his back. The first thought was that it was one of the two that we were put the log on here recently, but when the ring was read so could we establish that it was the bird we were after. It was an acquaintance from last year that we put a light log on at the time. Now it has been in the unknown winter quarters in Africa during the winter, and come back to his old territory again. Now if only light the log has functioned as it should, we will soon know how it went to Africa and at what time. We can also deduce where the nightjar has been at various times throughout the trip and came back, so it will be incredibly exciting to have access to this data. Now it is ¨just¨ 11 pieces left of the 12 who received a light log last year, so the hunt continues for a while.
Nyss fångad med sin ljuslogg. ----------- Newly caught with his light log.
Gabriel Norevik med den värdefulla Nattskärran. -------- The valuable Nightjar.
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