End of yesterday and begining of this day.

The first Nightjar I trapped yesterday was an old friend from 2012 and I even catch him 2013 and 2014. He has always been easy to catch and be even so this year. He is now at least six year and have always has small white dots on wing and tail. He came and meet me when I go out to the netplace and a short while later he fly in to the net.

A bit later to the night I found a new way to catch nightjars. I could place hunting towers around the forest and use them to stationary nightjar ringing. :) :) :) 

Vilken fantastisk natt. -------- What a fantastic night.

Natten började bra med många aktiva nattskärror i skogen och den första som fångades visade sig vara en fågel som ringmärktes som bounge förra året i ett bo någon km norrut.

Sedan så lyckades Gabriel fånga ännu en nattskärra med GPS logger och ett tag efter det så fångade han ytterligare en som han märkte som en flygg unge förra året. Lite senare så fångade jag en ringmärkt nattskärra till som visade sig vara en fågel som jag hade ringmärkt uppe i Misterhultsområde förra året 35 km bort.

Detta är de första fynden av nattskärror som är födda i området året innan och återvänt dit året efter.

Misterhultsfågel är likaså det första fyndet som visar att det finns ett utbyte av nattskärror mellan de olika områdena som jag ringmärker i. Ett annat område ligger bara 5-6 km bort, men inga fåglar är funna mellan dessa områden alls.

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The night started well with many active nightjars in the forest and the first who was captured turned out to be a bird that was ringed as a nestling last year in a area some km north.
Since then Gabriel managed to catch even a nightjar with GPS logger and a while after that, he caught another one which he ringed as a fledged young last year.

This is the first findings of the nightjars who were born in the area the year before and returned there the following year.

A little later I caught a ringed nightjar to turned out to be a bird that I had ringed the upper Misterhult Area last year, 35 km away.

Misterhult Bird is also the first find that shows that there is an exchange of nightjars between the different areas that I working in. Another area is only 5-6 km away, but no birds are found between these areas at all.



De små ungarna när de märktes förra sommaren.---- The small chicks last year.

Den andra ungen i det boet.---- The second young in that nest.

Den andra ungen nu ett år senare.----- The second bird one year later.

Vingen på denna fjolårsfågel.------- Wing of the second one.

Nattskärran som var märkt 35 km norrut förra året och nu flyttat ner hit.----- Nightjar from the Misterhult area.

Vingen på den fågeln detta år.------- Wing of that bird.

A perfect night.

The night was perfect and we has many nightjars shurring all night (at least 20-25 ex). The first nightjar with GPS logger was taken and hopefully we can follow his journey to Afrika and back again. One more was recaptured without logger and he was ringed last year. Two more males and two females was also captured before the daylight coming back.
Sum we take totaly 6 nightjars and now it´s full speed in the forest and we are happy. Soon it´s night again and new try to catch this wonderful birdspecies.

One of the recaptured birds.

Back in business again.

Back pain has made it not been any catch this weekend but coming night I went out again to the Nightjar in the forest.
I have fix one of my mistnet today and are now ready for the nigth.

A new night in the forest.

Yesterday night I went out after my ordinary work and try to catch nightjars in another area. The shurringactivity is still a bit low but I could catch 2 nightjars before the night was over. The first one was a second year bird and the other was a recovery from 2015.

 The second year bird.

 The old fellow from 2015.

 Undertail coverts second year bird has no white tips.

The older bird has well marked white tips of the undertail coverts.

A nice night with nightjars.

I went out at midnight and not hear any nightjars in the forest. Only three Tengmalms owls and some Tawny owl singing in the night. A bit later I start a nightjar with playback and put up my mistnet over a road. That nightjar are not so interested and I could´t catch him so I drive to a new area instead. There could I catch my first nightjar trhis night and I get a good start. When the morning is coming I could sum three trapped nightjars and I went home to sleep before a new day at work.

 Nightjar free to fly.

 Nightjar and my decoy.

 Nightjar in the almoust invisible mistnet.

One of the nightjars have white tips at three tailfeathers on one side.

This years first catched Nightjars.

I was out 3 days ago and do my first trying to catch nightjars this year and catch 2 birds. Both was recoveries from 2014 and 2015. They have a short shurringperiod at the dusk and I put up three net on a hight with pines in a clearcutting area and I not went long before the first nightjar coming and fly right into the net.

 This years first nightjar was an old friend from 2014.

The second was another friend from 2015.