April results

2 Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) ringed in April

As we started in the middle of April not many birds were caught. It was two not bad days with few tens of birds in the nets. In the other days they were very quiet or migrating too high. 86 individuals of 19 species were ringed. Most numerous in the nets were Red-flanked Bluetails (Tarsiger cyanurus) - 40 birds ringed.

Red-flanked Bluetail is one of the earliest migrants. First birds of these species we observed in Tankhoy in 34km from the station on the 5th of April.

Red-flanked Bluetail, male

Other species are Coal Tit (Parus ater) - 9 birds, one more early migrant (first obs. 26 March) Siberian Accentor (Prunella Montanella) - 7 birds. The earliest of the warblers - Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) was caught on the 17th of April, total number for a Month - 4 birds. Next warbler - Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) was observed 19 days later - 6th of May.

Chiffchaff

Snow on the ground and ice on the lake are absent now.  And in May we already have some birds to ring! Migration is here, more and more birds with species and numbers every day.

After the storm 5th of May Baikal now free of ice at our place

                                                26-30 April. Ringed birds

Species			Number
Русское	Eng	Latin
Синехвостка	Red-flanked Bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus	40
Московка	Coal Tit	Parus ater	9
Сибирская завирушка	Siberian Accentor	Prunella montanella	7
Длиннохвостая синица	Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus	5
Краснозобый дрозд	Red-throated Thrush	Turdus ruficollis	5
Пеночка-теньковка	Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	4
Полярная овсянка	Pallas's Reed Bunting	Emberiza pallasi	2
Белая трясогузка	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	2
Ушастая сова	Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	2
Овсянка-ремез	Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica	1
Большая синица	Great Tit	Parus major	1
Урагус	Long-tailed Rosefinch	Uragus sibiricus	1
Камышовая овсянка	Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	1
Пятнистый конёк	Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	1
Перепелятник	Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	1
Чернозобый дрозд	Black-throated Thrush	Turdus atrogularis	1
Сибирская горихвостка	Daurian Redstart	Phoenicurus auroreus	1
Дрозд Науманна	Naumann's Thrush	Turdus naumanni	1
Пестрый дрозд	White's Thrush	Zoothera dauma	1
Total			86