Day 5
We were at Neo Chorio today, working with AK and his students, who study a range of diseases in birds. We had four nets up, one doing particularly badly and even one close to water wasn't that spectacular. We ran two data sets with our own efforts finishing on 48 birds.
Willow Warblers were not so numerous at this site, Bee-eaters and Golden Orioles were in the immediate area, but none were caught. Today we got our first Redstarts, Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroat and an Eastern Orphean Warbler.
Redstart - 2
Eastern Orphean Warbler - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 6
Whitethroat - 2
Blackcap - 20
Willow Warbler - 9
Great Tit - 3
We left the ringing location quite late and apart from checking out a couple of other ringing sites nearby we only dropped into Evretou Dam, which like all the reservoirs in Cyprus had seriously low water levels. The onlybirds of interest was a single juvenile Purple Heron amongst 36 Grey Herons on an exposed shingle bar, a single Cyprus Wheatear and a Sparrowhawk over. On the way into Kathikas a Bonelli's Eagle was seen, and an after dinner visit to Mavrokolmpos Dam held a single Greenshank, four more Cyprus Wheatears and a couple of Red-backed Shrikes.
We were at Neo Chorio today, working with AK and his students, who study a range of diseases in birds. We had four nets up, one doing particularly badly and even one close to water wasn't that spectacular. We ran two data sets with our own efforts finishing on 48 birds.
Willow Warblers were not so numerous at this site, Bee-eaters and Golden Orioles were in the immediate area, but none were caught. Today we got our first Redstarts, Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroat and an Eastern Orphean Warbler.
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
3M Redstart
3F Redstart
Totals: 48
Redstart - 2
Cetti's Warbler -1
Sardinian Warbler - 4Eastern Orphean Warbler - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 6
Whitethroat - 2
Blackcap - 20
Willow Warbler - 9
Great Tit - 3
We left the ringing location quite late and apart from checking out a couple of other ringing sites nearby we only dropped into Evretou Dam, which like all the reservoirs in Cyprus had seriously low water levels. The onlybirds of interest was a single juvenile Purple Heron amongst 36 Grey Herons on an exposed shingle bar, a single Cyprus Wheatear and a Sparrowhawk over. On the way into Kathikas a Bonelli's Eagle was seen, and an after dinner visit to Mavrokolmpos Dam held a single Greenshank, four more Cyprus Wheatears and a couple of Red-backed Shrikes.