It was cloudy and there was almost no wind. To the west, some rain showers were passing over Sj\u00e6lland. I was standing in the bird tower at Nyord and checking the meadows. There were still quite a few Wigeons (Mareca penelope) present, some Teals (Anas crecca), and a single young White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). In Ulvshale L\u00f8b there was a flock of Pintails (Anas acuta) – a few hundred. But otherwise, not that much and I decided to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the car, I remembered that the other day a Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica) had been seen somewhere in the Netherlands. Maybe I should do a round<\/em> at Nyord Kirkeg\u00e5rd and check if any rare thrush had dropped in. In this case Nyord Kirkeg\u00e5rd actually means the small grove that lies immediately adjacent to the cemetery itself. The grove is always worth checking – especially for passerines, but I’d be surprised if I actually found a rare thrush. Thrushes like apples – and in the grove, there are often blackbirds (Turdus merula) and other thrushes that forage on fallen apples – so why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was on the north side of the grove, and as so many times before, I had did a short walk on the track towards the north meadow. From there you can check the northwest corner of the meadows. This yielded two Ravens (Corvus corax) and a pair of Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) flying over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About 9:30 I’m about to walk back to the grove, when suddenly I hear a single bird call further away! Something like tiwiid<\/em> (it’s not easy to spell bird calls). \u201cHume\u2019s Warbler\u201d! was my spontaneous reaction, followed by a \u201cno, it can’t be right\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or could it? I did only hear it once and not very loud. But it sounded very much like a Hume\u2019s Warbler (Phyllosscopus humei), and not like some of our common birds. I stood still and listened, but it was very quiet, except for some Greylag Geese (Anser anser) farther away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hume\u2019s Warbler is a fairly rare bird in Denmark, but during October and November, there had been a small influx of the species (approx. 6 \u2013 7 individuals) in various places in the country. And as recently as the week before, Bente and I saw and heard one at Lille Vejles\u00f8 in K\u00f8ge Bugt Beach Park (we were not the ones who found that individual). In other words, it was not entirely improbable – and I had the call fresh in my memory. But doubts still arose because I had only heard one distant call \u2013 was it a mis-hearing? There was only one thing to do, and that was quickly get to where I thought the call must have come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soon after, I was quietly moving along the footpath through the northern edge of the grove. I stopped in a few places and listened – but there was nothing to hear. Suddenly I heard the call again \u2013 loud and clear, and right above my head! The same tiwiid<\/em> as earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This time the bird is calling 3-4 times. My doubt has gone – it is Hume\u2019s Warbler. I look up and almost immediately see a small greyish bird that moves quickly, almost jerkily, around in the trees approx. 3 \u2013 4 meters up. I can’t see much, but it looks like a little warbler with a distinct supercilium. I’m trying to take some photos for documentation (at 08:35), which I wasn’t sure was successful. The bird is not very cooperative and does not perch for long. After that, I get my mobile phone out of my pocket – ready to record the call – when and if the warbler will call again. Fortunately, it does and I succeed in getting a recording (at 09:37). Now I note that it is now approx. seven minutes since I first heard the call! You can hear the recording below.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHume’s Warbler!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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It is good!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n