| Pileværling (SU) (Emberiza rustica) | 1 |
| Køn: | Han |
| Adfærd: | Trækforsøgende |
| Tid: | 12:54 |
| Kommentar til obs.: | 1254 DS watching King Eider RoC scanning Skagerrak from Verdens Ende. Two birds start calling to our south. One a Yellowhammer the other immediately different and ‘stole’ our attention. Very initial thoughts from both of us were ‘is this an aberrant sounding Yellowhammer?’ We instantly got onto the bird above us, cleary a bunting. It was alongside the Yellowhammer briefly and it was obviously smaller. It carried on to the north on its own calling constantly, by this point we both realized from call that it was a ‘ticking bunting’. The bird carried on north, until inaudible, at medium height towards the Tractor Track in a roundabout way (constantly turning) with no real direction and meaning. Thankfully it eventually turned back south, dropping slightly and heading in our direction, still turning lots. The calls as it came back south were even more obvious to our ears. As it came close south just to the north-west of us we noted the following features: - Overcast. No colours seen. Patterning of plumage seen clearly. - Distinctive black and white facial pattern: Black crown and ear coverts with a white supercilium, the throat being white. - Obvious dark breast band contrasting with rest of white underparts. - Upperparts darkish though paler than black on head. - Plumage similar in some ways to a summer plumaged Lapland Bunting. - Slim belly obvious and small size compared to Yellowhammer. Felt slimmer and smaller compared to Reed Bunting. - Call somewhat like Song Thrush, though drier and harsher. Not as harsh as classic Little Bunting or Hawfinch calls. More towards Yellowhammer call in a way, though overall more Song Thrush like. Classic ‘ticking bunting’. - I drew the bird straight after we had it which is attached. - The facial pattern and the breast band, along with the call of course, were the key features to nailing the identification. We lost the bird as a dot with finches as it flew to the south-west towards Ellekrattet. In total the bird was on view for about 45 seconds, and was audible for about 15 seconds (calling constantly). Both observers have seen and found multiple vagrant Rustic Buntings before. One would not want to see this species for the first time like this. Probably the first migrating Rustic Bunting ever in Denmark? |
| Lokalitet: | Grenen, Skagen |
| Observatør: | Skagen Fuglestation |
| Medobservatør: | DS, RoC |
| Metode: | Diverse obs |
| Billeder til observationen: |  |
| Observationen er: | Indtastet via hjemmeside |
| Indtastet: | 25-03-2023 16:54:54 |
| Senest redigeret: | 25-03-2023 17:13:15 |
| Status: | ⇑ |
| Links: | Billeder af Pileværling på netfugl.dk |