Estonian Black Storks Migration 2022-2023 from Birdmap

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Some Google Earth images of Eedi's last shown location on 26.12.21
It is an impressive area.

View to the northwest
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View to the south. On this picture one can clearly see the power lines.
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A closer look at Eedi's location. The huge electricity pylons are built on platforms that were made specifically for this purpose.
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January 12th
:hi:
There was again a birdmap update for EEDI

Previous data:
26.12.21; distance 6761 km (+245 km in 14 days = an average of 17,5 km per day). Eedi sent data south of the Wadi Tarj dam, and east of the Wadi Tarj stream, southeast of Al Namas
New data:
12.01.2022; distance 7226 km (+465 km in 17 days = an average of 31 km per day); Eedi sent data from Wadi Tarj near the village Al Mahalla, a little southeast of Al Qawba

Shown here in yellow: the newly flown route since 26.12
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وادي ترجس بتنومة - (Tarj Valley in Batnumah - Aug 2021)
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سد وادي ترج - Wadi Tarj Reservoir (Nov 2017)
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سد وادي ترجسد وادي ترج - Wadi Tarj Dam (Feb 2020)
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Eedi's last known location at the banks of Wadi Tarj near the village Al Mahalla
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قرية المحاله - مركز القوباء
Al Mahalla Village - Al Qubaa (or Qawba?) Center (June 2020)
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Google Earth view (to the south) on Eedi's last known location
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Beautiful, thank you Anne :hi:
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Hello, Anne :hi:

Thank you very much!
It is reassuring to read that some of our birds are currently sending data.
A little sorry that there is no news about Karl II's family. I hope they are all well!
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Bigfan, Heloise :wave:

Yes, it would surely be nice to also receive data from Karl II and Pikne and Udu (and all others), if only to know that they are doing well.

On the other hand, if one thinks about it, it is perhaps better that they are currently ‘out of reach’. ‘Out of reach’ usually means ‘far from the (crowded) inhabited areas’. So (hopefully) less polluted water, less industry, less large-scale agriculture and forestry, less pesticides, less herbicides and waste, less disturbances, less power lines...

That is what I wish for them. I hope they all spend the winter in a healthy and natural environment… and reappear in great shape. :D
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January 14th
Hello! :hi:
There was again a birdmap update for EEDI :D

Previous data:
12.01.2022; distance 7226 km (+465 km in 17 days = an average of 31 km per day); Eedi sent data from Wadi Tarj near the village Al Mahalla, a little southeast of Al Qawba
New data:
13.01.2022; distance 7258 km (+32 km in 1 day); Eedi is still in the same area, near the village Al Mahalla. Eedi is looking for food in the Wadi Tarj.

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The last flown route shown in pink.
Previous location on 12.01 —> current location on 13.01
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Google Earth view (looking north) of Eedi's current location and previous location.
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Two little boys playing in Wadi Tarj, not far from Eedi's current location
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© فهد المُسلِم

قرية المحاله - مركز القوباء - Al Mahalla Village (and Wadi Tarj in the background)
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Hello, Anne! :hi:
Anne7 wrote: January 13th, 2022, 4:01 pm ...
On the other hand, if one thinks about it, it is perhaps better that they are currently ‘out of reach’. ‘Out of reach’ usually means ‘far from the (crowded) inhabited areas’. So (hopefully) less polluted water, less industry, less large-scale agriculture and forestry, less pesticides, less herbicides and waste, less disturbances, less power lines...

That is what I wish for them. I hope they all spend the winter in a healthy and natural environment… and reappear in great shape.
Exactly! I wish the same!
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Thank you! So good to know that Eedi is in a great place :thumbs:

Now I had two thoughts:
1) I hope these children don't meet or bully Eedi! 8-)
2) I wonder if Eedi likes palms? Is he on the palm trees at night?
Palms are still very different from the trees in our Estonian forests :headroll:

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January 17th

Hello all! :hi:

Heloise :wave:
I think Eedi prefers to sleep on top of a high rock or on one of those huge electricity pylons, rather than on top of an awkward date palm without side branches, near a village. And hopefully those little boys have now been dried off and gone home. :D


There was no new (birdmap) update for any of our birds.

Birdmap overview of all Estonian BS with transmitter

ADULTS

Eedi
Distance: 7258 km
Last data: 13.01.2022, Saudi Arabia

Timmu
Distance: 7107 km
Last data: 07.01.2022, Ethiopia

Karl II
Distance: 7083 km
Last data: 28.10.2021, Sudan

Nurme
Distance: 5889 km
Last data: 06.10.2021, Egypt

JUVENILES

Pikne
Distance: 5461 km
Last data: 24.10.2021, Egypt

Udu
Distance: 6080 km
Last data: 28.10.2021, Egypt
In reality Udu sent new data (to OrniTrack by SMS) in southern Sudan, near Chad, on 11.11.2021, almost 2000 km further south. (not shown in birdmap)
See: https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 32#p834032

Julge
Distance: 2728 km
Last data: 25.09.2021, France
Julge's transmitter stopped sending data not very far from Paris. We do not know what happened.


Tuul
Distance: 114 km
Little Tuul perished in Estonia on 17/18 August 2021, shortly after the start of his first migration.
He was presumably killed by a bird of prey


Katrin
Distance: 4191 km
Little Katrin perished in Turkey on 13/14 December 2021
Katrin was found to be severely underweight (1,8 kg) and to have a recently broken wing.


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Good evening.

There has been a birdmap update for EEDI :thumbs:

Previous data:
13.01.2022; distance 7258 km (+32 km in 1 day); Eedi is still in the same area, near the village Al Mahalla. Eedi is looking for food in the Wadi Tarj.
New data:
17.01.2022; distance: 7392 km (+134 km in 4 days, an average of 33,5 km per day)

Eedi's newly flown route since 13.01 shown in pink.
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Eedi visited again the Bishah Dam, also called the King Fahad Dam (Sadh Malik Fahad), in Bishah.
”It is the biggest dam in Saudi Arabia with a capacity of 325 million cubic meter. About 50 km from Bishah City Center, the dam could be one of the best sites to visit around Bishah. Saudi Arabia is said to have a total of 190 dams as of 1999.”

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A view on the King Fahad/Bishah reservoir
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”The reservoir of King Fahad Dam in Bishah. Dams in Saudi Arabia serve to control flash floods, to store water for agriculture and irrigation and sometime to supply drinking water.”
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A view on the King Fahad/Bishah Dam
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”The water of the reservoir is used for the purpose of farming. Moreover, the dam protects a large area of farm land below the dam that could be destroyed by heavy downpours flowing from the Asir mountains during the rainy season.”
© Mohammad Nowfal and https://www.splendidarabia.com/destinat ... am-bishah/

The other side of the dam. Eedi also searched for food in this spot (among other places).
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”Flash floods in Saudi Arabia occur due to a lack of trees and very little vegetation to absorb excess rainfall. Heavy downpours move fast through the valleys, at times in a destructive manner, and finally disperse in the sand.”
© Mohammad Nowfal and https://www.splendidarabia.com/destinat ... am-bishah/


After visiting the King Fahad/Bishah Dam, Eedi flew again southwest to Wadi Tarj

Google Earth view (to the north) of Eedi's current location near Wadi Tarj.
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Hello!
Thanks a lot, dear Anne!
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This overview map is very nice :rolleyes:
It is again so interesting to see: Udu chose such a special route!

Oh, I'm so hopeful they're all fine, our beloved Black Storks!
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January 21st

Good evening, everyone :hi:

Heloise, I hope the same. :wave:
The wait is long.

There has been a birdmap update for Timmu. :thumbs:

Previous data:
07.01.2022; distance: 7107 km (+42 km in 6 days = an average of 7 km per day).
New data:
21.01.2022; distance: 7274 km (+167 km in 14 days = an average of almost 12 km per day).

Timmu is still in his wintering area in Ethiopia in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, northeast of Metema, not far from the little village Wedi Gemzo (ወዲ ገምዞ)
He is currently in a 'new' spot, on the easternmost edge of his wintering territory.

I will document this update tomorrow, it’s bedtime now. 🥱
Have a good night!


Edit: here you are

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In the below picture, Timmu's newly flown route since 07.01 is shown in red.
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Below is a picture showing Timmu's movements in his wintering area during autumn/winter 2020-2021 and during this autumn/winter 2021-2022.
Bright green shows the previous season.
Dark green shows the current stay.
This year, Timmu's wintering territory measures approximately 12 km x 18 km = 216 km2
(Measured in this way. In reality it is a bit smaller because the 'empty' corners should be subtracted) :D
It is notable that this year, unlike the previous season, Timmu is also visiting the wider area west of Wedi Gemzo.

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More pics later, I don't have very much time today.
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The last shown location of Timmu, on the edge of a small watercourse bordered by trees, in an otherwise semi-arid area. Timmu is quite close to a place called Abdula.

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Abdula is a populated place in Amhara, Ethiopia. It has an elevation of 842 meters above sea level. It is also known as Abdulah. Information correct as at Thursday 19th January 2012.
https://myplacebase.com/places/view/345804
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The Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority / Metema Yohannesstation in Abdula
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Mapcarta says:
Abdula is a locality in Ethiopia and has an elevation of 842 metres. Abdula is situated north of Donga.
Donga: Locality, 3½ km south
Wedi Gemzo: Village, 10 km northwest
https://mapcarta.com/13037286
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Google Earth view (to the southeast) of Timmu's current location.
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Another Google Earth view, this time to the west and from further away
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January 23rd

Good morning, everyone :hi:

There was a birdmap update for Timmu.

Previous data:
21.01.2022; distance: 7274 km (+167 km in 14 days = an average of almost 12 km per day). He sent data near Abdula, a populated place in Amhara.
New data:
22.01.2022; distance 7299 km (+25 km in 1 day). Timmu is back in his familiar surroundings, near the quarries beside the road leading to Wedi Gemzo.

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:wave: Hello,
and happy already started new year 2022!

Black Stork Camera Forum /Black Stork Nest 2, Jan and Janika, 2021,
a video send by Aare... Thanks for the great compilation!

Thanks also to Anne for the information about Eedi and Timmu!
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Anne, thank you for all your great work here :2thumbsup: I hope all ours storks are doing well :bow:

Anne, I think you are interested?

I'm providing this although it's off topic. It is a autopsy of a juvenile Black Stork stork with multiple injuries.
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Internal parasites found in the proventriculus, which is the technical term for the part of the stomach just above the main mechanical stomach known as the ventriculus or gizzard.

We are still getting a parasitologist to identify the parasites, but without a doubt they belong to a family of internal parasites often found in water birds, known as flukes. This is only one part of their life cycle that they spend in a bird.

A closer look at one of the parasites. The pointy part is the head, and the body can extend out into a thin, long line when the parasite moves.

There are a vast number of parasites, and some species in a genus can only be identified by their mouth parts, making identifying the exact species a difficult task.


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