Following Karls' Families

[Anne7]

December 3rd

Good morning, everyone

Today's weather in Ad Dabbah, Northern State, Sudan (Waba)

Timezone: CAT (UTC +02:00h)
▲ 06:11 (sunrise)
▼ 17:20 (sunset)
Source: meteoblue.com


Today's weather in Almagor, Northern District, Israel (Bonus)

Timezone: IST (UTC +02:00h)
▲ 06:22 (sunrise)
▼ 16:32 (sunset)
Source: meteoblue.com


Wondering what our storklets will do today.

Have a nice day!

[Bea]

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Hello everyone!

WABA

▶︎ TRACKER MAP
WABA 02.12./03.12.2022
From 02.12._11:03 until 03.12._11:03

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... sp=sharing

Distance flown: 14,7 km
Battery level: 100%

Waba stayed at the downside 'knee' of Sudanese river Nile

[Bea]

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Waba was active at the Nile (and island) and the banks and some close by fields ...


... as well as at a rectangular field at the end of the circular fields

[Francesca_V]

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Hello everybody!

BONUS

▶︎ TRACKER MAP
Bonus 03.12.2022 yesterday14:29-14:31 today

Distance: 891 km with Ankara, correction:
first location point - Ankara are approx. 828 km.
Flown distance: approx. 63 km
Battery: 100%

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... sp=sharing

The last location point yesterday as well as the first point today show hin flight.
Little Bonus is in Israel enjoying warmth, water and goodies.
He was near a military base and is now near Ma'oz Haim at a huge fish pond area.






Bonus at the fish ponds. Haven't we seen Waba there too?(Ah, no, Waba was near Tirt Zvi)

[Francesca_V]

Maoz Haim:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoz_Haim

Google maps: the fish farm in the distance:


The huge fish farm: Oxygen enrichment (looks like)

[Anne7]

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Thank you very much, Bea and Francesca.

A few extra pictures of the fish ponds near Neve Eitan and Ma'oz Heim.

Enjoy fishing, Bonus!




© Oscar 4 Travel, Neve Eitan April 2022; https://www.facebook.com/oscar4traveler


© Oscar 4 Travel, Neve Eitan April 2022; https://www.facebook.com/oscar4traveler

Neve Eitan (Hebrew: נְוֵה אֵיתָן, lit. "strong residence") is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located about 1 km east of Beit She'an and 1 km west of Maoz Haim, it is under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 311.
The kibbutz was established on 25 November 1938 by Polish members of the "Akiva" movement as part of the "tower and stockade campaign". Native Israelis joined the settlement in 1952.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neve_Eitan

Maoz Haim (Hebrew: מָעוֹז חַיִּים, lit. "Haim's Fortress") is a kibbutz in Israel. Located adjacent to the Jordan River in the Beit She'an valley and falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 469. Aside from agriculture, the kibbutz also has a plastics factory, "Poliraz".
The kibbutz was established in 1937 by immigrants from Poland and Germany and was named after Haim Shturman, a member of the Hagana, who was killed there in 1938.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoz_Haim

[asteria]

everybody!

There must be a lot of black and white storks there, Bonus met them.

[Hulbi Lorm]

Good evening everyone ,

thanks Bea, Francesca and Anne for the recent information.

There must be a lot of black and white storks there, Bonus met them.

I found this video on YouTube, and yes, this seems to be Stork Central.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhkWQE8fT2E

How wonderful it would be if one day we stumbled upon such a video and saw Iks or Voog again.

[fussel]

Bea, Francesca, Anne thank you

Waba is obviously feeling good. We don't have to worry about him.

And for Bonus, I guess it's the land of milk and honey? If it is now still enriched with oxygen, there is no stopping it ...

What's going on with the fish ponds? Each one has a different color?

For all a happy weekend

[fussel]

Hulbi, thanks for the interesting video.

What's that white stuff on the floor? Or is it just light reflections?
Perhaps the task of finding Voog and Iks will overwhelm us all?

[Bea]

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Hello everyone!

WABA

▶︎ TRACKER MAP
WABA 03.12./04.12.2022
From 03.12._11:03 until 04.12._11:04

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... sp=sharing

Distance flown: 35,4 km
Battery level: 100%

Waba is still in the same area in Sudan, along river Nile, active between Girra Barra and Affat


One interesting point at the end of the fields close to the Nile


Two more data clusters right side and at the end of the circular fields

[Francesca_V]

Thank you Bea!

[Francesca_V]

UDU

UDU 04.12.2022

Battery level: 0%

We got a signal from Udu's transmitter!
Unfortunately there are no location points.

Last data received by GPRS: 2022-12-04 11:40:37 UTC
Last location point recorded: 2022-10-08 21:55:29 UTC 60 km east of Cremona, Lombardy, Italy.
Next data session expected: 2022-12-06 11:40:37 UTC

[Hulbi Lorm]

Hi everyone !

Francesca, does this tell us anything with certainty?

On the one hand, it makes me worry to see 0% battery. On the other hand, I guess the transmitter wouldn't have sent something if Udu hadn't changed his location before, so that's a good indicator that he's probably alive?

[Francesca_V]

Hulbi,
I don't know for sure...
I think we can receive the transmitter signal because Udu's transmitter (and hopefully Udu) is in an area where the GPRS works well. As you wrote!
If he were dead and thus always in the same spot, I think we would have seen the transmitter signal more often.

On the other hand, it is possible that Udu is no longer alive and someone has found the transmitter and taken it. So we can only talk about the transmitter, not about Udu.

But let's stay optimistic!

[bigfan]

Good evening everyone, please, is there any data which way UDU returned during the spring migration back to Europe? Was it as challenging a journey through the desert and the Mediterranean as in autumn 2021? Thank you for the answer!

[Francesca_V]

Bigfan,

look, this is the set of Udu's locations points from 1.2.22 - today. We see his location points in Africa til 4.2.22 and the next points are recorded in Italy starting from 6.8.22.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... sp=sharing




Udu's first migration in 2021 on Google Earth:


Last autumn over the Mediterranean Sea from Greece to Africa:

[Francesca_V]

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Hello everybody!

BONUS

▶︎ TRACKER MAP
Bonus 04.12.2022 yesterday14:31-14:37 today

Distance: 215 km
Battery: 100%

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... sp=sharing

Gorgeous little Bonus continued his journey and flew 215 km!!! The last tracking point today shows him still in flight with a speed of 51 km/h.




Another perpective:


Here Bonus worked his way up 500 meters:

[Francesca_V]

Israel's mountains:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... fTEI=h1440


Near Nahal Zin (near second last locationn point)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... 9W_m=h1440

[Anne7]

Good evening everyone

Thank you Bea and Francesca.

Francesca, you made very beautiful Google Earth views of Udu’s first migration!

Our Bonus is a funny little stork. First s/he barely moves forward, and now s/he has apparently decided to keep on flying, quickly heading for Africa.

Bon voyage, Bonus! Take care.

Good evening everyone, please, is there any data which way UDU returned during the spring migration back to Europe? Was it as challenging a journey through the desert and the Mediterranean as in autumn 2021? Thank you for the answer!

Hello Bigfan

As Francesca's tracker map shows, Udu’s transmitter did not send us any loctation points between Central African Republic and northern Italy. The battery has been dead all the time.

But fortunately, Ornitela, the transmitter's manufacturer, which also retrieves the data, can occasionally see from which area the transmitter is trying to make contact.
Urmas informed us that Udu tried to send data this spring on his way north in the vicinity of Iskenderun. Then, until 29 June, there have been a few more connections in Turkey. On 5 July there were also a few connections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and as from 14 July Udu was reported to be in northern Italy, between Milan and Turin.

So Udu flew a "common" spring migration route until Turkey, but then s/he continued northwest and ended up in northern Italy. Which is an unusual summer site for Estonian BS juveniles.

Please see this post
viewtopic.php?p=873062#p873062

We have no idea where our Udu is currently.
The last known location points (as well as the last known connection area reported by Ornitela) were in northern Italy.

Hopefully Ornitela will be able to see some new location areas.

Edit:
Udu's first autumn migration 2021 in yellow.


In bright blue the only very approximate locations we know of Udu's spring/summer migration. (Everything in between is unknown)
Again, Udu flew quite a bit further west than what we usually see.


Posted here: https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/viewtopic.p ... 08#p873108