Stork Travels as of October 5
Tekst by Urmas Sellis
Translation by Scott Diel
Images by Carsten Rohde
Background map by Google Maps
Translation by Scott Diel
Images by Carsten Rohde
Background map by Google Maps
Our backpack-bearing Black Storks have all arrived in the right place over the past few days: the Near East. Only one male from Võrumaa (southern Estonia), who we named Valdur (after the artist Valdur Ohakas, who at one time defended the stork's nesting grounds), has not yet arrived. Valdur's last GPS coordinates came from an island in the Doonau River on the border between Romania and Bulgaria. We can assume that he's now moving in the direction of the Near East. The remaining stork locations can be tracked on the map below:
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Our German colleague, Carsten Rohde, returned from fieldwork counting banded storks in Israel. To summarize his findings will take some time, but we can report that he saw both Raivo and Oss. He managed to get one very good picture of Oss:
Oss with Spur-winged Lapwing.
In the Jordan River Valley, the Black Storks frequently rest in dry fishponds and on fields after feeding:
Resting Black Storks.
Different birds' transmitters send information on different days, so some of our information is always more up-to-date than other data. Also, not all transmissions are successful, so sometimes we have to wait another five days for the next transmission. The map above is the best information we have on all the birds as of October 5.
News History
- Birder's diary - 05.02
07.02.2012. - White-tailed eagle camera caught a flashing star
07.02.2012. - Otters know how to enjoy winter
06.02.2012. - Bird feeder guest – grey-headed woodpecker
06.02.2012. - Bird feeder guest - great spotted woodpecker
06.02.2012. - Students’ tit camera
04.02.2012. - Bird feeder guest - redpoll
04.02.2012. - Birder’s diary - 2.02
03.02.2012. - Nature Year Photo 2012
03.02.2012. - ABC of winter garden birds for smart phones
03.02.2012. - Birder’s diary – summary of January
02.02.2012. - Trees of the year - the apple trees
02.02.2012. - Birder's diary - 31.01
02.02.2012. - Burbot - the only winter spawner in fresh waters
02.02.2012. - Boar at feeding ground
01.02.2012. - Ice flower time
01.02.2012. - First results of Winter Garden Bird Watch
31.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 29.01
31.01.2012. - Winter bird feeder camera guests – jay
29.01.2012. - Birder’s diary - 28.01
29.01.2012. - Ice cover on river in the morning
29.01.2012. - Birder’s diary - 27.01
29.01.2012. - Ravens flirting
28.01.2012. - Birder’s diary - 26.01
27.01.2012. - Winter bird feeder camera guest – bullfinch
27.01.2012. - Garden Bird Watch this weekend
26.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 25.01
26.01.2012. - Capercaillie - a bird of pine trees
25.01.2012. - Ice forming on rivers
25.01.2012. - Backyard Potterer’s journal: January
25.01.2012. - Where have the boars gone?
24.01.2012. - Home page of Bird of the Year open
24.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 100 species passed!
24.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 22.01
23.01.2012. - Brisk action at eagle feeding ground
23.01.2012. - Roe deer herds still seen in places
22.01.2012. - Loads of eagles ...
21.01.2012. - Visitor
21.01.2012. - "Märka mind“ – “See me"
21.01.2012. - Elk tracks in snow
20.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 18.01
20.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 17.01
19.01.2012. - Drinker moth’s caterpillars like snow
17.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 16.01
17.01.2012. - Birds of the Year: the plovers
16.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 15.01
16.01.2012. - White-tailed eagles here
16.01.2012. - The year in nature 2011: Rich and poor
15.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 14.01
15.01.2012. - Birder's diary - 13.01
15.01.2012.






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