Looduskalender

Urmas wrote:I think Iti is feeding on Crane carcass. In that place enormous number of Cranes is gathering, because of additional feeding - about 7 tons of corn every day... Few of those about 40 000 die, that is normal in such "urban" settlement of Cranes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH916kFfUOE Our Ahja 5 is currently also there...

Urmas, TY very much

January 18th

Rita and all

Iti is flying back


still dangerous area

Markus - still in area (Distance: 8829 km, Last data: 17.01.2018)
Kalle - still nothing new

Urmas wrote: ... In that place enormous number of Cranes is gathering, because of additional feeding - about 7 tons of corn every day ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH916kFfUOE ...

yesterday feeding https://www.facebook.com/AgamonKKL/vide ... 884792324/

Solo, Thank you so much for your daily updates and explanations and pictures (also in the Storks thread). I do not always comment, I do not want to post thank you comments only, but I do read everything.

I noticed also that Iti is flying back.

Has such behaviour ever been reported? This should be really interesting for Urmas et al.

I would really appreciate Urmas' assessment of Iti's behaviour.

Rita wrote:... I would really appreciate Urmas' assessment of Iti's behaviour.

Urmas, pls

Rita wrote: Solo, Thank you so much for your daily updates and explanations and pictures (also in the Storks thread). ...

Liebe Rita,
I am very pleased that you are interested in bird migration.

January 20th

Markus: Distance: 8838 km, Last data: 20.01.2018 - still in the same area
(no Kalle, no Iti)

January 24th

Markus: Distance: 8845 km, Last data: 23.01.2018 - still in the same area
(no Kalle, no Iti )

Iti sends data after every 10 days in winter time, so missing her new locations is fully normal at the moment.
That kind of mistakes within migration are not much described, there is very few data about similar behavior. We track Iti since 2009 and all previous years were like "normal", only current winter she appeared to be in new place. Will see what next season brings!

Urmas, TY very much

JANUARY 28th

Rita and all

Iti (on the way back to Ahja5?)



Libanon, Deir el Qamar (Beqaa Governorate)

photo


photo (street view) https://goo.gl/maps/5tYVvmdCp4B2

Markus Distance: 8856km, Last data: 27.01.2018 (same place)
Kalle: nothing new

February 4th

still only Markus has new data (in the same area) Distance: 8869 km, Last data: 03.02.2018

February 8th

still only Markus has new data (in the same area) Distance: 8882km, Last data: 07.02.2018

FEBRUARY 9th
Rita and all,

I am very worried about Iti - they are new Data, but not moving, not plus km ( )





Markus Distance: 8884 km, Last data: 09.02.2018 - in "his" area
Kalle still without new Data

Solo wrote:... I am very worried about Iti - they are new Data, but not moving, not plus km ( )...

I am very sorry for she (calamitous error that migration path change )


Markus: Distance:8897 km, Last data: 14.02.2018
Kalle: still nothing new

Was the link to the Birdmap 2018 changed? I can see only 2017.

Just heard from some friends who flew for their winter vacation to Eilat, that the sky there is covered with birds on their way back to Europe.

So sorry about Iti.

Will some local ornithologist go and look for the transmitter? To see whether it fell off?

Abigyl wrote: ... Was the link to the Birdmap 2018 changed? I can see only 2017. ...

yes, it's time to change - but still nothing happend (12 day without change)

Rita wrote:... Will some local ornithologist go and look for the transmitter? To see whether it fell off?

It's happend in Syria - I am not optimistic about that.