Following Karls' Families

[sova]

Jo, Anne, thanks for the card, interesting information and pictures ....
Weather data is available

Nice evening for all

[Anne7]

He is currently near Madissaare LKA and near Rabavere

Madissaare LKA is a small (1.01 km²) "Managed Conservation Zone Of Nature Reserve".
https://www.protectedplanet.net/379053

Rabavere is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabavere



A view at the wide area

https://goo.gl/maps/EKHwwo4UPQCyq8w2A

In the distance one can see Madissaare LKA (the forest)

https://goo.gl/maps/mk7k3a7pGtUpXVaU7

[Michi]

Thank you, Anne, for the detailed and informative pictures and report!
Karula has taken an interesting route today. He has seen a lot, even the Gulf of Finland.

Sova Thank you!

View to north.


Unfortunately Google Earth shows no better view of the Matsalu Bay which Karula crossed.
View to southwest.


View to south.

[Anne7]

Sova and Michi
Thank you very much for the daily weather reports and the great Google Earth views!

Michi, sorry , yesterday I forgot to thank you for the birdmap update and I didn't adjust the summary.
I did it now.


SUMMARY MAY 20


Picture by Sova

KARULA (Hatched 20.05.2018)
Birdmap was set to spring migration and the new distance measurement started on 15.02.2019
(Total distance on 14.02.2019 = 6606 km)
Birdmap was set to autumn migration on 11.08.2019 and the new distance measurement started on 15.07.2019
(Total distance on 14.07.2019 = 3012 km)
The overall flown distance until 14.07.2019 was 9618 km.
Birdmap was set to spring migration and a new distance measurement started on 15.02.2020.
Between 14.07.2019 and 14.02.2020, Karula flew 2792 km.
The overall flown distance until 14.02.2020 is 12410 km.
Karula arrived in the Tal al Manţaḩ area on 01.11.2019 and stayed there 147 days.
He started his spring migration on 28.03.2020
Last data: 19.05.2020
Distance: 8003 km (+ 170 km in 1 day), near Raikküla in Rapla County, Estonia
Weather report on 20.05 in Kuusiku (EST) at 09:00
Temp 2 m above the ground: 07°
Temp 500 m above the ground: 02°
Precipitation: 0
Humidity: 70%
Air pressure: 1015 hPa
Wind 10 m – NW (17 km/h)
Wind 100 m – N/NW (26 km/h)
Wind 250 m – N/NW (26 km/h)
Wind 500 m – N/NW (32 km/h)
Weather report on 20.05 in Harju - Risti (EST) at 13:00
Temp 2 m above the ground: 09°
Temp 500 m above the ground: 03°
Precipitation: 0.2 mm (14:00)
Humidity: 70%
Air pressure: 1017 hPa
Wind 10 m – NW (17 km/h)
Wind 100 m – N/NW (27 km/h)
Wind 250 m – N/NW (30 km/h)
Wind 500 m – N/NW (35 km)
Weather report on 20.05 in Rabavere (EST) at 17:00
Temp 2 m above the ground: 10°
Temp 500 m above the ground: 04°
Precipitation: 0.2 mm (17:00)
Humidity: 60%
Air pressure: 1018 hPa
Wind 2 m – NW (18 km/h)
Wind 100 m – N/NW (30 km/h)
Wind 250 m – N/NW (35 km/h)
Wind 500 m – N (37 km/h)

[Anne7]

Türisalu Beach, in northwest Estonia, near Vääna-Jõesuu where Karula made a turn.
Street View may 2020

https://goo.gl/maps/vXTfuwaYsF5r2DDaA

Wetlands at the Matsalu Bay

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p ... ppeling</a>

Matsalu Bay (Estonian: Matsalu laht) is one of the most important wetland bird areas in Europe, due to its prime position on the East Atlantic Flyway. Large numbers of migratory birds use Matsalu as a staging area. Every spring over two million waterfowl pass Matsalu, of which around 1.6 million are long-tailed ducks."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsalu_National_Park

[Jo UK]

Todays' tracker map has been edited on advice from Urmas.

viewtopic.php?p=733644#p733644

The final data point for today's map is now 14.23

[Trine]

Looks like Karula found the north-western corner of Estonia too crowded, and turned back to more solitary places.

A "fun fact": a few kilometres west of his current location is Kurese village. It's probably very old. It's name was originally Kureselja, which means "back of a stork" or "back of a crane". This name has been recorded as early as the 16th century. Since white storks are only late immigrants in Estonia, the name probably comes from a black stork or a crane; I'm not sure which because both are "kurg/kured" in Estonian language (this is my own guess; maybe someone knows better).
This Kurese village is certainly 1000+ years old but it was vital and inhabited until the Soviet regime basically destroyed its populations in the mid-20th century. Landscape is still very archaic; beautiful at the time of dandelions.

[Anne7]

...

"back of a stork" or "back of a crane"...
That's nice to know!
Thank you Trine

It's very sad to hear what happened to the people of that old village.

[Jo UK]

Trine, yesterday you mentioned some places that are 2000 years old. Can you say anything about those places, or where one can read about it?
In my later years I have developed an interest in history/archeology.

[Trine]

Trine, yesterday you mentioned some places that are 2000 years old. Can you say anything about those places, or where one can read about it?
In my later years I have developed an interest in history/archeology.

Those I mentioned yesterday were e.g. strongholds or hill-forts at Keava: there are two of them, one is 2000+ years old and the other is younger (Viking Age if I'm not mistaken). Then there is a ring-wall enclosure (a sort of fortified settlement, I imagine) at Lipa, also 2000+ years old. And several burial places of the same age. The most well-known in the area is Varbola stronghold or fort, one of the largest and most powerful centers until the German conquest in early 13th century.

From Karula's current area, the first thing to mention is Soontagana stronghold from the 7th-13th centuries.
The landscape is loaded with history

[Michi]

Anne It's no problem at all. :)

Many thanks for the wonderful pictures from Türisalu Beach and especially from the Matsalu Bay. A paradise for migratory birds!

Trine Thanks a lot for the report about Kurese village! How nice was the old name. And very sad the fate of the people who lived there. :-(

[Jo UK]

Today's tracker map may be a litle later than usual. It has to be studied first!

Later -
Tracker Map
May 21, 2020 only

KARULA
https://www.google.com/maps/d/drive?sta ... sp=sharing

This is a restricted version of Karula's journey. Data points begin at 12.08 when he left Estonia.
If Urmas permits we can publish a fuller version later.

[Anne7]

Today's tracker map may be a litle later than usual. It has to be studied first!

OK, Jo.
Thanks.

[Anne7]

Later -
Tracker Map
May 21, 2020 only
KARULA
https://www.google.com/maps/d/drive?sta ... sp=sharing
This is a restricted version of Karula's journey. Data points begin at 12.08 when he left Estonia.
If Urmas permits we can publish a fuller version later.

Our Karula is again in Latvia!
A little north-east of Aloja.

I will make a picture of this short tracker map later.
I have to go now.

[Jo UK]

Let's try this tracker map, from a little earlier in the journey. It looks to be safe.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/drive?sta ... sp=sharing

[sova]

good evening

Jo, thanks for the card
Anne, Michi ... thanks for the pictures yesterday - great pictures
Trine, thank you for telling us a bit more about your country

I don't know how you all feel, but I'm a little disappointed that Karula has already left ... but who knows, maybe he'll change his mind.

Weather data is available .... I'm just saying; * blown away by winds *

Nice evening for all

[Anne7]

Let's try this tracker map, from a little earlier in the journey. It looks to be safe.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/drive?sta ... sp=sharing

Thanks again, Jo.

Our Karula crossed the Pärnu Bay around 13:00. Full speed!
Looks like he was in a hurry to get back in Latvia.

Pärnu Bay:

https://goo.gl/maps/bmocr4fWaCmazbvcA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pärnu_Bay

At about 14:45 he crossed the Latvian border, near Lookuninga LKA.



He spent quite some time east of Aloja. Possibly Karula was hungry and found food in that area, at the Ūpšupīte Stream in 'Alojas lauku teritorija'.
Then he flew a little bit more northwards again. Back to Estonia?



"Aloja (German: Allendorf) is a town in northern Latvia, close to the border with Estonia. Until 2009 it was within the country's Limbaži District.
Aloja as a settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1449. Aloja saw rapid development after Latvian agrarian reforms in 1920. In 1925 Aloja was granted a status of a village and it became also a centre of the parish. In 1936 new Rīga-Rūjiena railway line was constructed through Aloja. In 1992 Aloja was granted town rights. Since 2009 Aloja is administrative center of the Aloja municipality."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloja,_Latvia

[Trine]

Looks like he was in a hurry to get back in Latvia.

He just discovered that cost of living is lower in Latvia

[Anne7]

He just discovered that cost of living is lower in Latvia

More fish for less money.

[Anne7]

good evening :hi :

Jo, thanks for the card
Anne, Michi ... thanks for the pictures yesterday - great pictures
Trine, thank you for telling us a bit more about your country

I don't know how you all feel, but I'm a little disappointed that Karula has already left ... but who knows, maybe he'll change his mind.

Weather data is available .... I'm just saying; * blown away by winds *

Nice evening for all

Many thanks, Sova
Yes, maybe Karula will change his mind. Who knows where he will fly tomorrow...

Strong wind today!

SUMMARY MAY 21

KARULA (Hatched 20.05.2018)
Birdmap was set to spring migration and the new distance measurement started on 15.02.2019
(Total distance on 14.02.2019 = 6606 km)
Birdmap was set to autumn migration on 11.08.2019 and the new distance measurement started on 15.07.2019
(Total distance on 14.07.2019 = 3012 km)
The overall flown distance until 14.07.2019 was 9618 km.
Birdmap was set to spring migration and a new distance measurement started on 15.02.2020.
Between 14.07.2019 and 14.02.2020, Karula flew 2792 km.
The overall flown distance until 14.02.2020 is 12410 km.
Karula arrived in the Tal al Manţaḩ area on 01.11.2019 and stayed there 147 days.
He started his spring migration on 28.03.2020
Last data: 21.05.2020
Distance: 8321 km (+ 318 km in 2 days), near Aloja in Latvia
Weather report on 21.05 in Marksa (EST) at 12:00
Temp 2 m above the ground: 10°
Temp 500 m above the ground: 03°
Precipitation: 0
Humidity: 60%
Air pressure: 1018 hPa
Wind: 10 m – N/NW (34 km/h)
Wind: 100 m – N (40 km/h)
Wind: 250 m – N (42 km/h)
Wind: 500 m – N (45 km/h)
Weather report on 21.05 in Aloja (LVA) at 18:00
Temp 2 m above the ground: 10°
Temp 500 m above the ground: 05°
Precipitation: 0
Humidity: 60%
Air pressure: 1018 hPa
Wind 10 m – N/NE (14 km /h)
Wind 100 m – N/NE (25 km h)
Wind 250 m – N/NE (33 km/h)
Wind 500 m – N/NE (34 km/h)