PL -
BOCZ05 CHRIS -
hatched in 2019 -
LOST in northern Turkey
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Chris - the photo is from the day he received the transmitter
"Chris" - a young black stork hatched in 2019 in the nest of Pińczów. On July 9, 2019, he received a white and white transmitter and a ring number VT9904.
This transmitter had on its leg in the past the young black stork - "Bialy / White" (hatched in 2018, wintered in Nigeria and died on July 2, 2019 in Poland).
Chris flew from Poland in 2019 via
the eastern migration route through Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Sudan to
Chad (which he reached on October 8, 2019). Since January 21, 2020, he has spent the second part of migration in the
Central African Republic.
On April 6, 2020, he set out on his return journey.
He flew all the way to Slovakia, but spent most of the
summer in Hungary by the Bodrog and Tisza rivers and then on the Romanian-Bulgarian border by the Danube river.
On September 27, 2020, he left the Danube River and began a rapid shift south.
In northern Turkey, his journey stopped on the afternoon of September 27. The last location is in the field. He has not reported since (his last position on the map is shifted back, possibly due to a search).
In agreement with the Polish side, I asked for help from
Mr. Fikret Can, who lives in Istanbul. He is a volunteer who dedicated his life to storks, who has been observing and rescuing storks for many years. (Last November, he found the remains of a Polish black stork from the "Ptaki silesiana" project, which perished on a power line).
Mr. Can and his Turkish friends searched for Chris for several hours (according to the sent coordinates) in the field, but also in the vicinity. The field was not plowed, but unfortunately they have not yet been able to find any trace of Chris.
There are several ways Chris could have disappeared:
- if Chris became a victim of a predator, some remains would be found on the spot - feathers, a transmitter ....
- however, if he fell victim to the hunter, the body could be taken away and the transmitter destroyed
- the third option would be the best - a sudden transmitter crash and Chris flies on. In this case, we have no choice but to expect him to either report himself again, or someone be able to deduct his circle in the event of his return to Europe.
By following Chris's path and his daily movements, he grew very close to my heart. It's very sad. He was in the second year of his life, maybe in a year or two he would return home and bring out his own chicks.
But the spark of hope still remains ....
Many thanks to Mr. Fikret Can and his friends for their helpfulness, willingness and the very search for Chris.