Following Karls' Families

[Anne7]

Unfortunately there was no more update from Karl.
Let's hope the best for tomorrow.

Good night everyone!

Good night, Michi.
Yes, let's hope for tomorrow.

Treia

Good night, everyone.

[Liz01]

April 2

Good Morning, Anne, Sova, Michi,and all

Thank you for all the information and daily summaries.

I was hoping to see an update by our Karl.
Let's wait, it's still very early.

[Hellem]

02.04 (morning) New update by Karula - 721 km (+4 km), the same area in the Jordan River Valley

No update by Karl

[Anne7]

Good morning, everyone.
Liz

02.04 (morning) New update by Karula - 721 km (+4 km), the same area in the Jordan River Valley
No update by Karl

Thank you, Hellem.

I cross my fingers for Karl.
(Last data: 29.03.2019 / 4155 km / near Akkari, Homs Governorate, Syria)



Here is Karula's morning tracker map
TRACKER MAP
Karula_April02_morning
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Rb0Il ... sp=sharing

[Treia]

Hello all

Thanks Anne for good map images !

It's a bit strange that Karl does not have a new updates, not even today.
Is the weather still bad there? But hopefully he's ok!

[Liz01]

Anne, thank you for Karula's map.
I hope Karl's transmitter is defective and he is already on the doorstep
We should not watch the Birmap, we should focus on the nest.
Hopefully we will know soon what's going on. I do not think he's still there.

[Anne7]

Anne, thank you for Karula's map.
I hope Karl's transmitter is defective and he is already on the doorstep
We should not watch the Birmap, we should focus on the nest.
Hopefully we will know soon what's going on. I do not think he's still there.

Yes, Liz, maybe it is a problem with the transmitter.
This hope always pops up when we worry.
I agree, Karl is most probably no longer at that location in Syria, now.

Hello all
Thanks Anne for good map images !
It's a bit strange that Karl does not have a new updates, not even today.
Is the weather still bad there? But hopefully he's ok!

You're welcome, Treia.

The problem is that we don't know where Karl is at the moment.
Although there were regular thunderstorms and showers in that region (and still are), it would surprise me that the weather was so awful that he would still be hiding near Akkari in Syria (or somewhere else in Syria).
Under normal circumstances, he could - or should - already be (at least) near Istanbul today.
It worries me that we did not receive any signals from Karl for 4 days.
1 or 2 days without a new update above Syria is quite normal, but 4?

Here is a pic from today's weather in the region (at 14:00).
It shows the wind direction (SW), the rainfall (3 hours accumulation) and the thunderstorms.


Edit: and this is the current weather in Turkey (today at 17:00)
The different colours indicate the amount of precipitation.
When (if) Karl has passed Karaman or Konya, it is dry again.
But a northern wind blows in that part of the country.



Let's hope for the best. Maybe there will be an update later today.

[Liz01]

Yes, Liz, maybe it is a problem with the transmitter.
This hope always pops up when we worry.
...........
Let's hope for the best. Maybe there will be an update later today.

Anne, I'm pretty worried. The first time for me, that I hope for a faulty technique. Due to the bad weather, it would be possible.
The signals may be disturbed in adverse weather conditions. By that I mean that there is a large-scale failure of telecommunications also in Germany, if there are thunderstorms or something like that. That's what I hope.

[Anne7]

Anne, I'm pretty worried. The first time for me, that I hope for a faulty technique. Due to the bad weather, it would be possible.
The signals may be disturbed in adverse weather conditions. By that I mean that there is a large-scale failure of telecommunications also in Germany, if there are thunderstorms or something like that. That's what I hope.

Yes, you are right, Liz. It could be because of the bad weather that we do not receive any updates.
There seem to be quite some thunderstorms. Even today.

Cross my fingers.

[Anne7]

Here is Karula's afternoon map:

TRACKER MAP
Karula_April02_afternoon
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L8_kx ... sp=sharing

[Anne7]

Sova, many thanks for Karula's weather report!

TODAY'S SUMMARY APRIL 02

KARL
Karl's spring migration started in West Equatoria, South Sudan, on 13.03. He appeared on birdmap on 16.03.
The below distance measurement starts on March 02.
No new data (Last data: 29.03.2019 / 4155 km / near Akkari (Homs Governorate) in Syria)
We do not know where Karl is.

MARU
Maru perished on 25.02.2019 at about 13:00, near the Al Ballanah wastewater ponds in Egypt.
Last flight data: 25.02.2019

PÄIKE
No new data (Last data: 07.10.2018)
Last known location: near Schiza Island, Peloponnese, Greece

KARULA
Birdmap was set to spring migration and a new distance measurement started on 15.02.2019 (Total distance on 14.02.2019: 6606 km)
Last data 02.04.2019 (morning)
Distance: 721 km (+ 4 km in 1 day), same area, near Tall al Manţaḩ in the Jordan River Valley.
Weather report on 02.04 in Tall al Manţaḩ at 10:00
Temp: 17°; (at 15:00) 18°
Precipitation: 0 mm
Humidity: 40%
Air pressure: 1014 hPa
Wind 100 m - SW (17 km/h); (at 15:00) SW (19 km/h)
Wind 250 m - SW (18 km/h); (at 15:00) SW (18 km/h)
Wind 500 m - SW (15 km/h); (at 15:00) SW (16 km/h)

[Anne7]

Here is Karula's tracker map for the entire day

TRACKER MAP
Karula_April02_CompleteDay
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Bd-4Q ... sp=sharing



There is still no new update on Karl.

Sleep well, everyone.

[Michi]

Good evening all together,

also today no news from Karl. This is really worrying.
I don't know what to think about the impact of bad weather on the transmitter. I can imagine, a thunderstorm can disturb transmissions for several hours or a day. But for 4 days?
Probably we can only hope that the transmitter has been damaged, as already has been suspected here. Hopefully our Karl was not injured.

Just now I had a look at the birdmap. No news. Let us hope for tomorrow.

Thank you all for your thoughts, reports from our Karula and the tracker maps.

Good night, everyone!

[Solo]

April 3
Good morning

Data about Karl stopped in 29th of March AM, in Syria. Nothing suspicious in last data, but no more data.

it will now be a long, hard wait

[Treia]

Good Morning!

Urmas wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2019, 6:59 am
Data about Karl stopped in 29th of March AM, in Syria. Nothing suspicious in last data, but no more data.

by Solo » April 3rd, 2019, 7:06 am
it will now be a long, hard wait

Thank you Urmas and Solo for the announcement,
even though the news is a bit tedious.
Then we have to wait ...

If the flash has hit and broken the transmitter?

[asteria]

April 4
Good morning




it will now be a long, hard wait

That is why you decided at least one day to skip?
There are a lot of birds with not working transmitters. The osprey Piret managed to break hers in one season.

[Liz01]

Good Morning all

here you can find Urmas post.
Black Stork Nest Karula:
viewtopic.php?p=640903#p640903

[chrisitz]

always these sorrows....
but it is a good sign if the contact is totaly lost, or? Marus transmitter sent datas while she was alread dead....

another question: Today I saw a black stork in the nest. is it Kati or is it a different nest?

[Solo]

...another question: Today I saw a black stork in the nest. is it Kati or is it a different nest?

that is another male stork
here: viewtopic.php?p=640772#p640772 and on and on

[chrisitz]

thank you Solo!

karl will come home, I am sure!