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Aivar Leito sets the crane free again after marking. The satellite tracking device is visible on the left leg of the bird

 

Hello, dear crane friends and all other bird enthusiasts!

 

I am truly happy to be able to report that our famous GPS-equipped crane Ahja-4 arrived back to his home on Thursday, May 15th, in the evening! He stayed overnight at the watery milling peat fields of the Meelva (Määrastu) bog where he spent nights regularly last autumn too before leaving for Ethiopia! There will be more specific and detailed information early next week when we have examined the return migration route of Ahja-4 more closely. In any case the journey has been extremely interesting and of course brought wholly new knowledge about the spring migration of our young cranes to their home areas in general.

 

The Erik Kumari nature conservation award and the conservation mark of honour in gold this year went to Senior Research Fellow at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, AIVAR LEITO – CONGRATULATIONS! 

 

An interview with Aivar Leito  this winter in ETV nature programme Osoon when an expedition to the wintering areas of cranes in Ethiopia was undertaken: LINK