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Yesterday, just before dark on the evening of April 6th, our first transmitter-wearing black stork returned to his nesting grounds in Raplamaa—Oss.

 

 Oss last summer.

 

Oss spent the entire winter in Israel, which means he had the shortest distance to fly home—at least half shorter than Raivo, who spent the first half of winter in Israel and then flew to Kenya’s southern tip.

  

 

The other transmitter-bearing black storks are currently located from Belarus to Turkey. But all of them are moving—homeward.