KAIA, adult female from the streamed nest in Karula NP

[marika.solo]

in this thread we follow female Kaia from the streamed nest in Karula National Park (her 1st spring migration on the birdmap)

KAIA colour ring number 718U
data source: https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2023/spr ... =0&speed=1

birdmap info:
Female Black Stork from the Karula webcam nest, mate of male Karl II. They have been nesting together since 2020, when two late eggs failed to hatch. 2021 three chicks grew up. In 2022, there were also three chicks in the nest, but in addition there was a fourth stepson from orphaned nest.

Spring migration 2023

0/ departure/migration started on 18.03 from South Sudan (very near to the border with CAR)
- Sudan (18.03 - 25.03) - Egypt (25.03 - 27.03)

1/ crossing the Gulf of Suez on 27.03
- Egypt/Sinay (27.03) - Israel (27., 28.03) - Lebanon (28.03) - Syria (29.03)

2/ crossing the the Gulf of Iskenderun on 30.03
(Kaia flew around the gulf in a big arc)
- Turkey (30.03 - 02.04)

3/ crossing the Sea of Marmara on 03.04 via Bosporus
- Turkey/EUROPE (03.04) - Bulgaria (04.-07.04) - Romania (07.,08.04) - Moldova (08.04) - Ukraine (09.-16.04) - Belarus (16.-18.04) - Lithuania (18.-19.04) - Latvia (19.-20.04) - Kaia reached the Estonian border on 20.02.2023 at 10:34 (UTC)

4/ arrival on 20.04
ESTONIA, Karula NP - streamed nest: 14.26.06

continuation
- NESTING 2023 viewtopic.php?f=75&t=109
- Autumn-winter migration 2023-2024 viewtopic.php?f=89&t=132

[marika.solo]

March 19
Hello everyone

information from a friend:
Kaia sent one localisation point

- SUDAN: En Nahud - town in the desert of central Sudan; North Kurdufan state

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March 20
Hello everyone

information from a friend:
Kaia sent again one localisation point

from
- SUDAN: En Nahud - town in the desert of central Sudan; North Kurdufan state
to
- Sudan: El-Obeid (Al-Ubayyid) - the capital of the state of North Kurdufan

(blue Karl II, orange Waba)

[marika.solo]

March 21
Hello everyone

information from a friend:
Kaia sent again one localisation point (early morning)

- Sudan: El-Obeid (Al-Ubayyid) - the capital of the state of North Kurdufan

[marika.solo]

March 22
Hello everyone

we have exact coordinates - thx Madli

from
- Sudan: El-Obeid (Al-Ubayyid) - the capital of the state of North Kurdufan
to
- Sudan: Wad Ramli - village in Khartoum State

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March 23
Hello everyone

from
Sudan: - Sudan: Wad Ramli - village in Khartoum State
to
Sudan: Barbar - a town in the River Nile state
(area of the Bayuda desert)

"Kaia stayed at the following coordinates in the evening: ... This is about 25 km west of the Nile. After all, it's safer to be there."

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March 27
Hello everyone

from
Sudan: Barbar - a town in the River Nile state
to
ISRAEL: Paran - small moshav in Southern District (Central Arava Regional Council)
(located in the Arabah valley in southern Israel around 100 km north of Eilat)

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March 28
Hello everyone

from
Israel: Paran - small moshav in Southern District (Central Arava Regional Council)
to
LEBANON: between Chbeil and Sriri in Jezzine District of South Governorate

very big thx to our Madli


"Kaia Lebanon approximately here at 16:22, but again only one point ... "

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March 31
Hello everyone

MARCH 30

from
LEBANON: between Chbeil and Sriri in Jezzine District District of South Governorate
to
TURKEY: Sayca - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of İmamoğlu, Adana Province





MARCH 31

from:
Turkey: Sayca - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of İmamoğlu, Adana Province
to
Turkey: Bağbaşı - a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Hadim, Konya Province