Kerli (young female - Kergu's sweetheart)

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you can follow migration of this stork here viewtopic.php?f=136&t=229

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breaking news (17.07) - shared by our Madli , thank you again and again!

Meet Kerli, Kergu's sweetheart

She also got a transmitter. Kerli's ring number should be 719R.

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July 23
Hello everybody.

previous info: viewtopic.php?p=37912#p37912

As we know, Kergu had a female friend for quite long time. She stopped visiting Kergu's nest now and there is a good reason for that.

On the afternoon of 17.July, Urmas was able to catch this young female about 3 km from Kergu's nest feeding on a fish basket. Trail camera detected that she had been using this feeding area several times previously.



This young stork was given a plastic ring 719R and also a transmitter. I was in contact with Raivo the whole time and I was given the opportunity to name this lovely lady. So from now on we can call her KERLI



There were some difficulties with releasing her after contact, which unfortunately caused more stress in her. There was a sudden rainfall and Kerli had to be held for a longer period than expected before the installation of her equipment. But luckily it all ended well and she took off.
Kerli after release.



After release she flew further to the north and spent few days there. She returned to the area and was about 500 m away from Kergu's nest for some time.

Today I received news from Raivo that Kerli has started her migration and was in Latvia yesterday.

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July 23 data
Hello everyone

big thx to our Madli

Kerli 5 päeva liikumised / Kerli's 5 day movements

data - midnight 23./24.07


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