Waba (hatched 2022 in Karula NP)

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the autumn birdmap starts with data from August 15
The spring/summer migration stops in mid-August and the autumn/winter migration continues from the following day, the 15th = the bird map is set for autumn/winter migration and the new distance measurement starts from 15.08. However, the birdmap is sometimes ready a week or two later.

in this thread we follow WABA (hatched 2022) from the streamed nest in Karula National Park (we follow Waba's 3rd autumn-winter migration)

WABA colour ring number 718W 3CY
(CY = calendar year; birds are aged as the number of calendar years they have lived in, with the year they were born in as the 1st calendar year and increasing past every January 1st.)

data source:
https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2024/aut ... =0&speed=1

birdmap description (2022/23):
Juvenile Black Stork grown up in the nest of Karula webcam. One of three local chicks, with a foster chick added as a fourth. In order for the young to be in normal condition by the time they leave the nest, we fed the parent birds with fish. The parent birds took the fish to the nest and all four chicks got enough to eat. Waba started the autumn migration on August 28, so one day after the other fledglings flew out of the nest. In four days, he reached the Ukrainian-Moldovan border areas and stayed there for a week. In two days, he flew to the central Bulgaria, where he stayed for two days. Next, a week of flying to the Middle East, where he stopped for a few days in the Jordan River Valley and fed on fish ponds. Reached Africa a few days later across the Red Sea over Hurghada. Two days later, Waba reached the Nile, where it wintered in various places until mid-January. He then moved along the Atbara River to the agricultural area of New Halfa and is still there in March. On three occasions, Waba has tried to fly further east to the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, but turned back. Probably there was too dry and no water.

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WABA is most probably the eldest offspring of Karl II and Kaia hatched in the season 2022

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Autumn-winter migration 2024-2025
birdmap data started on 08.09
(2023 birdmap started on 26.08)

0/ departure/migration started on 20.07 (EE - )
- Latvia (20.07+21.07), Belarus (22.07), Ukraine (23.07 - 02.10)

1/ stopover place/s
Ukraine from 27.07 to 02.10 (67 days)

arrival: 23.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 674#p38674 - departure: 02.07

thx to Adriána:
- Ukraine/Serbychany: from 27.07 - 17.08 (22 days); Ukraine: 21.8 - 26.8 Kachuryntsi (6 days), 27.8 - 7.9 Porokhnya (12 days), 8.9 - 20.9 Butivtsi (13 days), 21.9 - 23.9 Ryabiivka (3 days), 24.9 - 25.9 Bokyivka (2 days), 26.9 - 1.10 Vidava (6 days)

- Romania (02.-07.10) - Turkey/Europe (07.-10.10)

2/ crossing the Sea of Marmara 08.10 (near the east shore) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 228#p40228
(2023 on 07.10 via Bosporus/Istanbul)

- Turkey (08.-11.10)

3/ crossing the the Gulf of Iskenderun 11.10 (above the Gulf) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 265#p40265
(2023 on 10.10 via the Gulf)

- Israel (12.10) via Syria and Lebanon; 13.-14.10 Beit She'an Valley fishponds

LAST DATA https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 292#p40292 ad next (photos, street view)
- 14.10.2024, Distance: 4981 km (+ 77 km in 2 days)
- Israel: Neve Eitan - kibbutz in Northern District (Beit She'an valley - ponds)

OVERVIEW (maps) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 348#p40348

4/ crossing the Gulf of Suez:
(2023 on 15.10; new data arrived on 19.11)


5/ arrival to wintering destination:
(2023 on 26.11)


continuation - Spring migration 2025: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=147&t=250

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Spring-summer migration 2024
- overview: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=178
- summer destination: north of Estonia
Autumn- winter migration 2023/24
- overview: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=140
- wintering place: Ethiopia, mostly along the river Galegu
Autumn-winter migration 2022/23
- overview: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=136&t=234
- wintering place:
1/ Northern State (Waba is moving around the Bayuda desert, mostly on the irrigated fields near the river Nile)
2/ Kassala State (Waba is moving mostly around Degheim on the irrigated fields and near the canals there)

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previous autumn migration paths



previous stopover sites

Waba is a great traveller and spent several days in many places in Ukraine in both seasons, exploring their surroundings too



previous wintering sites

2022 - Sudan

(birdmap description): Waba reached the Nile, where it wintered in various places until mid-January. He then moved along the Atbara River to the agricultural area of New Halfa.



2023 - Ethiopia

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next update 23.09 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 674#p38674

we follow the migration route of our Waba in the publicly available LKF (https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/viewtopic.php?t=945)

July 20 data
Hello everyone

Waba moved on and reached today Latvia (Madona Municipality)

July 21 data
Hello everyone

Waba moved to the south - newest localization is not far from the border Latvia - Lithuania.

July 22 data
Hello everyone

Waba reached already Belarus, newest localisation is near Obrovo.

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previous update 20.-22.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 462#p38462
next update 24.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 675#p38675

post moved from https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 8&start=50 also the previous and next information from that thread

July 23 data
Hello everyone

big thx to our Madli

Viimase 5 päevaga siiani purjetanud. / So far sailed in the last 5 days (?)

NEWEST localisation:
- UKRAINE: Yablun'ka/Яблунька - a village in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast (western UA)

Waba moved so far in the last 5 days

Waba reached Ukraine

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next update 25.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 676#p38676

July 24 data
Hello everyone

Waba continued to the south

Previous localisation:
UKRAINE: Yablun'ka/Яблунька - a village in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast (western UA)

NEW localisation:
Ukraine: Yuht/Юхт - little village in Krasylivs'kyi district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast

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previous update 24.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 675#p38675
next update 26.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 677#p38677

July 25 data
Hello everyone

Waba continued to the south (several tens of kilometers only)

Previous localisation:
Ukraine: Yuht/Юхт - little village in Krasylivs'kyi district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast

NEW localisation:
Ukraine: Hruzevytsya/Грузевиця - Khmelnytskyi Raion/district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Waba's localization are near some kind of pond on one river/stream
I am not sure right now if it is this one: Hruzevytskyi Nature Reserve

info
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1 ... 0%B8%D0%BA

photos (26 total)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cate ... re_Reserve

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July 26 data
Hello everyone

Previous localisation:
Ukraine: Hruzevytsya/Грузевиця - Khmelnytskyi Raion/district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast

NEW localisation:
Ukraine: Hruzevytsya/Грузевиця - Khmelnytskyi Raion/district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Our stork explored today that area. Cloudy weather, rain was in that area today.

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previous update 26.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 677#p38677
next update 28.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 822#p38822

July 27
Hello everyone

Waba moved to the south again

From
Ukraine: Hruzevytsya/Грузевиця - Khmelnytskyi Raion/district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast
To
Ukraine: Serbychany/Сербичани - Dnistrovskyi Raion/disrict of Chernivtsi Oblast

first stayed for a while in this pond
STREET VIEW https://maps.app.goo.gl/8aqnyLM2raU6rANa6 Jun 2015

and later flew to this one - there are the newest localisations (in the pond)



big PHOTO https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... QnrP=h1440 by Dmytro Svyrydiuk

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July 28 data
Hello everyone

Ukraine: Serbychany/Сербичани - Dnistrovskyi Raion/disrict of Chernivtsi Oblast

Waba stayed in the area and explored it - visited also another ponds.