KERLI - adult female, Pärnu County

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IN PREPARATION

Spring Birdmap: Starts 15 February. (Autumn data ends 14 February.) Publication may follow 1–2 weeks later. Storks appear only after reaching GSM coverage during a data session.

Migration Tracking of KERLI
CY (Calendar Year) counts the calendar years a bird has lived in, starting with 1CY for its hatch year and increasing every January 1st.

Bird Profile:

• Sex: Adult female

• Age: unknown (probably 5 - 6CY)

• Origin: unknown

• Territory: Caught 2024 - Pärnu County, nesting season 2025 - streamed nest in Pärnu County, mate: Kergu

• Wintering ground: Ethiopia (Tigray Region)

• 2nd spring migration with transmitter (tagged on 17.07.2024)

Ringing data:
I have both ornithological and colour ring numbers, but I’ve been asked to handle them with caution (e.g. to prevent misuse in false reports).
If you see a stork with a ring in the wild, on a webcam, or in the media, please contact me by Private Message.

AUTUMN/WINTER MIGRATION 2025/2026: viewtopic.php?f=170&t=317
Last data: 26.09, Egypt/South Sinai
Note: Many storks winter in remote areas without mobile signals.


Spring Birdmap 2026 since:
FIRST BIRDMAP UPDATE FOR KERLI on:

Spring migration 2026
Data source:

0/ Departure (Left wintering grounds)/Migration started on:
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1/ Crossing the Gulf of Suez (Sinay/Egypt)
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2/ Crossing the Gulf of Iskenderun (Turkey)
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3/ Crossing the Sea of Marmara (Europe)
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4/ Arrival (Estonia)
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- Home on the nest on ... at ... (streamed nest)


Continuation:
Nesting season 2026: coming soon
Autumn migration 2026:

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KERLI / KERLI

our Madli (the godmother):
Kerli is a nice Estonian woman's name. The name Kerli means "light" or "gentle." It is a shortened form of name from the name Kertu, which in turn comes from the name Gertrud, which means "protection" or "strongness." Kerli is a lovely and elegant name associated with being gentle and light. https://www.name-days.com/now/name/et_ee/ee/kerli This name matches perfectly with our Kerli's personality and it matches nicely with Kergu.

birdmap description (2024)
A young female Black Stork, which was caught in Pärnumaa County, as part of the Black Stork survey of the Tootsi-Sop wind farm. Survey was ordered by Enefit Green company. It is possible that the same individual visited the black stork Kergu's nest (there is a web camera in the nest) before the capture and installation of the transmitter.
Kerli started its first tracked autumn migration on 2024 July 21.

Photos (tagging) viewtopic.php?p=38351#p38351

16.08.2026 (last day)

pic from video by our Bozena Isia https://youtu.be/82rWuymZKn8?si=9jK0esbR0H2MUXSh

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AUTUMN-WINTER SEASON 2024/2025
- Last data: 09.10.2024, EGYPT: Arabian Desert - Red Sea Governorate

SPRING MIGRATION 2025 viewtopic.php?p=40826#p40826
- Next birdmap update / spring birdmap: on 22.03.2025, Jordan: Balqa Governorate
(ornitrack data: 21.03.2025, Israel: Arava valley, near Eilat (in the far south of Israel) - thx to Madli)
- Migration started on 16.03 from Ethiopia - arrival on 14.04, at 14.04 (6293 km from 15.02)

Kerli, began her migration from Ethiopia on 16 March. She crossed the Gulf of Suez on 20 March (presumably), the Gulf of İskenderun on 23 March (presumably), and the Sea of Marmara via the Marmara Islands on 28 March. Kerli arrived in Estonia on 14 April 2025, completing her journey in 30 days.

(previous) Spring migration path