WABA, hatched 2022, streamed nest in Karula NP

[Madli]

Hello

Do you think that this could be Waba's wintering area?
It seems that there could be enough food in this area- lots of fields and canals and Waba isn't in a hurry to fly deeper into the desert...looks like this oasis in the middle of the sand fields is comfortable and safe enough...

In this case we can follow Waba the whole winter! Good luck to Waba!

[marika.solo]

Hi Madli,
thanx for interesting question.
If Waba stays here, I will write a reply. I already have something ready.

[marika.solo]

November 30
Hello everyone

Birdmap update for WABA https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2022/aut ... =0&speed=1

Previous data: (viewtopic.php?p=11033#p11033 and next)
- 29.11.2022, Distance: 8262 km (+ 122 km)
- SUDAN: Samareit - Magasi, Northern State

NEW data:
- 30.11.2022, Distance: 8393 km (+ 131 km)
- SUDAN: Girra Barra - Goshabi, Northern State

Waba is flying along the Nile river to the SW. Newest localisation is to the east from Girra Barra and to the north from Goshabi (river Nile area). I am curios what next.

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Photo Kojel Osman 11/2021 https://goo.gl/maps/dNPH91xLJiL1RiLg9

[Adria]

December 03
Hello everyone

Birdmap update for WABA https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2022/aut ... =0&speed=1

Previous data: viewtopic.php?p=11050#p11050and next
- 30.11.2022, Distance: 8393 km (+ 131 km)
- SUDAN: Girra Barra - Goshabi, Northern State

NEW data:
- 03.12.2022, Distance: 8451 km (+ 58 km in 3 day)
- SUDAN: Goshabi - Affat, Northern State

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Waba visits irrigation canals in search of food

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The last position is on an island in the middle of the Nile River

[marika.solo]

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Waba's Island year ago

PHOTO https://goo.gl/maps/y4qnhoQBt5BTXCoD7 image capture Nov 2021 by Kojel Osman

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Affad 23 is an African archaeological site located in alluvial deposits formed by an ancient channel of the Nile in the Affad District of Southern Dongola in northern Sudan.
In 2013,archaeologists from the 'Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences' in Poznań, unearthed the remains of a settlement with numerous postholes, pits and hearths estimated to be 50,000 years old. Previously it was believed that permanent structures were associated with the exodus from Africa and the consequent occupation of regions in Europe and Asia. The position of the site, lithic artefacts collected in 2003 and 2012-2014, freshness, refittings and dispersion of the artefacts all suggest that it was a late Middle Stone Age workshop used intermittently and for short periods. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affad_23)

Affad basin and the river Nile (the green line) in the distance
Marta Gauza-Osypińska (archaeozoologist)

(source: https://archeosudan.org/en/gallery/)

more Adriana, maybe (I hope)