BS - Ptaki Sileziana

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ETHIOPIA: Dirashe woreda in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region - SNNPR (former Dirashe special woreda = similar to an autonomous area) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirashe_special_woreda

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SENEGAL: in Bakel Region of Tambacounda Region/Province (near the - intermittent - river/stream Gouloungako, tributary the Falémé River)

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A man is drying washed clothes on the bank of the Falémé River at a low water level in a dry Sahelian landscape of low bushes and low trees on the banks. Senegal-Mali border.

by Fred P. M. van der Kraaij, 1984 (!)

source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... _1984.tiff

Falémé River "today":
Falémé: Tales of a silent death
By David Dembélé Post date: October 7, 2020 (also photos)
https://ccij.io/article/mali-silent-death/

Pollution due to dredging, environmental degradation caused by gold mining, and fishing activities that led to the disappearance of marine resources: this list of damage to the Falémé – the main tributary of the Senegal River – is not exhaustive.

Falémé River

PHOTO http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kSgfeDLO6eM/W ... G_7042.JPG (source: http://coleschenewerk.com/a-visit-to-mali/ Posted On 10 May 2018 By Cole Schenewerk)

[Adria]

Great, other travelers in their wintering places .
Let them rest and gain strength and a happy return to Poland in the spring. .

[Madli]

Hello!

The articles about the polluted rivers are not very pleasant to read. More and more, everywhere in the world there are these problems

Good luck for the storks and all others.

These storks will return to Poland for their first nesting in spring?

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... Let them rest and gain strength and a happy return to Poland in the spring. .

... These storks will return to Poland for their first nesting in spring?

most probably not - it seems that is their second migration
(I still don't have answer )

EDIT:
these two most probably hatched in 2021 (2 CY), they are subadult (1-3CY)
usually only adult birds (sexually mature) come back

btw.
1CY (first calendar year) = the bird was hatched in that calendar year
2CY = it was hatched in the previous calendar year
etc.

[Adria]

We don't know, but if they decide... (I read that there were also such cases)

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November 04
Hello everyone

in Ethiopia no big changes by 16j1

ETHIOPIA: Dirashe woreda in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region - SNNPR (former Dirashe special woreda = similar to an autonomous area)

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SENEGAL: Niokolo-Koba National Park in the state/region of Tambacounda

stork moved to the west in Senegal, localisation is in the northern area of the Niokolo-Koba National Park in the swampy are the river Gambia
(more e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niokolo-K ... ional_Park - photos: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cate ... ional_Park; https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/153/ - photos: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/153/gallery/&maxrows=26; https://www.africanworldheritagesites.o ... ok_001.pdf; http://ecoturismoensenegal.blogspot.com ... nk-le.html; ...)

wiki (fauna):
The national park is known for its wildlife. The government of Senegal estimates the park contains 20 species of amphibians, 60 species of fish, 38 species of reptiles (of which four are tortoises). There are some 80 mammal species. These included (as of 2005) an estimated 11000 buffaloes, 6000 hippopotomii, 400 western giant eland, 50 elephants, 120 lions, 150 chimpanzees (It is inhabited by a banded forest in the park (Lower Rim) and Mount Assirik. (north-western limit line where chimps are distributed.)), 3000 waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), 2000 common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), an unknown number of red colobus (Colobus badius rufomitratus) and a few rare African leopards and West African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus manguensis), although this canid was thought to be wiped out throughout the rest of the country.
Other mammals include roan antelope, Guinea baboon, green monkey, patas monkey, warthog.
Around 330 species of birds have been sighted in the park, notably the Arabian bustard, black crowned crane, Abyssinian ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus), martial eagle, bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus), and white-faced duck (Dendrocygna viduata).
There are also reptiles such as three species of crocodiles, four species of tortoises.

where there are enough food resources, there are always many animals and therefore also predators (16j1 be very careful!)


(source: https://whc.unesco.org/document/156228)

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