info shared by Madli already on 17.08 (email to me)
... "Father stork who grew up in Saaremaa, is the only known stork to use the western migration path! He is often photographed in France in one of the popular BS gathering places. ..."
His female this year is very special too. She has only the metal ring, and on the wrong leg! Such a stork, plus one other, have been seen eating near the coastal area wetlands. ... unfortunately any cameras won't read the number even with the highest zoom ..."
PHOTO most probably it is Madi's mother (with permission - photographer Helgur Mäger, thank you very much
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info shared by our Madli already on 30.08 (email to me)
" ... 2021 was a hard year in Madissaare - even later brood than in Jõgeva and parents migrated a week before the chicks fledged. It was too late already to save the storklets when they were discovered ...This year the male 715F and female with only metal ring returned early. There were 3 chicks in the nest at the beginning of July, but they were underweight for their age. By the time Urmas visited the nest in the beginning of august, there was 2 left. ... "
" ... an autumn migration report 2021 of the Mid-France, where this male 715F is nicely presented. ..." (btw. we have this report)
EDIT
today additional info by our Madli:
"715F hatched in 2017 in Saaremaa island. Now nesting 120 km away from his birth nest. 2021 was the first time this stork had chicks. Unfortunately it was a very late brood and it was unsuccessful. In 2022 was 715F second time nesting with 3 chicks, of whom 2 survived and one of them is Madi. 715F is 5 years old." (source - our FB group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5563235 ... 9104736969)
Madli, thank you very, very much for all informations and photos
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