BONUS hatched 2022, streamed nest in Jõgeva

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November 29
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Birdmap update for BONUS https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2022/aut ... =0&speed=1

Previous data: (viewtopic.php?p=11009#p11009 and next)
- 28.11.2022, Distance: 4248 km (+ 141 km)
- TURKEY: Kayaönü - a village in Mut district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region
localisation is south from the village in forest area

NEW data:
- 29.11.2022, Distance: 4388 km (+ 140 km)
- TURKEY: Çiftepınar - a village in Erdemli district of Mersin Province
localisation is to the west (SW) from the village above trees

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Bonus, Waba and the adult storks from Estonia on the way to Gulf of İskenderun

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the newest localisation on the birdmap
Çiftepınar village lies along the west bank of the Karakız creek - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87iftep%C4%B1nar


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Bonus flew in this area mostly parallel with the power line (Waba flew there on 22.10 viewtopic.php?p=10681#p10681)

STREET VIEW https://goo.gl/maps/wP5V6WdoumfvQjVa9 image capture Apr 2022

Çiftepınar

PHOTO https://goo.gl/maps/S4WnP4gDG8KwJvnE9 image taken on Sep 2022 by Ahmet poçanoğlu

STREET VIEW the Karakız creek not far to the north from the village Çiftepınar in Apr 2022 https://goo.gl/maps/FARQGSaDY7ZzdugU8

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Bonus continued first to the south(east) and flew near the town Mut (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mut,_Mersin)


PHOTOS by our newest member tomas.macek - Tomáš, thx very, very much

Bonus crossed (flew above) the Göksu river (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ksu - In 1190, while on the Third Crusade, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa drowned in the river - while crossing the river, his horse slipped and threw him against the rocks -, then known by its Latin name Saleph and located within the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. more e.g. here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick ... _(Silifke), also photo of the memorial )

View through the trees of the Saleph River - by Tomáš (Sep 2022)

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Landscape around the town of Mut - by Tomáš (Sep 2022)


view on the landscape - by Tomáš (Sep 2022)
Alahan Monastery area, 15 km north of Mut (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alahan_Monastery)

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Bonus flew to the Silifke area and changed the direction (flew "back" to the north and than continued parallel with the shore)
(Silifke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silifke)


Bonus flew over the town Silifke and the Göksu river and continued to the mountains area (in the distance on this pic)

PHOTO https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... le_bar.jpg (source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... le_bar.jpg by Frank Verleye, Created: 1 January 2009)

and the last photo shared with us
Uzuncaburç - by Tomáš (Sep 2022) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzuncabur ... kaisareia))

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Hi all!

Amazing photos! Big thanks to Tomáš.
I wish we could see actually Bonus in flight

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me too

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November 30
Hello everyone

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

Previous data: (viewtopic.php?p=11034#p11034 and next)
- 29.11.2022, Distance: 4388 km (+ 140 km)
- TURKEY: Çiftepınar - a village in Erdemli district of Mersin Province
localisation is to the west (SW) from the village above trees

NEW data:
- 30.11.2022, Distance: 4515 km (+ 127 km)
- TURKEY: Kaldırım - a village in the District of Yumurtalık, Adana Province

Bonus continued on the way to the south following the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. The newest localisation is in the area of natur reserve "Yumurtalık Lagoon" (Ramsar Site: https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1619)

- The Seyhan-Ceyhan delta lake lagoons are here. It forms a complex structure with coastal sand dunes and host plants and animals. It constitutes the 2nd place from 19 wetlands in Turkey with the class of _A. The Seyhan-Ceyhan delta forms the natural environment protected by the plant and animal species in the lake lagoons. The National Park also features the area where two species of sea turtles, Caretta caretta and especially Chelonia mydas, survive. (https://heroesofadventure.com/listing/y ... na-turkey/)
- The delta formed at the mouth of the Ceyhan River is a refuge for wetlands birds and some years their numbers reach a few million. The sand bank in front is famed for nesting ground for sea turtles. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceyhan_River)
- information in Turkish, nice PHOTOS http://www.yumurtalik.gov.tr/lagunler-ve-kus-cenneti or here https://www.biyologlar.com/yumurtalik-l ... illi-parki

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today path-line (parallel with sea shore and Waba's route)




STREET VIEW https://goo.gl/maps/ne3qMHtojsGbyfB36 image capture Apr 2018 by Halil Bekar

continuation tomorrow morning - done