Krum (male, hatched 2023) wintering 2024-25

[marika.solo]

January 16
Hello everyone

Krum around Belozem/Белозем (photos,videos, information) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=214

WEATHER situation / počasie dnes (source: https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)
click:

right now: It's now 08:42 (UTC), -1°C, Mostly cloudy, It feels like -1°
07:45 Sunrise - 17:123 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 27 min.)

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situation at 3h UTC



- the night roosts near Maritsa there belong to the Maritsa-Parvomay - IBA (Important Bird Area) - more info, short video in this post: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 322#p40322
- nocoviská pri reke Marica v tej oblasti patria do IBA kategórie ( významné vtáčie územie) - viac informácií aj krátke video tu: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 322#p40322

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni

situation at 10h UTC

- Krum moved in the morning from his night roost not far to the NE - directly to the Azmaka stream near his favourite feeding area (and resting place)
- Krum sa ráno presunul zo svojho nocoviska len neďaleko na SV - priamo k riečke Azmaka pri jeho obľúbenom mieste, kde loví potravu (a oddychuje)



Krum is somewhere there (today near the Azmaka stream) / Krum je niekde tam (dnes pri riečke Azmaka)

PHOTO view on the fields and the Maritsa river / pohľad na polia a rieku Marica (10.11.2024 by Стоян Груев)

(source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 0261527285)

[marika.solo]

current view on the situation there




(https://www.ventusky.com/webcam-320879177)

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni

situation at 15h UTC

- At noon, Krum flew a little north and continued even further north to yesterday's foraging site (irrigation canal) and returned to the same place from which he flew - he was also located there at 15:00 (UTC).
- Na poludnie Krum odletel trochu na sever a pokračoval ešte ďalej na sever k včerajšiemu miestu hľadania potravy (zavlažovací kanál) a vrátil sa na to isté miesto odkiaľ odletel - tam bol lokalizovaý aj o 15h (UTC).

still on the fields (at 15h UTC), near one irrigation canals - stále na poli (o 15h UTC), pri jednom zo zavlažovacích kanálov

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni

situation at 21h UTC - only localisation at 18h UTC (no at 21h)

- Krum continued for night roost to his preferred area not far from his feeding are to the river Maritsa / na noc sa Krum presunul neďaleko od oblasti denného pobytu k rieke Marica



WEATHER (evening-night and next days) / počasie (večer - noc a ďalšie dni)
click:

(https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)

[marika.solo]

whole day 16.01.2025

Bulgaria: Belozem - a village in Rakovski Municipality of Plovdiv Province

- On January 16th, Krum moved in the morning to his favourite place foraging and resting and this time he stayed nearby for the night - by the Maritsa River.
- 16. januára sa Krum ráno presunul na svoje obľúbené miesto, kde lovil potravu a odpočíval, a tentoraz zostal na noc neďaleko - pri rieke Maritsa.



searching for food (and resting) - (rice) fields with irrigation canals / lov potravy (a oddych) - (ryžové) polia so zavlažovacími kanálmi



1/ PHOTO the area where Krum repeatedly flies (in the background is the village of Chalakovi) / oblasť, do ktorej Krum opakovane prilieta (v pozadí je dedina Chalakovi)
click: https://i.postimg.cc/Z5rKTMPn/2025-01-1 ... 8608-n.jpg
source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... pe=3 photo uploaded on 22.03.2020 by Стоян Груев

2/ PHOTO view on the area /pohľad na celú oblasť
click: https://i.postimg.cc/bYSjY7gM/2024-11-3 ... -pic-2.jpg
(source: pic from the video https://youtu.be/V9ctaqNbmcs?si=PfI8xI9IlwPuZV6Y by Stoian Gruev uploaded on 30 Apr 2016)

3/ PHOTO view on the fields and the Maritsa river / pohľad na polia a rieku Marica (10.11.2024 by Стоян Груев)
click https://i.postimg.cc/W1fcg1Rr/FB-STOIAN ... -k-pia.jpg
(source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 0261527285)

[marika.solo]

January 17
Hello everyone

Krum around Belozem/Белозем (photos,videos, information) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=214

WEATHER situation / počasie dnes (source: https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)
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- again sunny day, but max. +4°C / opäť slnečný deň, ale max. +4°C

07:45 Sunrise - 17:14 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 29 min.)

[marika.solo]

situation at 10h UTC

NO new data (where is Krum hidden?) / nové dáta nie sú (kde sa Krum skrýva?)

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni

situation at 15h UTC
data arrived

- Krum flew to the northern part of his favorite area in the morning and spent almost an hour and a half in the field near the irrigation canal. From there he moved south to the Azmaka River, where he moved along its course all day.
- Krum ráno odletel do severnej časti svojej obľúbnej oblasti a strávil na poli pri zavlažovacom kanáli takmer jeden a pol hodiny.
Odtiaľ sa presunul smerom na juh k riečke Azmaka tu sa pohyboval pozdĺž jej toku celý deň.

situation to 15.11





whole day near the Azmaka stream /celý deň pri riečke Azmaka

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni

situation at 21h UTC

- Krum flew for night resting back to the Maritsa River like yesterday
- Krum odletel nocovať k rieke Maritsa tak ako včera



WEATHER (evening-night and next days) / počasie (večer - noc a ďalšie dni)
click:

(https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)