Regionalna Dyrekcja Lasów Państwowych w Łodzi
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23.01.2024
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FIGO ON THE LINKS!
FIGO (flew out of the online nest in 2022) gave no sign of life for a long time and we did not know if he had crossed the Sahara in autumn 2023. But on 12.01.2024 he sent a short text message with his position from South Sudan

. Later, he started dropping data from the first leg of his journey across Africa. He has not yet transmitted full data.

Figo flew into Africa on 30.09.2023 near Hurghada and immediately stopped for the night 17 km from Hurghada. The next day he flew south-west. Over the Nile, he flew between Luxor and Aswan. Later he kept to the west bank of the Nile flying about 10 km from the river bank. On 1.10.2023 he flew a total of 364 km.

He spent the night directly on the desert sand at the height of Aswan. In the following days he also spent the night directly on the sand.
On 7 October 2023 he flew over the border between Sudan and Chad. Stork completed his journey across the Sahara on 7 October 2023 just over the border between Sila and Salamat provinces in Chad.

The entire flight route through the Sahara was 2210 km long

. He flew an average of 316 km per day.
Interestingly, in the same area, Figo completed his flight across the Sahara in 2022. Also in November 2023 and 2022 he foraged in roughly the same area.

And you're probably also waiting for news about Fago and Fernando?
FAGO (marika: female, sibling of Figo) is still in South Sudan and
FERNANDO (marika: male stork hatched 2023 in the streamed nest) is in northern Ethiopia.

prof. Piotr Zieliński
Justyna wrote: ↑23 Jan 2024, 12:20#bocianyczarneonline

FIGO NA ŁĄCZACH!

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Hi Justyna, thank you for sharing this good news
