METSOJA colour ring number: 718T
data source: https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2023/aut ... =0&speed=1
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A juvenile bird from the Karula National Park, which we had to catch in August 2023 in order to ring it. Together with two other siblings, they received additional in nest territory during 11 days. That is until the start of the migration on August 23. Probably they flew all together, also adult did not visit fish basket later.
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Metsoja is one of the tree siblings of former Eedi's nest. Storklet got the leg-mount transmitter on Aug 18.
Autumn-winter migration 2023-2024
birdmap started on 26.08
0/ departure/migration started on 23.08.2023
- Latvia (23.,24.08) - Lithuania (25.,26.08) - Belarus (27.08 - 15.09)
1/ stopover place/s
- Belarus (Stolin) from 28.08 to 15.09 = 18 days - Ukraine (16.,17.09)
- Romania (18.-19.09 + 21.-27.09)
- Romania (28.09)
2/ crossing the Sea of Marmara on 29.09 via Bosporus
viewtopic.php?p=24950#p24950
- Turkey (29., 30.09, 01.10, 02.10, 03.10, 04.10)
4/ crossing the the Gulf of Iskenderun on 04.10 via the Gulf
viewtopic.php?p=25204#p25204
- Syria (04.10), above Lebanon to - Israel (05.10)
Last update viewtopic.php?p=25094#p25094 + viewtopic.php?p=25205#p25205
- 05.10.2023, Distance: 3994 km (+ 799 km in 3 days)
- ISRAEL: Neve Eitan - a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley, known today as Emeq Hamaayanot (Valley of Springs)
5/ crossing the Gulf of Suez
6/ arrival to wintering destination
continuation - Spring migration 2024 -
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previous informations and more photos in the thread Karula National Park (nest of EEDI 2 and his mate): viewtopic.php?f=75&t=146
Madli wrote: ↑24 Aug 2023, 20:58 Last image of Metsoja before he started his migration.
Metsoja ate his belly full in the fish basket in the morning.
For now his transmitter is set to send one point in an hour.
10.22 He was in the nest.
11.22 He was already 12 km away with the altitude of 505 m.
She/he started migration around at 11h
