KARL II, adult male

[marika.solo]

I'm still very sad about this

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previous data: Oct 02 viewtopic.php?p=25409#p25409 (received on Oct 30)
new data: never more - Karl II perished

Birdmap update for KARL II https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2023/aut ... =0&speed=1

Last data (outdated) :
- 02.10.2023, Distance: 3318 km (+ 221 km)
- TURKEY: Yazıbelen - a village in Selçuklu District of Konya Province
(localisation is to the west from the Yazıbelen Power Plant on the fields)

NEW data:
- 01.11.2023, Distance: 3322 km (+ 4 km)
- TURKEY: Yazıbelen - a village in Selçuklu District of Konya Province
(localisation is to the west from the Yazıbelen Power Plant on the fields)

last data


last lines near the suspicious mast

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migration path in Turkey


autumn migration 2023 - whole path




EDIT:

URMAS (birdmap)
Karl II breeds successfully in season 2023. There grow up three chicks of four eggs.
Last is Karl II to leave for autumn migration. He doesn't know that it will be his last one.
Between 1st and 2nd October Karl II lands on electric pylon for night, but got electrocuted.
Turkish colleagues searched and found dead body, took away the transmitter.

[Chris Chris]

Terribly sad,heartbreaking pain!
we miss you so much!
You are in our hearts and we will never forget you!
Fly high and free ,our Dear  King Karl II!

[maxijazz]

Time to say goodbye

Forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye.
So suddenly, so out of the blue, but I have always been on the run.
Yesterday there, today here, tomorrow who knows where.
I loved life, I loved storks, I loved the sky, the earth and the water.
In my life I have known all its flavors - from the most bitter,
that was hard to swallow, until the sweetest one.
I've traveled many roads.
My greatest success was my family and the storks I surrounded myself with.
Thank you to everyone in my stork family and everyone else for
that you were the best companions of my stork journey
that I could have dreamed of



edit (marika)
source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... Sommer.jpg - Author Maximilian Schönherr
By Maximilian Schönherr - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p ... d=15251750

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Memory of Karl 2
by our member Tamás Borbély



thank you very much dear Tamás! nagyon szépen köszönöm kedves Tamás

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Our Black stork calendar can be downloaded here viewtopic.php?p=25824#p25824