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Tā vien šķiet, ka abi stārķēni te sarunā un vienojas doties uz siltākām un tālākām pļavām un strautiem...@MarikaSolo-q9r
Is today the big day? Was that the last time we saw them in the fish-basket area? ("At 10:31 am, the last image from the cameras shows a young BS. Later, only a heron near the fish basket.")


marika.solo » 01 Sep 2026, 21:15
Currently, the BS Tibul transmitter sends the location twice a day at 7:28 and 19:28. Later, we will change it to once a day. The GPS transmitter is currently 100% charged.
Start was 10:38 at fish basketAt 10:48, he was already 3.5 km away and 200m above sea level.
From the start to the overnight stay is 109km.
Anne7 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2026 12:46 Urmas sends us one last picture. :thumbs:
... and same place today... birds know the weather forecast.
After leaving
This was the ideal scenario: our two storklets began their migration spontaneously, rather than lingering for days by a fish basket that was no longer being refilled. They started their natural journey without delay, avoiding over-dependence on supplementary feeding.
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1.septembris 5:41email by Urmas:
hereby I can inform that Kergu Tibu and most probably 7202 left fish
basket and started migration yesterday at 10:38 (local time). About 3 PM
Tibu stopped in Latvia (nearly 90 km of fish basket). That is caused by
rain.
Day before, at late evening I provided fish into basket, that was eaten
by herons and both storklets quite quickly in morning.
Last picture of with storklets and some more photos of yesterday
enclosed, incl. todays morning view of fish basket place (after heavy rain).
It will be easier now, one (first priority) task less for me...





marika.solo » 07 Sep 2026, 21:25
September 07
Hello everyone
"It seems that this is the end point of Lembe's migration."
LEMBE unfortunately perished in this area
probably on 06.09 in the late evening
I am very,very sorry ...

by marika.solo » 12 Sep 2026, 23:31
A juvenile whose life was saved by a trail camera when it was still a nestling. Lembe hatched as the third chick in a nest located in northern Latvia — a nest our Latvian colleagues had known about for years. The trail camera transmitted images of nest activity until, at noon on June 8th, the nest was no longer visible in the pictures. Upon inspection at the site, the largest chick was found dead, the second was injured, and the third appeared to be in perfect health. The injured chick later died, but the third one grew up in a foster nest. We fed the two surviving two chicks at a farm, trying to avoid habituating them to humans.
Once the adult bird at the nearest nest stopped guarding its own chicks, we added the foster chick to the brood of three local chicks in a nest within Karula National Park (on July 18th). We nicknamed him "Parachutist." The local chicks were a few days older, so Parachutist was the last to fledge (on August 1st). However, all of them—including the foster chick—had plenty of time to hone the skills needed for independent life through their flights in and out of the nest. All the chicks learned to feed at a fish basket placed there for the adult storks to help them better feed their young.
The plan was to monitor the foster chick's progress using a transmitter, but it wasn't possible to fit the device while he was still in the nest—doing so would have caused his older foster siblings to fledge prematurely. Consequently, we captured the foster chick at the fish basket on August 19th and named him LEMBE. However, after being captured and fitted with a transmitter, the young bird Lembe immediately set off on migration (along with two other juveniles that could not be tracked).
Around 8:30 PM on September 6, Lembe’s transmitter stopped moving in northern Moldova, on the shore of a pond. Based on the transmitter's location, illegal shooting was suspected. Volunteers from the Moldovan Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature (Societatea pentru Protectia Pasarilor si a Naturii - SPPN), found Lembe’s remains at the site, reinforcing the suspicion of illegal shooting. Several Eurasian spoonbill carcasses were lying nearby, also bearing signs of having been shot. The stork carcass was taken to a veterinarian for examination.
Nest is on tree at 13:12 June 8, 2026
No nest at 13:46 June 8, 2026
Home nest of three chicks in Latvia fall at June 8, 2026
Two chicks are alive, one injured, but we hope for recovery at June 8, 2026
by marika.solo » 12 Sep 2026, 23:40
One day after introduction, Lembe is adopted into brood at June 19, 2026
By the end of July, there is no difference in size at July 30, 2026
Lembe is caught for tracking at August 19, 2026
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by marika.solo » 12 Sep 2026, 23:42