Tracking the Oriental Pratincole – Update #12
All four of our satellite-tagged Oriental Pratincoles remain in their current location, presumably busy with breeding activities.
All four of our satellite-tagged Oriental Pratincoles remain in their current location, presumably busy with breeding activities.
How a team of dedicated birders from Karnatka, India, set out on a three day expedition to find a satellite-tagged Oriental Pratincole nesting nearby.
Amazing news from India where a team of local birders have found the nesting site of one of the satellite-tagged birds, SEP.
A quieter week for the Oriental Pratincoles with all of our birds, except SUN, having made only local movements.
Both Whimbrels, KU and LA, have reached their stopover sites in Southern China. We wait to see if storms forecast for the region will affect their progress!
Little Curlews LS and LU have reached the coast of China, having flown non-stop from Australia!
Whimbrel migration for 2019 is on with both satellite-tagged whimbrels departed Roebuck Bay at the end of April.
After the excitement of the unpredictable and interesting journeys this project has treated us to so far, this week has been ‘uneventful’ overall.
No sooner had it appeared that all four Oriental Pratincoles were settling down to breed, when two birds have flown long distances in opposite directions!