By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:07:34 +0000

Well, the birds seem to be doing better than last year. Four of the five birds Eugene and Irina tagged this year are living. Three of them have pushed south of Shantar Island, and I hope they will be making the jump to Sakhalin and south to Hokkaido. Right now, one (82161) is near the mouth of a remote river that empties into the Southwest Okhotsk Sea. Another (82165) is inland on a river that flows north and empties into the Tugursky Gulf of the Sea of Okhotsk. A third (62629) is not very far from there and has been heading south (up river) recently. Unfortunately, one bird (82164) that is transmitting is still on the Okhota River, not far from where it was reared. We had a bird behave similarly in 1997. It settled in a place where the river did not freeze over until later in the year and eeked out a living. While it waited, winter closed in. As the open river water was closed by ice, it found itself trapped. Food was not available and the rivers and sea had frozen, meaning it was hundreds of miles away from open water and available food. It perished in January near the Okhota River. Let’s hope this one does not suffer the same fate. I’ll be watching the movement of the birds over the next few weeks…hopefully months and years, and will try to provide details here on the blog.

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:05:26 +0000

What a gorgeous bird. I’m sorry that so many of your 2006 birds met such a sad fate but look forward to hearing about the 2007 group and the continuing adventures of 65632. Thanks!!

By: Alok

Alok — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:55 +0000

What amazes me are things like these and people like those involved…Besto! I am eagerly awaiting the next story in this series.

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