Interesting bird migration info ...
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Frank
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM, storm <> wrote:
> Anyone interested in the petition might prefer this link
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> http://tiny.cc/g3j3nw
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> On 21/11/2012 10:53 AM, Philip Veerman wrote:
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> Forwarded
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> Philip
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 3:37 AM
> Subject: [AfricanBirding] Satellite-tracked Amur Falcon escaped from hell
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>
> Dear all,
>
> One of our satellite-tracked Amur Falcons, an adult female, was fitted with
> a 5g tag in early January 2010 in South Africa. This spring it was tracked
> for the third time over the Indian Ocean to its breeding grounds some 470
> kms west of Peking in China. It left the area during the first half of
> October to arrive on 4 November at Doyang reservoir in eastern India, now
> world famous for the slaughter of theses small falcons - see
> http://www.conservationindia.org/campaigns/amur-massacre
>
> http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11<http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__13205>
> <http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__13205>
> &cate=__13205
> http://www.birdlife.org/community/2012/11/help-required-to-end-hunting-massa
> cre-in-nagaland-india/
>
> 120,000-140,000 birds are estimated to be killed every year at this largest
> congregation anywhere in the world.
>
> Please sign a petition:
> https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/please-stop-amur-falcon-massacre-in-n
> agaland-india
>
> Our bird had already visited the area last autumn.
>
> We had again anxious days. Would the female survive? Finally on 14 November
> she left the area to start crossing the Indian Ocean on 17 November some 400
> kms south of Mumbai (Bombay). This is further south than in the previous
> years.
>
> We just received the last fix for 20 November 6.47 h (GMT), when she was
> only 240 kms from the coast of Somalia in East Africa. Two years ago she
> arrived in Somalia on 21 November and on 22 November in 2011. The crossing
> of the ocean occurs considerably further south this year.
>
> After almost three years, this falcon must be the world champion as for
> long-term satellite tracking of a small bird with a 5 g PTT.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd Meyburg
> Christiane Meyburg
> Rina Pretorius
>
>
>
> P.S.: We apologise for not always beeing able to respond to the requests we
> receive regarding telemetry. We have to do ornithology in our very limited
> spare time.
>
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