It
has been quite a while since our last updates and we are delighted to see that
both KS and KU have reached their breeding sites!
KS
reached the west of Momskiy Mountains in the last week of May. After spending
two days there to replenish, it flew 157km east across the 2000m mountains to
reach its nesting location.
Within
a few days of arriving, KS has chosen its nesting area. The movement of KS
in its first week of arrival was quite extensive, covering up to an area of
500km2. Moving on to the second week, movement significantly shrunk to less
than 100km2. Movement further limited to a 5km x 5km area in the third week
indicating that KS is highly likely to be nesting.
Fig 3b. Movement of KS around nesting
location - Week 2: 6-Jun to 12-Jun
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Fig 3c. Movement of KS around nesting
location - Week 3: 13-Jun to 19-Jun
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Also
within a week of arriving, a significant change in area of movement was observed. In the first week, KU moved in a wider area of up to 520km2.
Afterwards, it settled down in the second week within a 13km x 10km area.
Fig 5b. Movement of KU
around nesting location - Week 2: 14-Jun to 19-Jun
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On
top of KS and KU which successfully made their journey to the breeding ground,
we still regularly receive signals from both LA (at Eighty Mile Beach) and JX
(at Palawan, the Philippines).
20 June 2017
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