MIGRATION STUDIES OF BLACK
STORK IN MONGOLIA
MIGRATION STUDIES OF BLACK
STORK IN MONGOLIA
In March of 2004, the Mongolian Ornithological Society, Faculty of Biology, NUM, and Czech Radio, Union of Czech and Slovak zoological gardens signed agreement of the cooperative field research on tracking of Black Stork migration in Mongolia between 2004-2005. The objective of the agreement was to establish cooperative research on migration studies of Black Stork in Mongolia; to analyze the migration track data from satellite; and to find out other possibilities to co-operate on Mongolian bird species.
 Mongolian and Czech Field Team Members During Black Stork Study. July, 2004. |
In the beginning of July, four researchers,
who are Miroslav Bobek, Lubomir Peske, Premysl Rabas, and Frantisek
Pojer from Czech visited to Mongolia and joined with Gomboo and Odkhuu. One of the field trip aims was to catch
two adults
and fit solar and normal battery satellite telemetries on back of Black Storks in
Central Mongolia. Before July field trip, Gomboo and his colleagues searched
active nests of Black stork in Central Mongolia and found three nests contained
eggs and
chicks. 2 days later of Czech members arrival in Ulaanbaatar field trip
members
moved to first site of the Stork with 4 chicks nested on the cliff in
Gatsaa, 40 kms west of Ulaanbaatar along Tuul river valley and
trapped
adult male stork named "Chingis" half day later of the visits
to site and fitted the solar satellite telemetry.
Two days later members tried to catch another adult Stork in Shuvuun Davaa, eastern border of Khustai National Park which is the protected area re-introduced Przewalskii's Wild Horse (Takhi in Mongolian). It took several days because chick was older age and the nest located on the unsuitable cliff to trap by special net prepared by very experienced researchers of Czech for catching adult storks in Europe. During catching the adult, Gomboo and Premysl Rabas searched stork nests in north of Ulaanbaatar where is an area,
 Satellite tagged Black Stork "Chingis". July, 2004. Photo by Halil. |
Gomboo observed several breeding pairs in June. With help of Davaasambuu (local man), they found the nest with 4 chicks nested on Larix tree.
While Gomboo and Premysl Rabas drive to Ulaanbaatar, other members in the Shuvuu Davaa caught second adult stork and fitted satellite telemetry and named "Tuya" (Gomboo's wife name). Equipping storks were very successfully at this time in Mongolia. We need to wait for how satellite telemetry will work next days. Fortunately both telemetries worked very well and successfully tracked two adults of the Stork to India, wintering ground through China.
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to get the detail date and tracks
of migratory storks from Central Mongolia to wintering ground and other
migration studies of European Black storks and about New Odyssey project of
Czech in English.
