LifeTrack of White Stork, HK073 / tag 2561 , Ciconia ciconia 2012 to 2013

1. LifeTrack of White Stork, HK073 / tag 2561, Ciconiaciconia 2012 to 2013 Sex: Male Born: estimated 7.June 2012 Nest location: Reesdorf/ Germany Tagging Date: 02.August 2012 Ring no.: HK073 Mother: Siblings: Died in: Zambia / Africa Date of death: 9th of Feb 2013 Cause of death: Sponsors: MPIO and HUJ/DIP, StorchenhofLohburg Special info:

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4. Your assistance is greatly appreciated in retrieving a GPS device from a dead stork that is probably in the bush about 3km south of Mfuwe National Airport. The stork that was carrying the device was part of a research study on stork migration. Storks migrate tremendous distances and spend some time in Zambia's eastern province. The researchers who are involved with this project would like to find the dead stork in order to estimate why it died and get GPS device back because it contains the last data that may help to relate the last movements to its death. The GPS coordinates for the device are latitude -13.29092 and longitude 31.95166 with an accuracy of about 5 meters. To get close to the device to find it on the ground, you will need a GPS unit. The green arrow on the map to the right shows the location of the device which is about 3km south of Mfuwe Airport. To zoom in to this area using Google Maps, type this address in your web browser: http://goo.gl/maps/m0AOL The map on the next page show the location of the stork in reference to nearby schools. The GPS device stopped transmitting its location to the satellite in early February 2013, however before it stopped working it was in the same location for quite a while, so the bird was probably lying there for quite some time. It probably stopped working because the batteries died, but it might have been picked up and/or damaged by an animal or person. There do not appear to be any houses near the device so it probably lying in the bush. The device is small, about the size of half a pack of cigarettes and was attached to the bird with a backpack like harness. Look for a bird carcass on the ground, and/or some straps or GPS device. If you find a carcass try to estimate the cause of death and take pictures. If you are willing to go out and look for it or if it was found, kindly contact the biologist of the project Shay Rotics at shay.rotics@mail.huji.ac.il. It is recommended to contact Shay before going out to get the most recent update.

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7. Correspondence 18th May 2013 Dear Rachel and the teamHere is some info on the dead stork form Zambia: It was tagged with a GSM transmitter in the nest on the 2-Aug-2012 on the village Reesdorf, state of Sachsen-Anhult, Germany. It was a male, tag number is 2561, ring number HK073. It started migrating from Germany on the 28-Aug, pass over Ethiopia, Kenay and Tanzania to Zambia where it died on 9-Feb-2013. Another sibling was tagged in this nest, it stopped transmitting in mid Dec in Tanzania and we do not know if it is dead or alive. We tagged in the summer of 2012 18 juvenile storks. 8 of them died so far, 5 are active and the other 5 have disappeared. Our general aim is to gain better understanding of the migration and survival of young (and adult) storks in relation to environmental conditions and to learn about the reasons for the high mortality rates of young storks.The tags that we use are manufactured by E-Obs, Germany, they send to us an sms with the 5 location of the stork twice a day. However, most of the data is not sent by the sms, it is stored on-board the transmitter and available to download by Radio link in ca. 0.5 km distance. We are very thankful for retrieving the transmitter because in addition to its reuse we can now have the data which is stored on the transmitter only. Attached:kml file (for use with google earth software) and picture (in case you don't use google earth) of the dead stork track. All the best

8. Correspondence From: Rachel [mailto:rachel@slcszambia.org] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 3:11 PMTo: 'Shay Rotics'; 'bensonkanyembo'; 'Matthew Becker'Cc: 'Bruce Clegg'; 'Ran Nathan'; 'Martin Wikelski'; 'Keeves, Brigitta'; 'אוהד הצופהOhadHatzofe'; 'Wayne Getz'Subject: RE: Dead storks with transmitters in Zambia Hi Shay, sorry I did not get pictures as I sent scouts to find it, it was well hidden in tall grass but on a lagoon that had dried out. There was a breast bone and a leg bone but that’s all and the bones seemed intact and were clean. Therefore no idea on the cause of death. We have Fedex here so please send me the correct address when you have a chance. Glad we could be of help. Kind regards Rachel PS Where were these birds collared and when, out of interest. Rachel McRobb, CEO South Luangwa Conservation Society P.O Box 3, Mfuwe, Zambia Mobile: +26 0979 180452 / Landline: +260 6 246069

9. CORRESPONDENCE Thanks, soundsgreat, so Rachel will searchfortheonenearthe Airport andyourteamtheone in Luambe. Becausethe time thatpassed, thecharacteroftheareaandtheattributesofthe last datapointsfromtheLuambe tag I estimate 50% chanceto find it, so pleasekeepthis in mindifconditionsthereareverydifficult. Warm regards Shay On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Matthew Becker <matt@zambiacarnivores.org> wrote: Hi guys, our team is going there in the next couple days but a big rain apparently messed things up for a bit. We’ll try Luambe when the roads are accessible, M Hello Manythanksfortheplannedsearchingeffort. Transmitter has UHF frequency - 867.910, workingfrom 12:00 - 00:00 GMT time , howeversincethe solar chargedbatteryisprobablyemptymostchancesitiscurrently not working. The beststrategyistogowith a GPS andsearchcarefullythelocation in about 20 meterradius. Pleasekeepmeupdated on howitgoes Goodluck Shay