On 3 October Kasper remained around the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve. We didn’t receive any good locations from him during the last transmission cycle earlier today – the charge on his tag was very low. It has not been charging well for a while, possibly because Kasper has been spending his time under the canopy of the forest reserve.
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No transmission from Kasper
06 Oct 2011
No change for Kasper
27 Sep 2011
Three low quality messages from Kasper on 26 September show that he is still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve, Nigeria.
Kasper staying put
22 Sep 2011
The latest message from Kasper shows that he is still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve, and making very short feeding forays around his immediate vicinity.
Kasper wintering in Nigeria?
12 Sep 2011
Kasper is still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve, Nigeria, the area he has frequented since 9 August. Like Clement, he must be finding plenty of food and the local conditions to his liking. Could both of these birds spend the winter here?
No change for Kasper
31 Aug 2011
No change in Kasper's position. He remains near the forest reserve and makes trips around the surrounding farmland.
Kasper finds good foraging?
24 Aug 2011
Kasper has remained in the area around the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve in northern Nigeria since the last update. He has clearly found good foraging conditions – we are interested to see how long he will remain there.
No movement from Kasper
22 Aug 2011
On Wednesday early morning (17 August) and Sunday evening (21 August) Kasper was still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest reserve in northern Nigeria.
Kasper unmoved
11 Aug 2011
On Tuesday afternoon (9 August), Kasper was still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve area.
Kasper seems settled again
09 Aug 2011
On Sunday morning (7 August) Kasper was still in northern Nigeria about 40km (25 miles) from the border with Niger. He appears to be settled in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve, where he has been for at least a week, hopefully having found good foraging conditions. The temperature today is 25°C with scattered cloud and the possibility of thunderstorms.
Kasper searching for a spot
01 Aug 2011
Kasper has moved back! Having moved 200km south of his previous position in southern Chad and then approached Kano city, Kasper returned north and is now 110km (67 miles) SE from his original position! From google earth, this area looks to be better served with water features and patches of woodland than the more southerly area he visited so it appears he is wandering in search of favourable conditions rather than undertaking ‘true’ migratory movements at the moment.
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