We have great news from the field collaborators of the 'Reintroduction of the Saker falcon in Bulgaria' project! A mystery that haunted our team since the first days on the field was solved!
After almost a month of watching and lurking in the area of Hack 1, where we release the young falcons, we can now happily say that the mysterious visitor to the place, the falcon X, who visited the young all the time was revealed!
It turned out that this was our "old" acquaintance with a blue 1K ring. He was released as part of our project activities in 2016. Subsequently, two years in a row - in 2018 and 2019 - he was observed several times at the same place.
'The bird is wild and does not allow us to get close enough to look at it more closely or photograph it. Unlike 2018, when he ate together with the young in the hack, now he stands at a distance and makes a living by hunting in the area. So he made our mission even more difficult, but we were persistent and succeeded'. This was shared with us by the field associate on the project Yana Andonova.
The retention of previously released birds in the area shows that it is appropriately selected for species recovery activities. For now, the cases of such birds are rare, but we hope that in the future they will become more and more. And why not one day to inhabit one of the dozens of artificial nests that our team with such enthusiasm puts in the area within the activities for the release of young birds!
The 'Reintroduction of the Saker Falcon in Bulgaria' project is financed by Mohamed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund and Armeec JSC.
After almost a month of watching and lurking in the area of Hack 1, where we release the young falcons, we can now happily say that the mysterious visitor to the place, the falcon X, who visited the young all the time was revealed!
It turned out that this was our "old" acquaintance with a blue 1K ring. He was released as part of our project activities in 2016. Subsequently, two years in a row - in 2018 and 2019 - he was observed several times at the same place.
'The bird is wild and does not allow us to get close enough to look at it more closely or photograph it. Unlike 2018, when he ate together with the young in the hack, now he stands at a distance and makes a living by hunting in the area. So he made our mission even more difficult, but we were persistent and succeeded'. This was shared with us by the field associate on the project Yana Andonova.
The retention of previously released birds in the area shows that it is appropriately selected for species recovery activities. For now, the cases of such birds are rare, but we hope that in the future they will become more and more. And why not one day to inhabit one of the dozens of artificial nests that our team with such enthusiasm puts in the area within the activities for the release of young birds!
The 'Reintroduction of the Saker Falcon in Bulgaria' project is financed by Mohamed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund and Armeec JSC.
