Eggs, eggs, eggs … or, how is the breeding season for the Saker falcons at the Green Balkans Rescue Centre going!
31.03.2021These days we made a "revision" of the eggs that the falcon pairs at the Rescue Centre have laid since the beginning of the breeding season this year.
From 12 pairs at the Centre, and 11 copulating at the moment, we have a total of 49 laid eggs! In 5 of the pairs, the eggs were taken and placed in the Centre's incubators, to stimulate them for a second hatch. Another 3 pairs' first hatchery will be moved to the incubators by the team of the 'Reintroduction of the Saker falcon in Bulgaria' project.
We are happy to share with you that out of a total of 24 eggs in the incubators, 15 are certainly fertilized and have embryos!
But let's explain a little bit about this action of our team. Why do we deprive bird pairs of their eggs?
This is one way to simulate an incident that is common in nature and that causes the eggs or young of wild birds to disappear. If these incidents occur at the beginning of the breeding season, then the birds start copulating again and create a second generation!
In this case, to release more young and support the wild population of the Saker falcon in our country, at the Centre we resort to this measure, which, we hope, will result in more Saker falcons in the skies of Bulgaria!
The 'Reintroduction of the Saker Falcon in Bulgaria' project is funded by Mohamed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund and Armeec JSC.
From 12 pairs at the Centre, and 11 copulating at the moment, we have a total of 49 laid eggs! In 5 of the pairs, the eggs were taken and placed in the Centre's incubators, to stimulate them for a second hatch. Another 3 pairs' first hatchery will be moved to the incubators by the team of the 'Reintroduction of the Saker falcon in Bulgaria' project.
We are happy to share with you that out of a total of 24 eggs in the incubators, 15 are certainly fertilized and have embryos!
But let's explain a little bit about this action of our team. Why do we deprive bird pairs of their eggs?
This is one way to simulate an incident that is common in nature and that causes the eggs or young of wild birds to disappear. If these incidents occur at the beginning of the breeding season, then the birds start copulating again and create a second generation!
In this case, to release more young and support the wild population of the Saker falcon in our country, at the Centre we resort to this measure, which, we hope, will result in more Saker falcons in the skies of Bulgaria!
The 'Reintroduction of the Saker Falcon in Bulgaria' project is funded by Mohamed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund and Armeec JSC.
