Hope for the Griffon Vulture Egg from Tuzha

You might remember that the first nesting of Griffon Vultures in the Central Balkan Mountains was documented in early March. The field assistant of the New Life for the Vultures LIFE14 NAT/BG/649 Project informed us that a pair of vultures was sitting on an egg in a nest. To everybody’s surprise, however, the young and inexperienced birds had made their nest directly on the ground! http://greenbalkans.org/VulturesBack/en/First-nest-of-Griffon-Vultures-in-Central-Balkan-Mountains.p480

Since the egg was highly vulnerable and likely to be lost to predators or passing livestock, it was obvious that hatching on the spot would be impossible. The egg was then transported and set in an incubator and has since been regularly monitored by the Wildlife Rescue Centre team. The embryo is currently developing. As the total length of incubation with this species is around 54 days, it will probably take about three weeks for a baby vulture to hatch (provided there are no problems with its development, of course). This story has aroused the interest of many people who would like to know how it all goes so we’ll keep you posted about the outcome of the incubation.

For more information, please contact:
Elena Stoeva – Project Manager LIFE14 NAT/BG/649, Mobile: 0887574699, е-mail: etilova@greenbalkans.org