Supplementary food for breeding success

04.04.2014

With the arrival of the Egyptian vultures starts the individual supplementary feeding with high quality food. The meat is free from substances harmful to the birds: high concentration of antibiotics, heavy metals, pesticides and other chemicals. We focus on some individual and more problematic pairs of Egyptian Vultures: with not enough “responsible husbands”,...

What can reveal the genetics for the Egyptian Vulture

02.04.2014

Over 60 Egyptian vultures DNA samples from the Balkans will be analyzed by the end of summer. The aim of the study is to compare the genetic diversity between the populations of the species in the Balkans, Western Europe, and Asia Minor. This will allow assessing the level of inbreeding – mating of pairs who are genetically closely related. Inbreeding results in...

Photo traps for capture knowledge about the Egyptian Vultures

01.04.2014

The team of the LIFE + Project “The return of the Neophron” have installed for third year in Northern Bulgaria an observing camera in a niche, where a pair of Egyptian Vultures nests. Now it is time for the photo traps. Few days before the arrival of the Egyptian Vultures, we had installed photo traps in two nests in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, as the life...

The first Egyptian vultures arrived in Bulgaria, (to open the new tourist season in Eastern Rhodopes)

25.03.2014

The bird, known with its intellect and wanderlust, have returned in Bulgaria to breed, after spending the cold winter months in warmer tropical and subtropical regions. All observations have occurred in the last few days. The three pairs, observed in Eastern Rhodopes, arrived at the same time, when the Nature Conservation Center "Eastern Rhodopes" in the town of...

Тhey arrived!

24.03.2014

The first Egyptian vultures arrived in Bulgaria! Three pairs were observed in their nests in the Eastern Rhodopes. Also, a single bird was spotted in the the Russenski Lom Natural Park - the northest location of the species in Eastern Europe, where in 2013 the male bird of the pair disappeared during the incubation and the breeding failed. We were afraid that the...

Vulture center in Madzharovo opens the new season with new-look exhibition

21.03.2014

On the first day of Spring (22nd March) the Bulgarian society for the protection of birds (BSPB) opens the new tourist season in the Nature conservation center Eastern Rodopes in the town of Madzharovo with new-look exhibition. It is a result of the financial support of the New Thracian gold project and the efforts of the BSPB most active volunteers. Speaking of...