Another ringed “Bulgarian” Egyptian vultures observed this time in Greece

27.08.2012

A couple of weeks ago we informed you about an observation of one of our Egyptian vultures in Turkey . On the 21st of August young Egyptian vulture with a yellow plastic ring and code KOT was observed at the feeding station in Dadia Soufli Lefkimi Forest National Park in Greece. Then on the 22nd of August in the same place another Egyptian vulture with a yellow plastic...

Rescue of one chick in Dadia National Park, Greece

27.08.2012

On 14th of August our volunteers who controlled three times per week the growth of chicks from view-points noticed that one of the chicks, was missing. The same day, in the afternoon, our field researcher Elzbieta Kret went below the nest and after intensive searching in the base of the rock, she found the chick hidden under a rock recess. We were very lucky to find the...

What happens to the small Egyptian Vultures?

17.08.2012

On August 9 our field assistant Stefan Rousinov alerted that one of the juvenile Egyptian Vultures in the Northeastern Bulgaria has fallen from its nest. The incident happened during his first attempt to fly. Stefan managed to find the bird under the rocks where the nest is located. However his joy was not long, because the small Egyptian vulture effortlessly managed to fly...

Quest for Egyptian vultures in Albania

17.08.2012

On the Balkans, the Egyptian vulture inhabits five countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey and Albania. The breeding population in Bulgaria and Greece is monitored regularly in relation to the implementation of the LIFE+ project “Return of the Neophron” (LIFE10 NAT/BG/000152). During this year, a monitoring of the breeding population in...

Safe food for the Egyptian vultures

09.08.2012

In May we started supplementary feeding for the most of the guarded nests in Bulgaria. We are executing the feeding according to a specially developed methodology that ensures the high quality of the meat. The methodology was especially worked out in the framework of the project “The Return of the Neophron”. We tried to adapt the vultures to eat on...

Ringed „Bulgarian“ Egyptian vulture was observed in Turkey

09.08.2012

In July 2012 close to a rubbish dump place in North Turkey an young Egyptian vulture with color ring was observed and photographed from MME (BirdLife Hungary) team. The ring was placed from BSPB experts in 2010 to an young from the territory of Nature Park „Rusenski Lom“ in Bulgaria. This is the only bird that is secondary observed from 25 marked...