They have been launched from a tower apart from the one deliberate as a result of the consultants verified rivalry issues with an already settled grownup couple The chicks have been fed and managed in captivity in a tower from which they’ll see the setting to set it as a reference The chicks come from a nest in Córdoba that collapsed and one other in Jaén that fell to the bottom
As defined by the Migres Foundation in a observe, in accordance with the planning of the Imperial Eagle Plan for 2023, it was deliberate to launch eight chickens within the tower constructed final yr. Finally there have been six and from a tower situated on a farm within the Los Alcornocales pure park, in Alcalá de los Gazules, completely different from final yr, because the consultants verified rivalry issues with an already settled grownup couple.
The system used is hacking, by way of which chickens are fed and managed in captivity in a tower from which they’ll see the setting to set it as a reference. The chicks come from 5 extractions within the pure setting in Sierra Morena, two from a nest in Córdoba that collapsed and one other from a nest in Jáen that fell to the bottom and was situated by Plan workers. This yr the technical help of the operation has been carried out by the Migres Foundation.
Work for this launch started on June 26. The two chicks from Córdoba had been beforehand reintroduced of their respective nests in Doñana to bolster that nucleus, however one among them needed to be rescued instantly when it fell as a result of, regardless of going by way of the CREA (Centres for the Recovery of Threatened Species) in Córdoba, it didn’t he was match to be launched. The different was discovered on the foot of the nest ten days after its launch, so it was determined to dedicate it to hacking.
For the care of the animals, they’ve had the assistance of the Córdoba zoo and the RED de Creas de la Junta. Experts from the CSIC and the Migres Foundation, chaired by the biologist Miguel Ferrer, have been accountable for advising and marking with PVC rings and carry GPS transmitters.
According to the protocol, the birds stay within the cages till they’re 75 days previous, at which period they’re opened and flown. Migres consultants level out that the most suitable choice on this case has been to attend till the older chicks are 80-90 days previous, to get the smallest ones as near 75 days as attainable.
Last yr Andalusia reached a brand new report for Iberian imperial eagle chicks born locally, with 166 specimens, in addition to nesting pairs with 129, in accordance with the 2021 census launched by the regional authorities.
Three provinces are those with the most important variety of breeding pairs, Jaén being the primary with 53, Córdoba with 32 and Seville with 29. They are adopted by Huelva and Cádiz with six pairs every and Granada with three. By nesting territories, the overwhelming majority are situated in Sierra Morena, the place 107 pairs have been recorded.
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