Newsletter 10/08/2016
From August 4 to 7, an international symposium was held in Seekirchen am Wallersee, Salzburg, at the invitation of the European species conservation project LIFE + Reason for Hope. 37 scientists and wildlife conservation experts from 13 countries discussed the implementation of measures to prevent the extinction of the Northern Bald Ibis and achieve a downgrade of this species from the currently highest threat category in the red list of threatened species within the next ten years.
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Newsletter 21/07/2016
In autumn 2012, the Northern Bald Ibis called Shorty fell behind during the migration flight towards south and therefore overwintered in Switzerland near Lake Zug on her own. This story caused much sensation, especially in Switzerland. Now the story repeats, this time concerning the young female NBI called “Hannibal”.
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Newsletter 12/07/2016
The reintroduction of the Northern Bald Ibis in Europe is co-financed by the European Community in the context of the LIFE+ program. LIFE is the EU's largest financial instrument supporting environmental, conservation and climate projects.
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Newsletter 25/06/2016
As stated already in a previous newsletter, the two NBI groups reared by human foster parents have been merged to a group on June 17. Since then, the 32 birds are kept in a large aviary at Gezing, Seekirchen am Wallersee, cared for by the two foster mothers Anne and Corinna (CorAnne).
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Newsletter 24/06/2016
A meeting in Vienna on June 2 marked the start of a new, interdisciplinary research project with the Bald Ibis in the context of the human-led migration. It aims to continue a series of highly successful data collections and publications. Since 2014, there have been a series of publications in high-ranking scientific journals, up to a cover story in NATURE, covering topics like the function, energetics, physiology and dynamics of bird flight. A quote list can be found at the bottom.
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Newsletter 20/06/2016
Every project season has its particular singularity. This year, the hand-raising of our young NBIs is characterised by unforeseen “staff dynamics”.
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Newsletter 13/06/2016
In October 2012, the two Northern Bald Ibises Goja and Jedi were shot in the province of Livorno in Italy. Unfortunately, these were not the only cases of illegal bird hunting. In the period from 2002 to 2013, around 70% of the losses of released Northern Bald Ibises were due to illegal hunting in Italy (Fritz & Unsöld 2015). However, the case of Goja and Jedi was special because the responsible hunter could be identified for the first time.
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Newsletter 21/04/2016
Since Sunday, the visitors of Zoo Vienna can observe our human-foster parents raising their chicks. Hand-raising takes place in a container, which is placed near the Northern Bald Ibis aviary.
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Newsletter 10/04/2016
Yesterday the first 16 chicks have arrived at Zoo Vienna for hand-raising. They all come from the breeding colony at Tierpark Rosegg in Carinthia. Next week, another 16 chicks will be added, partly provided from the breeding colony in Rosegg, partly from the breeding colony of the Konrad-Lorenz research station in Grünau, Upper Austria.
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Newsletter 31/03/2016
On March 19th, the two adult NBIs Jazu and Salem departed from Tuscany. This year´s spring migration started about one week earlier than in the previous years. Both birds swiftly flew to the southern edge of the Alps, staying there for a while because bad weather conditions prevented them from flying on. On March 27th Jazu crossed the Alps, the next day he arrived at the breeding area of Burghausen (Bavaria). Salem, on the other hand, is still staying south of the Alps. Meanwhile, even more NBIs have left the wintering site and are heading towards the breeding areas of Burghausen (Bavaria) and Kuchl (Salzburg).
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Newsletter 26/01/2016
Meanwhile, all our birds are in their wintering area WWF Oasi Laguna di Orbetello. As in 2014, the autumn migration was a rather difficult task.
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Newsletter 25/11/2015
As already reported, the autumn migration 2015 started in time mid of August, when the birds left their breeding sites at Burghausen in Bavaria and Kuchl in Salzburg. All birds met near the airport of Salzburg and remained there.
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