The daredevil flight to save rare birds
By Sophie Hardach18th December 2023
Storms, an eagle attack, emergency landings, and a unique bond: how scientists led a flight of endangered ibises on a 2,300km journey to their new winter sanctuary.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article...ith-rare-birds
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Malum Argenteum
That's cool, and really good that people are willing and able to do this. Kind of unfortunate that we have to micromanage so much of the "natural" world, though.
Reminds me of a similar project here in the US with whooping cranes (not sure whether they use the ultralight technique anymore, but that was a big part of initial efforts):
https://savingcranes.org/learn/speci...into-the-wild/
We are members of ICF - the pair of sandhills that nest on our property are part of their ongoing research population (this year was the worst breeding season on record, unfortunately). I got to help capture and tag (glue a transmitter onto) a young crane once, which was really cool. That particular crane ended up as coyote food; so it goes.
I agree, it's rather sad but now essential help for the natural world. And I remember seeing something about leading other birds with an ultralight- that's so cool that you have some sandhills in your midst, & that you've had a chance to help.
