Israel Raptor Nest Cam / Facebook
Israeli ornithologists with the support of the army special forces raised fingerboard with the help of a quadcopter
Israel Raptor Nest Cam / Facebook
Israeli ornithologists with the support of the army special forces raised fingerboard with the help of a quadcopter, writes NEWSru.com Israel with reference to the newspaper “gaarets”. 27 Jun vulture chick first left the nest.
It took 132 days after he hatched in his nest, and after 52 days after the death of his mother in a collision with a high voltage wire. Four times a day, people fed the bird using a drone.
What happened in the North of Israel the story of the bird became the world’s first successful attempt to bring up a motherless large predatory bird using the quadcopter.
After the death of the mother the father of the chick threw their offspring, but did not deliver one. In the framework of the program “birds of Prey live” single father helped the ornithologists of the Department of nature conservation and national parks. The equipment was provided by the company XTEND, developed a management platform of a drone in difficult topographical conditions, and the quadcopter was operated by the special forces soldiers.
The population of vultures in the middle East declined sharply, and in recent years, the bird is on the verge of extinction. Therefore, in the management of nature protection make a major effort to save these birds.