türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Milliyet Newspaper, 25 September 2021)
stork flight links to a story about a stork recently
tracked from Bursa in Turkey to Chad in Africa.
Uninsulated electrical wires to blame :(
A forest eagle with a tracking device put on it by BSPB, bird-lover
organization Birdlife's Bulgarian partner, has been found dead in
Erdoğdu village in Turkey's Konya province. The eagle crashed
into an electrical wire with no insulation.
The eagle, which left its nest two months ago, was being tracked
in connection with an investigation into the factors threatening species
with a migration route in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian bird experts suspected that the bird had died because the
tracking signal was coming from the same place continually. So
they contacted Cansu Özcan, an expert Turkish biologist known for
her work on eagles. In turn, Özcan got in touch with İbrahim Soner
Güzel, a local bird watcher, and local hunting groups.
A team then went to the spot of the signal and found the eagle lying
dead under an electrical tower. Many other birds have died because
of the electric wires in the area. Özcan explained that 73% of the small
forest eagles in the world are found in Europe and they mate in Turkey.
She noted that "the primary factor threatening this species are the
uninsulated electrical wires."
Turkey as "autobahn" for migrating birds.
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