Micro aircraft used to help guide birds to Spanish stopover as part of efforts to create sustaining migratory population Fifteen new birds have joined a growing flock of bald ibises in northern Spain, guided there by human migration guides in micro aircraft who helped them along the route. The birds are part of the growing European flock of the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita), the charismatic and frankly extraordinary bird that had been extinct on the continent for 300 years. Continue reading...
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Rare northern bald ibises take flight in human-led European migration project
Micro aircraft used to help guide birds to Spanish stopover as part of efforts to create sustaining migratory population Fifteen new birds have joined a growing flock of bald ibises in northern Spain, guided there by human migration guides in micro aircraft who helped them along the route. The birds are part of the growing European flock of the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita), the charismatic and frankly extraordinary bird that had been extinct on the continent for 300 years. Continue reading...
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