Today, by the video surveillance at the “Rastoke” feeding station on Uvac, our Griffon Vulture named “Zlatar” was recorded. The Zlatar is equipped with a GPS/GSM satellite device with the code S/N 182193 and for several months we are following him daily. More about GPS tracking you can read here… »
ZLATAR
On the January 11th and 12th of 2019, an exhibition of photographs XIV contest of the Birds of Prey Protection Foundation under the auspices of the Photo Association of Serbia was held.
On the January 11 at 7 pm, in the presence of many of our dear guests,the exhibition was opened by the director of the Foundation Irena Hribšek.
The ambience at the Cultural Center “Vlada Divljan” was complemented by the classical music of the piano maestro.
… as well as showing beautiful pictures taken by the drone over the Rastoke feeding station in our Uvac.
Numerous guests had the opportunity to enjoy in the works of thirteen authors competition, and part of the ambience can be seen in the next gallery.
There were also educational posters of the Foundation, as well a calendar for 2019. year… »
The audience’s award at the exhibition was given to the photo of “Kukumavka (Athene noctua)” by the author Mr. Predrag Kostin. Congratulations to Predrag, and we would like to thank everyone who came on our exhibition.
Especially thanks to the Cultural Center “Vlado Divljan” for the provided space and help with the organization of the exhibition. We hope that we will continue to cooperate in the future.
PUBLIC AWARD:
At the end of last year, of all the submitted works on the competition, the jury consisting of: Zoran Milutinović, Luka Ristanović, Aleksandar Milosavljević, Saša Preradović and Jozef Gergelj chose the photographs that received the award.
I AWARD is the little owl, Glaucidium passerinum, author Vladan Vučković:
II AWARD is a photography of a Spotted Eagle, Clanga clanga by Levente Sekereš:
III AWARD is the work of Geze Farkaša the White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla and the Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix:
Congratulations to all awarded authors and we would like to thank to all the participants at the Competition.
In the middle of December last year, we received information about our Griffon Vulture with the winged mark “18”, which was found in Turkey near the Syrian border (about which we wrote here …”).
This young female hatched at Uvac and marked on the nest in 2018 by Marking Team of the Birds of Prey Protection Foundation.
LOCALITY WHERE IS THE NEST:
MAGNIFICENT VIEW OVER THE NEST WHERE THE BIRD WAS MARKED ON THE 1.6.2018. YEARS:
During the marking she was the calmest Vulture and she was known about her “selfy” photographs together with members of the Marking Team. That is why she was named “DOBRILA”.
Dobrila successfully left the nest and her first report was near the city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey, 12.12.2018. years.
According to our data, which we have because of the long-term regular implementation of the program of marking and monitoring of vultures, about 92% of young birds wander. Most migrate to the southeastern Mediterranean. On that occasion, a large number of them suffer in various ways, from poisoning, electrocution, poaching, exhaustion, etc. About 62% manage to return to homeland
Thus, Dobrila was found in Turkey, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of that country informed us, in accordance with good international practice of protection of endangered species.
After the inspection and several days of supervision by an authorized veterinarian she recovered and was released.
PLACE OF RELEASE:
Unfortunately, by the end of December, she was found by the border patrol of the Turkish army. The soldiers caught the bird, placed her in warm place, fed her, and then handed over to the National Parks Directorate. In the first moment it was thought that she has broken the wing, but the examination found only a minor injuries.
She is now safe under expert supervision. According to the veterinarian, she recovered, she is ready to fly, but she will still be waiting for the weather to improve and strengthen.
We hope Dobrila will be lucky and find her way back to Uvac. We are going to continue our work on creating more favorable conditions in Serbia in order to keep these birds in greater numbers in our country, less wandering and risking. Here we primarily refer to the opening of new feeding places.
It is extreme important to continue of marking and monitoring of the vultures so we can know where our birds are moving and how we can help them. About marking and how you can support this activity, read here … »
Calendar for 2019. with the most beautiful photographs from this year’s XIV Competition of the Birds of Prey Protection FOundation under the auspices of the “Photo Association of Serbia” can be purchased at the office of the Foundation at a price of 400,00 RSD. The funds obtained from the calendar are used for activities to protect the birds of prey. (Contact… »)
The calendar can be seenHERE… »
The exhibition of photographs of birds from the XIV competition of the Birds of Prey Protection Foundation will be held on the 11. and 12. of January 2019. in the Cultural Center “Vlada Divljan”, Mitropolita Petra No 8 in Belgrade. The opening of the exhibition is on the 11.01.2019. at 19:00. Welcome!
The Birds of Prey Protection Foundation took a part in “Workshop for the future of Vulture in Balkans. Tackling Threats and Building Network opportunities, Messolonghi, Greece” from 7th to 9th of December 2018. We thank our hosts for the hospitality and extraordinary organization of the workshop.
At the same time as we stayed in Greece, we received information from Maria Ganoti and a photo of our Griffon Vulture with wing label “33” located at Athens on Mount Parnitha.
We marked him in May this year on Uvac, and the last time he was recorded with video surveillance on September 30, 2018. at the Rastoke feeding station on Uvac:
In Turkey, near the Syrian border was found in our griffon vulture with a wing with “18”. He was the gentlest sup at this year marking the Uvac and is known for its “self” photographs with team members marking the Foundation for the Protection of Birds of Prey.
The bird is found starved, but healthy and after recovery he will be released. The Vulture was taken over by the Burak Tatar Wildlife Biologist Department” of the Wildlife Management Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In addition to the Vulture named “Kerem”, which was also saved in Turkey (more about that… » ) this is another example of good practice that shows how Turkey has made progress in protecting endangered species in recent years.
Unfortunately, because of the small number of feeding stations in Serbia, there is a sharp competition in the winter period, and young birds are forced to leave Serbia. We estimate that about 50 young birds from Serbia died from such wanderings annually.
The photo of “Marija mts” we have got from Brano Rudić. He made it on the “Vape River” near the Uvac. Satellite tracking shows her movement during that period on the same place.
Photography by Brano Rudić from 27.10.2018.:
Satellite track record of “Marija mts” on the October 26th and 27th of 2018. year:
Photo of “Marija mts” before she was released with satellite transmitter and wing marker “06”, on the 1.9.2018. More about that here… »
Dear friends,
The Web site of the Foundation is enriched with many new contents. There are informations about marking…» and “naming – adoption”…» of Griffon Vultures, our Center…» for the Rehabilitation of Birds of Prey, “GPS TRacking”…» two Griffon Vultures – Zlatar and Marija, to which we are particularly proud of. How you can get involved…» and support a number of activities. You can also see some of our activities in “Photo”…» and “Video”…» Gallery.
Our goal is to keep the presentation up-to-date and to provide informations about the latest events in the field of protection and conservation of this group of birds and biodiversity of Serbia in general. We also would like to have a lot of interaction with visitors to our Presentation (contact…»).
Welcome!
Photographs of the Griffon Vulture “Dodo” were taken in Bulgaria on the Studen rock, near the border with Turkey. We were sent by Dimiter. Dodo was last recorded on Mount Carmel in Israel in March this year. It seems he is coming back home to Uvac. He is last year’s bird, who as marked at the nest at Uvac.
Jury: Zoran Milutinovic, Luke Ristanović, Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Sasa Preradović and Joseph Gergely chose photos that have received the award.
I AWARD is the little owl, Glaucidium passerinum, author Vladan Vučković:
II AWARD is a photography of a Spotted Eagle, Clanga clanga by Levente Sekereš:
III AWARD is the work of Geze Farkaša the White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla and the Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix:
Congratulations to all awarded authors and we would like to thank all the participants at the Competition. At the exhibition on the December 1st, 2018, in the Gallery “Čubrilo” in “Sibinjanin Janka” tower in Zemun we will present 30 photos from this year’s competition by 11 authors, as well as a poster of winning photo and promote the Calendar for the 2019. Welcome!
