Two cameras are installed in Greece. One is in Nea Santa - in the same niche, where in 2012 and 2013 was placed a camera. We look forward to find out if this year the pair of Egyptian vultures will choose the place for their home or another occupant will move into it - as happened in 2012, when it was occupied by a peregrine falcon. The other camera is mounted in the Dadia National Park.
These technologies give us valuable information about the behavior of the species and their feeding habits. This helps us to make wise decisions when implementing direct conservation measures, such as nourishing, and also provides us with information about the ecology and biology of the species. We are becoming witnesses of the construction of the nest, laying of the eggs, hatching of young ones and the parents’ care for them. Photos from camera traps help us to study the characteristics on the faces of vultures. These external marks do not change in time and allow us to recognize individual birds and to understand if one of the partners in the pair is replaced by another. Camera traps are activated by the movement of birds and make a picture every 30 seconds.
Both the camera and the camera traps are well camouflaged with rocks pebbles and wool, so they do not bother the birds by no means. Therefore, camera traps are set to shoot only during the day.
In 2012 in Bulgaria were placed 2 camera traps and 1 HD camera, and in 2013-1 HD camera and 3 camera traps.
The activity is conducted within the project "Support for the Egyptian vulture", financed by the LIFE + Programme of the European Commission and co-financed by the "A.G. Leventis. "
Again photo traps - the hunt for knowledge about Egyptian Vultures
