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\"Boyana
Boyana and her partner \u00a9 Volen Arkumarev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The captive-bred Egyptian Vulture named Boyana found a partner, and they occupied a breeding territory in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria, marking a significant milestone for the species!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyana’s life: from captivity to the wild\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Egyptian Vulture Boyana hatched and was reared in\u00a0Prague Zoo<\/a>\u00a0in 2017 as part of the\u00a0Egyptian Vulture captive-breeding programme<\/a>\u00a0within EAZA’s European Endangered Species Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year later she arrived in Bulgaria and was among the first of her species released into the wild in the Eastern Rhodopes through the delayed release method as part of the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE<\/a> project. According to this method, captive-bred vultures are released into the wild in spring after a few months of adaptation. Therefore, they have about four months to gain experience and strength before the onset of the fall migration to Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyana was among the few Egyptian Vultures that managed to cross the Mediterranean Sea on her way to Africa. She spent the winter in Chad. Over the next three years, Boyana visited 22 countries on three continents \u2013 Africa, Asia and Europe \u2013 before returning to her release site in Bulgaria. The Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project team follows all her travels thanks to the GPS transmitter attached to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boyana’s movements in the wild \u00a9 Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Egyptian Vulture Boyana finds a partner<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This year Boyana returned to the Eastern Rhodopes as an adult and occupied a vacant territory. A BSPB<\/a> team immediately visited the site with excitement but Boyana was alone still looking for a partner. In mid-June, after a few days of rain and bad weather, she looked for food at the vulture feeding station, which she knows so well \u2013 it is where she was released four years ago. The vulture feeding station attracts many immature and adult non-breeding Egyptian Vultures and is a perfect spot for mating. After this short visit to the feeding station, Boyana returned to her territory but was not alone this time \u2013 she was accompanied by a gorgeous male. He is a wild untagged individual in adult plumage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BSPB team observed Boyana and her mate with courtship behaviour and confirmed that they are a pair and occupied a cliff suitable for nesting! However, the breeding season is towards its end now so they will not have time to build a nest and breed. Hopefully, Boyana and her mate will survive the fall migration and return back to their breeding territory next year to breed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A milestone for Egyptian Vulture conservation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Boyana finding a partner marks a milestone for Egyptian Vulture conservation. Firstly, it is the first time a pair of this species has occupied this territory in over 20 years. Additionally, this event is a huge success for the reinforcement of the Egyptian Vulture population in Bulgaria with captive-bred individuals. It is the first time a captive-bred Egyptian Vulture found a partner in the wild in the Balkans, and this was achieved only four years after the first releases started in the Eastern Rhodopes. It is only the\u00a0second proven case in Europe of a captive-bred Egyptian Vulture forming a pair in the wild<\/a>. This pairing proves that the captive-breeding and release programmes can be effective for the reinforcement of threatened Egyptian Vulture populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Working collaboratively, projects like the\u00a0Egyptian Vulture New LIFE<\/a>\u00a0aims to reinforce the Egyptian Vulture population across the Balkans, which is Europe\u2019s easternmost range for the species. By actively managing and\u00a0restocking the population by releasing captive-bred birds<\/a>, the project will support the small Balkan population, numbering between 60 and 80 pairs. The Egyptian Vulture New LIFE team is working to deliver conservation measures that eliminate major known threats such as illegal poisoning and electrocution in their summer breeding grounds. They also use GPS transmitters to monitor the population to help identify and combat the threats Egyptian Vultures face. Funded by the\u00a0EU\u2019s LIFE Programme<\/a>\u00a0and led by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, the project has a partnership spanning 14 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to protect the species all along their flyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All captive-bred birds are donated to the \u0415gyptian Vulture New LIFE project with Antonin Vaidl\u2019s assistance from Prague Zoo \u2013 coordinator of the Egyptian Vulture EEP of EAZA<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Egyptian Vulture restocking efforts in Bulgaria is a collaborative effort with many partners involved: BSPB, Prague Zoo, EAZA,\u00a0RSPB\u2019s Centre for Conservation Science<\/a>,\u00a0Hellenic Ornithological Society<\/a>,\u00a0Green Balkans<\/a>,\u00a0WWF Greece<\/a>,\u00a0Macedonian Ecological Society<\/a>,\u00a0Albanian Ornithological Society<\/a>,\u00a0Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania<\/a>,\u00a0Zoo Botanico Jerez<\/a>,\u00a0Zlin Zoo<\/a>,\u00a0Schoenbrunn Zoo<\/a>,\u00a0Sofia Zoo<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0the Vulture Conservation Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Egyptian Vulture New LIFE article<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The captive-bred Egyptian Vulture named Boyana found a partner, and they occupied a breeding territory in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria, marking a significant milestone for the species! Boyana’s life: from captivity to the wild\u00a0 The Egyptian Vulture Boyana hatched and was reared in\u00a0Prague Zoo\u00a0in 2017 as part of the\u00a0Egyptian Vulture captive-breeding programme\u00a0within EAZA’s European Endangered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[162,15,132,49],"class_list":["post-24842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2022-08","tag-egyptianvulture","tag-egyptianvultureeep","tag-reintroductionrestocking"],"yoast_head":"\nFor the first time in the Balkans, a captive-bred Egyptian Vulture forms a pair in the wild - 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