Thessaloniki: A rare white-tailed eagle that had been tagged with a satellite transmitter was found dead off the coast of Thassos
This year, a rare Asproparis made its last apologetic journey, which was spotted and collected by Nikos and Dimitris Loutsigas seven nautical miles south of Thassos, as part of their search with their boat “O Mikros Vorias”, following a relevant call from the Hellenic Ornithological Society.
Asproparis which had signaled by satellite transmitter in 2019 by the BSPB/BirdLife Bulgaria team, under the “Life for the Bald Eagle” project, was released into the wild as part of the program to strengthen the natural population of the endangered species.
he had already successfully migrated twice to Africa and return again to the Balkans. “Unfortunately, this year’s migration journey was to be the last,” she said on social networking sites. Hellenic Ornithological Society.
“The unfortunate vulture didn’t make it, but at least we will be able to investigate what happened, since while drowning in the sea – due to exhaustion – is an important cause of death for young white-tailed eagles, it is not as important for adult birds, especially in this case. of the particular bird that was still so close to the shores”, added the Hellenic Ornithological Society.
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