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Super positive news from the Egyptian vulture in Albania

AOS has the great pleasure of announcing four new and exciting records regarding the recovery of the Egyptian Vulture (๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด) in Albania: The observation of a pair in the upstream of the Vjosa River, a territory once occupied by a single individual. AOS experts were able to monitor up close the new individual, and …

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Wildlife conservation at a young age

The activity On July 23 and 24, 2020, for the second consecutive year, AOS organized and conducted the monitoring of power lines in the Drinos Valley. This time joined by twelve members from the Conservation Youth Club of Gjirokastra (CYC) and their professor, Dr. Gentian Hyka, under the guidance of four of our experts. This …

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Conservation of the Egyptian vulture, supported again by high decision-making levels in Albania

Many thanks to the Deputy Minister of Touris and Environment, Mrs. Ornela Cuci for promoting the conservation of the Egyptian Vulture (๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด) in Albania. “Can you imagine the emotion of these photos? Because in this country there is still as much passion for nature, as there is love! The work of these professionals makes …

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Easter eggs from AOS with love

On the Easter Day, that most of us link with the ritual of red eggs as the symbol of revival, AOS provides another happy news linked with eggs and species recovery. Two species, in the focus of our work, respectively the Egyptian Vulture (๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด) and the White Stork (๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข) have laid eggs and …

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Monitoring of the Egyptian vulture in Albania

A joint team, AOS, PPNEA, RAPA Gjirokastรซr and our local conservation group have started the monitoring of the territories of the ๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐•๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž (๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€) in Albania aiming to find out the territories used for this year, the number of breeding pairs and the location of the nests. This monitoring process, expected to last until …

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One River / One Bird that Unites two Countries!

“๐•๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐š / ๐€๐จ๐จ๐ฌ”, our Egyptian vulture, baptized by this name and equipped with satellite transmitters in 2015, is now only a few kilometres away from its territory, lying in two countries, southeast Albania and northwestern Greece. Vjosa has so far traversed over 7,000 ๐—ธ๐—บ in 10 different countries (Chad, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudy …

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International Vulture Awareness Day – 2019! #FlyWithTheVultures

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.26.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The first Saturday in September each year is International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD). This international day is dedicated to vultures and raising awareness among the public at large about the conservation efforts undertaken all over the world …

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Exciting sightings from Egyptian Vulture territories in Albania!

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.26.3″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.26.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Great news are coming this month from Albania, during the continuous monitoring of the Egyptian Vulture territories. Finally, we spotted a fledgling of the Egyptian Vulture in one of the nests under our survey. In the early …

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AOS and HOS, joint monitoring in the Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) territories.

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.25.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Meanwhile AOS is getting ready for the next visit in the Egyptian Vulture territories, we are telling you our latest experience with our colleagues from Hellenic Ornithological Society โ€“ HOS. Our latest visit was carried out in the beginning of June (5-8 June …

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