In early December the tagged vulture headed south. It had spent about 45 days just south of Muscat, making visits to the Al Multaqa rubbish dump and often roosting in the steep canyons of Wadi Sareen Nature Reserve. While heading south it seemed to check on the old rubbish dump at Quriyat. That rubbish dump has been closed for some time. Perhaps vultures remember places where they have found food before, and check them every so often to keep informed. Vultures are scavengers and the distribution of their food is often not predictable, so it is good for them to keep tabs on food in the areas over which they forage. After leaving Quriyat, it travelled south to Ibra, another place where it has foraged extensively. It then moved on to Tahwa, the rubbish dump that serves Sur, and it has been there for the last 10 days.
In January, under permission from MECA, we will be working with ESO to fit more transmitters to vultures. I'll try to keep the blog current, but January looks busy.
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| Egyptian vulture movements 1-26 December 2016. |
In January, under permission from MECA, we will be working with ESO to fit more transmitters to vultures. I'll try to keep the blog current, but January looks busy.
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