Last summer, during 200 hours of observation at the feeding station (‘Guirrera”), we observed a total number of 213 different individuals (56 adult females, 24 immature females, 52 adult males, 45 immature males and all 36 fledglings born this year). We experienced some remarkable days with up to 150 birds being observed, including several birds…
Feeding stations often function as food bonanzas for many different species of birds, on Fuerteventura mostly other facultative scavengers such as buzzard, yellow-legged gull and ravens. However, sometimes species at other trophic levels than scavengers may be attracted to carcasses. For example, a frequent visitor of our feeding station(s) is the hoopoe, who takes advantage…
From August onwards, M. van Overveld started conducting behavioural observations from a hide at one of the feeding stations to further establish dominance relationships between individually marked birds, particularly those equipped with GPS-devices. Until the end of September, Guirres will be observed twice a week from dusk till dawn (8-14 hours depending on time of…
After 7 months of hard work Julio Roldan and Walo Moreno (and co-workers) have ended the fieldwork by ringing the last chick in August. With a record number 60 occupied territories and 36 fledged young on Fuerteventura alone, 2016 was the most productive breeding season since the monitoring started in 1998 (60% of nest successful…
The Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote in collaboration with the Canarian Government have opened a new supplementary feeding station in the island of Lanzarote. It is a fenced area where birds are feed with slaughterhouse remains. Soon after the first supplies a neighbouring breeding pair was observed feeding (see photo). The aim of this supplementary feeding…
http://www.alimochefuerteventura.com/videos/documental-el-guirre/wmv/documental-el-guirre_512K_Stream.wmv This video provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between humans and Guirre on Fuerteventura at the beginning of this project (in Spanish).
On the 15th of June, the first chicken of a captive pair on Fuerteventura was born at the Biological Station of the Oliva (Cabildo of Fuerteventura). The parents consist of two irrecoverable birds that are at the biological station since 2009. This year the couple produced two clutches (one egg in both cases), one on March…
