by H. Rayaleh and M. McGrady
We are continuing to hear from the Egyptian vultures we tagged in Djibouti earlier this year. As with the adult Egyptian vultures we tagged in Oman http://egyptianvultureoman.blogspot.com/, most of them appear to be territorial birds that move regularly between their territory and the abattoir at Tadjoure, where we caught them. The territories are in cliff-rich terrain where they are probably nesting, at least some of them. A few seem to be either unattached to a territory or less territorial because they may not be breeding this year. Below are examples of a territorial bird (217, purple) and one that seems to be a "floating" bird (216, red). Interestingly, the floating bird visited Ethiopia, returned to Djibouti (near Tadjoura), then headed again to Ethiopia and back to Tadjoura. During that second Ethiopian sojourn it flew farther south, and was not so far from Adigala. Look back at the maps of "Assamo" the Egyptian vulture we followed in 2013.
https://egyptianvulturedjibouti.blogspot.com/2013/08/adigala.html . Assamo, also spent a lot of time in Adigala. I wonder what is so attractive there.
We are continuing to hear from the Egyptian vultures we tagged in Djibouti earlier this year. As with the adult Egyptian vultures we tagged in Oman http://egyptianvultureoman.blogspot.com/, most of them appear to be territorial birds that move regularly between their territory and the abattoir at Tadjoure, where we caught them. The territories are in cliff-rich terrain where they are probably nesting, at least some of them. A few seem to be either unattached to a territory or less territorial because they may not be breeding this year. Below are examples of a territorial bird (217, purple) and one that seems to be a "floating" bird (216, red). Interestingly, the floating bird visited Ethiopia, returned to Djibouti (near Tadjoura), then headed again to Ethiopia and back to Tadjoura. During that second Ethiopian sojourn it flew farther south, and was not so far from Adigala. Look back at the maps of "Assamo" the Egyptian vulture we followed in 2013.
https://egyptianvulturedjibouti.blogspot.com/2013/08/adigala.html . Assamo, also spent a lot of time in Adigala. I wonder what is so attractive there.
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| Movements of two adult Egyptian vultures during February - April 2020. The red dots (216) are from a bird that apparently does not hold a territory, and wonders widely. The purple dots (217) are from a bird that apparently holds a territory and regularly visits Tadjoure, Djibouti to feed. |
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