In the Bócsa-Bugac area of the Kiskunság National Park, the baby buzzard hatched, which was ringed in the summer and now, on its first trip, has successfully arrived in Africa.
In August, two chicks were ringed and fitted with trackers in the national park. The young bird that just arrived in Chad was named Bócsa. the national park wrote on its website
Bócsa left the nest area on September 28 and headed south. Unlike several previously nominated chicks, he later managed to survive the often fatal sea and North African road section for them, where
the biggest threat to migratory birds is illegal hunting.
It is currently in the southwestern part of Chad and seems to have found favorable conditions for wintering.
We know very little about the snake buzzard, which feeds almost exclusively on reptiles, due to its hidden lifestyle. It was primarily described as a breeding species in the central mountains from the 1960s, but today there are also flocks of 7-10 pairs living in Kiskunság.
In the framework of actions organized since 2017, the staff of the KNPI and the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Association search the nests every year in order to ensure the safety of nesting and to collect information that is also important from a scientific point of view.
The tracking device was brought to Bócsá within the framework of the Grassland HU Life project with the cooperation of the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Association and the Kiskunság National Park Directorate.
Featured image: Kiskunsági National Park/Mónika Kiss
