By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
The National Center for Raptor Egg Incubation had a busy summer.
Four Lesser Kestrels bred at the Zoo were transferred to be released at the Ramat HaNadiv Nature reserve on the southern end of Mount Carmel in Israel's north.
The Zoo’s veterinary hospital also treats and rehabilitates injured birds who remain at the Zoo and become part of our breeding core. Breeding pairs are housed in a special exhibit designed to look like a typical house façade in the Morasha neighborhood, previously a major nesting area for Lesser Kestrels in Jerusalem (pictured).
Also on the move are four of the Griffon Vultures chicks, who hatched at the Center this past spring.
Two of them were transferred at the age of three days old to be raised by adoptive parents in the Zoo's Raptor Aviary and the other two were raised by hand in our Avian department.
Last week, at the age of three months, an age at which they already look almost like adult birds, all four were sent to the Chai Bar Nature Reserve near Haifa where they will continue in an acclimatization facility until they are one year old after which time they will be released into the wild.
Happy Fall!
Rachael and the Avian Team
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