Creates cagarro born in Crow may be accompanied at … – Reuters

             

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A creates cagarro was born in July on the island of Corvo in the Azores, a nest created by the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA), and your days can be followed live via the Internet.

                 

                     This seabird, a very common species in the Azores, is the latest star of “honey-moon in Raven” program, which aims to track the birth and growth of Cory’s Shearwaters, after the first offspring have been food by a cat in 2011.

Tania Pipa, technical SPEA, said he hoped that this time, “everything goes well with this creates,” recalling that cats are one of the biggest threats to the Cory’s Shearwaters, which has forced the responsible entities to implement measures of birth control those animals.

According to the official, “84% of the offspring from predation cagarro is carried by cats” and only on the island of Corvo (the smallest Azores) there are about 160 wild cats, for a resident population of about 430 people.

“Obviously, these cats produce a detrimental effect on the offspring, who are alone and have no means of defense, “Tanya insisted Pipa, remembering that soon will be taking place on the island a program of sterilization of domestic cats, and later also of wild cats.

This was a priority during LIFE Project “Safe Islands for Seabirds”, considered one of the best of 2013 by the European Commission and which are also involved SPEA, the Regional Directorate of Maritime Affairs, the Natural Park of Corvo and Service Agrarian Development of Flores and Corvo.

A creates born in July can be monitored live. From birth, the page had over 1600 visitors, a figure still far from the 27 000 people who met online to another creates.

According to the views made so far, creates only been monitored in early days, having to date received regular visits from parents to just food.

A creates will continue to be fed in the next 90 days until it is ready to fly and head to the Brazilian and South African coasts, where he will spend the winter, is expected to return to Crow only within six or seven years to nest.

The “honey-moon in Raven” is a partnership between SPEA, Portugal Telecom, City Council Crow and the Regional Government and aims to contribute to the conservation of seabirds.