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WWF Russia’s online cameras broadcasted hatching of Oriental stork chicks
WWF Russia’s online cameras broadcasted hatching of Oriental stork chicks
29 april 2022
Video cameras were fixed in two nests as part of WWF-Russia program for Oriental stork conservation: one on a tree, and the other on a power transmission tower. The first chick hatched out in the nest on electric tower on April 29. The moment of hatching was broadcasted live. A few minutes after the chick was hatched, the parents carefully removed the eggshell from the nest.
The
Oriental stork is one of the rarest birds in the Russian Far East. The breeding
grounds of this endangered species are located only in the Amur basin. Since
2004, WWF-Russia has been running the Stork Nest Keepers project to monitor the
condition of each stork nest, as well as with
the help of video cameras.
In
2022, thanks to WWF, more power lines became safer for storks in Amurskaya
province. This is especially important when birds suffer from a lack of places suitable
for building nests. Large trees, which can handle a massive stork nest, have
been in great demand over the past 50-70 years. Power lines more often become
an alternative to such trees, however this may result in a short circuit and power
outage, and also may cause the death of Red Listed birds. Therefore, this issue
is under special control of both environmentalists and power engineers. It
means that transmission lines must be safe for both birds and power consumers.
Specialists
from WWF Russia provide power engineers with information about stork nest
locations in order to ensure mounting of special nesting platforms and bird protective
devices on electric towers.
In total, Rosseti FGC UES equipped for storks 31 transmission line of 220-500 kV in Amurskaya province. Over the past 4 years, more than 23,000 devices and 243 platforms have been installed. Such work will continue in the future, because the Oriental stork population is growing every year, and its range is also increasing. This means that cooperation between power engineers and environmentalists should be developed and expanded.