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In this\u00a0third year of our reintroduction project, twelve young Osprey chicks – six\u00a0from eastern Germany and six from southern Norway –\u00a0have been successfully transferred to Switzerland. They are now happily eating fish caught daily by professional fishermen from\u00a0Lake Neuch\u00e2tel and Lake Morat, and with every day are getting increasingly familiar with their new home. The young birds\u00a0and their “foster parents” (a team of 5-6 people taking care of them around the clock) are all doing very well!<\/p>\n
We are very grateful to the bird-ringers, Holger Gabriel and Mario Firla in Germany, and Rune Aae in Norway, who did some spectacular climbing to collect them: \u00a0the first two on high tension electricity pylons and the third on some very tall Scots Pines. A big thank you also to: Osprey \u201cguru\u201d Daniel Schmidt, for helping organise the German transfer and for bringing six birds to Switzerland; to the electricity company Mitnetz Strom<\/em> which temporarily cut-off the power and made their staff available to guarantee maximum safety for the pylon climbers; and to Marianne Imhof of Ace Pet Movers<\/em> who was an angel helping us to get the six Norwegian birds safely into Switzerland.<\/p>\n Click here to see an article<\/a> and as well as a video<\/a> about the young Osprey collection in Norway that was aired on Norwegian national TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this\u00a0third year of our reintroduction project, twelve young Osprey chicks – six\u00a0from eastern Germany and six from southern Norway –\u00a0have been successfully transferred to Switzerland. They are now happily eating fish caught daily by professional fishermen from\u00a0Lake Neuch\u00e2tel and Lake Morat, and with every day are getting increasingly familiar with their new home. The … Continue reading Twelve Osprey chicks arrive safely<\/span>