Osprey "Humboldt" (PC)

Biography

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“Humboldt” is a male born in Nairn, a small village in the Highlands, near Inverness. It can be identified from a distance by a yellow ring with the ‘PC’ code. It was named in honor of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), geographer, astronomer, humanist, naturalist and explorer. It is considered as the father of Modern Geography and Universal precursor of Ecology.

 

Follow the journey of this osprey

 

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September 16, 2014:

Among the sands of Algeria.

From the 15th of September, our young osprey “Humboldt” in his epic to their winter quarters, made grandstanding days flapping their wings from sunrise to sunset.. read more

 

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September 15, 2014:

Crossing the border of Morocco and Algeria.

"Humboldt" is located few kilometres from Trafaoute, a small oasis of Anti Atlas, located in the southern part of Morocco. This region is famous for its red granite rock formations. The same day... read more

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September 13 and 14, 2014:

Crossing the Atlas.

On the 13 of September "Humboldt" has travelled 300 km in less than 10 hours. Once it stepped African soil "Humboldt" delves into desert. Today has also been a long day, beginning... read more

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September 11 and 12, 2014:

Already in Africa.

“Humboldt” begins its journey early; it wants to take advantages of coolest hours of the day to travel. It is located in the province of Albacete, approaching Andalucía. At midday crosses the Sierra de Cazorla... read more

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September 10, 2014:

Close to Andalucia.

After spending the night in the north part of Guadalajara "Humboldt" continue to migrate. In today´s trip it will travel 230 km to the south and it will rest near Albacete. The trip... read more

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September 9, 2014:

Migration begins.

At 10:00 am the Osprey "Humboldt" decides to start with the trip to Africa. It seems that the good weather and air currents have helped "Humboldt" to begin the adventure... read more

 

 

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