Bird Christmas
On the 17th of December the members of the Environmental Education Working Group held a presentation in front of 60 spectators in the Zoo of Tirgu Mures about the feeding…
Wintering Birds of Prey Monitoring
The first fieldwork period of the Wintering Birds of Prey Monitoring Programme was between 1.-10. December. A total of 33 persons has participated in the programme, covering 25 sections. 613…
Good news from Dumbravioara – the village of Storks
In the Program „Dumbravioara – the village of Storks ” a very important step is the setting up of a „ Stork Center ” For this Center, the Teleki family…
The Milvus Group has 15 years!
In November of 2006 the Milvus Group celebrated the 15 years of existence. For this event in 18 th of November there was organized a birthday event in, which consisted…
Two young storks in the Milvus Group’s care
In the backyard of the Milvus office there are two young storks. These two birds haven't left to Africa – from different reasons – and arrived in our custody, when…
Inauguration of the „Community Center” in Sînsimion
On 14 th of October 2006 the Milvus Group organized the official opening of the Sinsimion Community Center , from Neaua commune, Mures County . The community center was developed…
Raptor migration camp
The "Milvus Group" Bird and Nature Protection Association has been organising a raptor migration camp in the Macin Mountains, Dobrogea, Romania for four years. This year it will start at…
Observation of Pigmy Owl
Betwen 4th and 14th of June 2006 four members of the “Milvus Group” Association, together with two colleagues from Czech Republic and respectively one from Poland carried out studies on…
The first ringed Golden Eagle chick
On the 9th of June 2006 the members of the Raptor Conservation Working Group ringed a Golden Eagle chick in a nest in the Turzii Gorge (Cluj County). The Gorge…
Black Grouse breeding
Betwen 4th and 14th of June 2006 four members of the “Milvus Group” Association, together with two colleagues from Czech Republic and respectively one from Poland carried out studies on…
The monitored White Stork nest
As well as in the last year we can follow live the life of storks in the Muzeum of Storks from Dumbravioara. The monitoring camera was placed in function after…
White Storks with coloured ELSA ring
Members of the Milvus Group are ringing White Storks fledglings with coloured ELSA rings (http://www.orn.mpg.de/~vwrado/templates/en/elsa.html) since 2002, the ringing is coordinated by Ferenc Kósa (fkosa@ciconia.ro). Most of the ringing has…
The avian flu and the bats
Bats are not receptive to avian flu and they do not spread this disease. Nevertheless, they can also suffer – indirectly – because of the unfounded hysteria surrounding this over-mediatized…
Education about herpetology in the Trascau Mountains
In the spring of 2006, The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Working Group of the Milvus Group together with the Apuseni Mountain Club (hereafter called CMA) from Cluj Napoca, started a…
Animal torturer wanted
“Uzonka” the white stork hatched in 2004 in the village Ozun. Since than she lives in summer, as in winter in Mr. Kányadi Ferenc's backyard and in the neighbourhood of…
Three Owl species in the Milvus Group’s care
In middle of April 2006 we received from Tirgu Mures's citizens three species of owl. The freshly fledged chicks of Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) and Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) were…
