{"id":18531,"date":"2020-10-27T18:35:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/fall-with-thousands-of-red-footed-falcons\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T23:30:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T20:30:09","slug":"fall-with-thousands-of-red-footed-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/fall-with-thousands-of-red-footed-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall with thousands of Red-footed Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"Although it may seem fairy-tale at first hearing, the gathering of falcons is an existing natural phenomenon during autumn. We have been following it for 13 years in the western part of Romania. However this year, we set off to find gathering places in the Romanian plain, in the B\u0103r\u0103gan as well.\n\nThe results of the survey met our preliminary expectations. Most Red-footed Falcons, 2,470 specimens, were seen on the border of Br\u0103ila and Ialomi\u021ba counties. In addition, the number of the birds was also exceptionally high in other roosting sites too (for example: 1900, 1585, and about 850 in 3 places).\n\nIn five days, we counted a total of 10 000 Red-footed Falcons in 14 overnighting locations, but we also recorded 1500 Red-footed Falcons in 87 different locations during the daytime. During the survey we also recorded other bird species in the OpenBirdMaps database<\/a>. The result is: 125 species and more than 71 000 specimens. In addition we also recorded nests, nesting sites, and roadkills too. The survey area was far and wide, the 5 teams travelled more than 6600 km.\n\n