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"Journeying to warmer climes for the winter, a flock of northern bald ibis
tails a microlight aircraft, spurred on by whoops of encouragement from their
human foster parents.
This annual ritual is the culmination of months of painstaking conservation
work. Since 2004, Austria’s Waldrapp team has been teaching captive-bred ibis
chicks their long-forgotten migration routes from breeding grounds north of the
Alps.
“It’s a special time,” says ‘bird mum’ Barbara Steininger, one of Waldrapp’s
foster parents. “You’re not flying alone, you’re flying with the birds. And not
any birds: they’re the birds you raised by hand. We know each of them
individually. It’s very cool.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
