I went on an ecological tour near Nizhny Novgorod on 13-14 May 2017. www.bird-watching.ru/sovy2017
The purpose of the ecotour is to search for and observe owls. We were able to see 5 species of different owls: great grey owls, Ural owls, long-eared owls, scops owls and tawny owls. We climbed into the nesting area of the Ural owls and ringed the chicks for scientific research and observation.
In this video, you can see the whole process of the removal of the chicks from the nest, ringing them and returning them back.
The female fiercely defended the nest, and she had to be scared away so that she would not throw off our guide - Alexei Levashkin. Alexei is a biologist, ornithologist and is engaged with the manufacturing and installation of owl boxes. The small box, from which the chicks were taken, was installed by him a few years ago. Since then, Ural owls have settled in and have been breeding there every year.
nestory_tours - Alexey ecotourism group.
rumtudum?w=wall1968148... - my photo report about the campaign.
In the beginning, I was perplexed by the fact that Alexey brought another trousers with him. But then it became clear that with such adventures, spare trousers are extremely necessary. :)