Staff from the Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park provide food for carrion feeders all year round.
They reported today that most of the birds that arrive at the site in Escuaín in the Pyrenees of Huesca province are vultures.
“The larger bones are chopped up so that the vultures can swallow them without difficulty,” explained a park spokesperson.
The carrion is taken to the feeding station and spread out on the ground, they noted.
“While this is being done, dozens of birds are flying overhead, waiting for their favourite restaurant to open,” said the spokesperson.
As soon as the park employee leaves the area ‘a wave of vultures descends on the feast’.
The spokesperson said the food is top quality; it comes from local slaughterhouses and ‘fully complies with health and hygiene protocols’.
Most of the birds that come to feed are bearded vultures and Egyptian vultures, they revealed.
Park staff observe the birds while they are eating; noting their habits, species and numbers, along with ‘other aspects of interest’.
The staff wear protective suits ‘as a preventative measure’ to stop the spread of bird flu and ensure the vultures are not infected.
Photos by Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido
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