Archive for July, 2016
First wild bred chick of the season joins the Drove
Posted on Sunday, July 24th, 2016 by David Waters
A wild bred chick has joined a drove of Great Bustards in Wiltshire. The female chick has been brought up by a Russian sourced female released in 2011. This female successfully reared a male chick last year, approved and this young bird is regularly seen. The GBG is hopeful that this chick will be the first of […]
Chicks regularly seen on visits
Posted on Monday, July 11th, 2016 by David Waters
Visitors to the main GBG site have a good chance to see wild breeding females with chicks. The very wet and warm summer has caused the vegetation to grow much taller and more thickly than usual. This does make spotting the birds, diagnosis and particularly the chicks quite a challenge. It also means identifying individual […]
Great Bustard Aphrodisiac
Posted on Monday, July 11th, 2016 by David Waters
Male Great Bustards have been found to eat the normally toxic Blister beetles. It may be that consuming this beetle increases their sexual drive, viagra 60mg or makes them more attractive to females. Abstract Blister Beetles (Meloidae), order invertebrates that can synthesize high doses of the protein phosphatase inhibitor cantharidin, are ingested preferentially by […]