The Mogador Islands, off Morocco’s Atlantic coast, are home to the world’s largest breeding colony of Eleonora’s Falcon. But could opening this natural treasure to visitors in the name of ecotourism development put it at risk? Read the perspective of Prof. Aziz Benhoussa on why this issue deserves very careful consideration. Opening Mogador Island to
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A record breeding season for the Eleonora’s Falcon at Mogador islands, one of the largest colonies in the world. A recent census of the breeding population of the Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) at Mogador archipelago carried out by members of GREPOM led by Prof Abdeljebbar Qninba has shown once more the healthy status of this
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The Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a medium-sized raptor that breeds colonially on steep sea cliffs, islands and islets on the Mediterranean Sea and on the Atlantic Ocean in the Canary Islands and Morocco. The Eleonora’s Falcon winters in Madagascar and start to return to the breeding grounds by the end of April and early
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Eleonora’s Falcons in Morocco imprison live birds to keep them as a fresh food reserve. This behavior is unheard of before in the animal kingdom. The Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) is mainly insectivorous outside the breeding season. During the nesting period, which is very late (from July to October) as an adaptation to coincide with
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A team of ornithologists of GREPOM/BirdLife Morocco shouldered by the local team of the Hight Commission for Water, Forestry and Desertification Control (HCEFLCD) and supported by the PIM Initiative (Mediterranean Small Islands Initiative) visited the archipelago of Essaouira (Mogador) in late July to monitor the reproduction of the local population of the Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae). During
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