Animals - Young storks are given rings: Aerial work platforms up to nests
The young White Storks are already rather large, but they still live with their parents in the nests. It's a good time to ring them now, so they can be identified later, no matter where they may land. We ring about 250 young storks per season in Amt Neuhaus and in the old Ludwigslust district. In each nest, we find about three to five young storks," reported the volunteer bird protector Helmut Eggers on Thursday, who, along with employees of the Wemag Netz company, rings the young storks.
The company provides a work platform to reach the nests, which are eight to eleven meters high. "As a company, we are responsible for ensuring that the birds do not injure themselves on our facilities and do not disrupt the power supply," said Wemag bird protection officer Jan Koppelmann during the ringing action near Zarrentin am Schaalsee.
According to the information from the Nature Protection Station NABU, the young storks remain completely still during ringing, they lie down as if dead. This behavior, known as tonic immobility, is a protective mechanism to prevent being recognized as prey by predators. This makes the work for the ringers much easier.
Wemag supports bird conservation, according to its own statements, for many years. The money does not only flow into escape masts and the mounted nesting aids, but also into bird protection hoods, which are attached to masts with upward-pointing insulators.
Press release
The young storks being ringed in Zarrentin am Schaalsee are from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a region known for its nature conservation efforts. After the ringing, the young White Storks will leave their parents' nest and potentially settle in a new house, contributing to the population of animals in the area. Wemag Netz company, a supporter of bird conservation, ensures the safety of the young storks and power supply by providing a work platform to reach their high nests near Zarrentin.
