what happened to Ramo – UNIAN
The weakened bird died on the pond and was blown into the reeds by the wind.
A Red Book bird, the Caspian martin, which was equipped with a satellite sensor, was found dead in the Odessa region. Scientists suggest that poor Ramo died from the poison that local residents used against rodents.
As Ivan Rusev, Doctor of Biological Sciences, an employee of the Tuzlov Estuaries National Natural Park, said, a representative of the Romanian Ornithological Society, Emil Todorov, turned to him for help and asked him to find a bird with a satellite sensor.
“This bird is not simple, but very rare, listed in the Red Book of Ukraine – the Caspian gull or black-headed gull, its name is Ramo. It had a satellite sensor on its back and rings on its paws. They ringed it in the Romanian Danube Delta (about…