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The Krumltal is one of the side valleys of the Hohe Tauern National Park and can be reached by a steep path in the beginning. A beautiful scenery with a lot of wildlife. Between water falls, rocks and alpine pastures the Kruml brook brings you directly to the birds of prey of the alps. The Krumltal accommodates the most important traditional sleeping places and the best observation possibilities for bearded vultures which come annually during the Hohe Tauern. A Bearded Vulture does not look like a typical vulture. It is often mistaken for a Golden Eagle, which lives in the same habitat. The Bearded vulture reaches 45 inches from head to tail, its wingspan is almost 90 inches. The bearded vulture have a white colour of neck, wings and tail dark, head and underparts light-rufous, black bristles hang at the base of the beak and a bit larger than the Golden Eagle. In 1986, the Krumltal was selected as the site in which to reintroduce the bearded vulture to the Alps. The larger birds of prey are more sensitive to disturbances of all kinds. The time taken before reaching sexual maturity, the few young born per couple the long breeding period and the numerous failures all serve to slow down reproduction and hinder the renewal of generations. Higher up in the mountains, above the tree line, we enter their territory. This is where you might be lucky enough to spot a Beared Eagle. This year will see the final release of bearded vultures into the wild. The vultures feed mainly on carrion. The Bearded Vulture has even a more limited diet: it eats chiefly bleached bones.- These are by no means the worst parts of animal carcasses: A bone may contain up to 12% proteins, 16% fat and some important minerals. This remarkable habitat has yet another advantage: bones are inedible to any other animals thus the Bearded Vulture has no competitors for its food. Its gastric acids are capable of dissolving even large bones. Bones up to the size of the vertebra of a cattle may be swallowed whole by a Bearded Vulture. Larger bones are taken in the feet to "ossuaries" which are traditionally used plates of rock where the birds drop the bones from heights of 50 to 80 meters until they brake into small bits.
Feel nature's power here in the Krumltal valley of the National park Hohe Tauern - Austria. The white mountain tops are reaching here higher than 2700 meters. Here above the tree line we entering the Birds of Prey territory. Here you walk alongside the roosts of the recently reintroduced Bearded Vultures nestled amid the magnificent Alpine mountains.
Het Nationalpark Hohe Tauern biedt vandaag nog veel diersoorten een thuis. Diersoorten die bijna zijn uitgestorven. De Baardgier ook wel Lammergier genoemd is in 1986 opnieuw uitgezet in de prachtige Kruml vallei . De indrukwekkende baardgier met een vleugelspanwijdte van tot 2,9 m kwam ooit in grote aantallen in de Alpen voor, maar is daar rond 1920 uitgestorven, vooral dankzij de jacht. Het Krumltal is één van de zijdalen van het Raurisertal. Te bereiken via een tamelijk steil begin over een brede verder makkelijke weg, naar een romantisch dal, met veel wild zoals marmotten en gemsen. Een wandeling in het Krumltal is een belevenis. In het dal van de gier waar je met wat geluk deze machtige Thermiekvliegers kunt aanschouwen. Mensen hebben deze gieren wel gezien op hoogtes van 7500 meter. Dat is bijna de hoogte van de Mount Everest, de hoogste berg op aarde. Een Rüppell-gier vloog in 1973 op 10 km hoogte tegen een vliegtuig en houdt sindsdien het record van hoogst vliegende vogel. Maar vliegtuigen vliegen altijd nog hoger. De Baardgier is een van de grootste en kleurrijkste gieren. Tegen hun zwartbruine rug, vleugels en staart contrasteert hun oranje-gele lichaam met geelwitte kop. Er loopt een zwarte vlek van snavelbasis tot rond de ogen en ze hebben een soort baard aan hun snavelbasis. Ze maken nesten op kliffen van grote stapels takken, bekleed met wol, mest, gedroogde huiden. Het vrouwtje legt 1 of 2 eieren en wisselt het broeden af met het mannetje wel zo'n 53 tot 60 dagen lang. Jonge baardgieren zijn ongeveer een jaar lang afhankelijk van hun ouders. De vrouwtjes zijn over het algemeen iets groter dan de mannetjes. Deze gier heeft korte poten, lange vleugels en een brede lange wigvormige staart.
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