The Snakenarend was transferred on Tuesday to the Fûgelhelling, a wild shelter in Friesland. They have larger aviaries there. “There is four times the surface of what we have. Then he can really make a little meters with flying, that is not possible with us.”
In addition, the bird has been brought to Friesland, so that it can be released near the Fochteloërveen nature reserve. There are more snakers and there are snakes there.
Flying is nice
It is not yet known when the animal will be released. The snake eagle must first strengthen even more, says Hetty Sinnema van de Fûgelhelling. “Flying is nice, but he doesn’t shine any strength and flexibility. That must first, before we start thinking. That will take at least two weeks.”
Snakenarenden normally do not occur at all in the North Holland nature, says Nina. “They mainly occur in the east of the country.”
No snakes but chicks
The birds eat, the name says it all, mainly snakes. “That is about eighty percent of the diet. They are just little here. We do have lizards, but snakes are more common in swamp areas.”
In the shelter in Krommenie he also got no snakes, but chicks. “Fortunately, we got him big,” says Nina.
Look below at the earlier report of NH at the Wildopvang in Krommenie.