I-Frégate Island manje isiyikhaya le-Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) - inyoni ye-100 ohlwini lwazo. Ukuthutha usuka e-Cousin Island Special Reserve kube yimpumelelo enkulu futhi abantu abasha bazijwayeze kahle kakhulu, izinyoni zihlakazeka kakhulu esiqhingini futhi zibukisela abalingane. Ukuthutha kwenzeka ngoDisemba 7 no-14, 2011 futhi izinyoni ezingu-59 sezizonke zadluliswa. Ngemva kokuba izinyoni zibanjwe ku-Cousin, inyoni ngayinye yapakishwa ngayinye emabhokisini, yalethwa eFrégate ngendiza enophephela emhlane, futhi yakhululwa ngalo lolo suku. Ama-warbler adedelwe eduze kwenkundla yethenisi, indawo ngaphambilini ehlonzwe njengendawo yokuhlala “yekhwalithi ephezulu” ngesikhathi socwaningo lwangaphambi kokuthutha. Zonke izinyoni zibonakale ziwumqemane futhi ziphilile lapho zidedelwa zingenazo izimpawu zokulimala.

Ngemva kokuthutha, ama-warbler asakazeka ngokushesha asuka endaweni yokukhulula futhi phakathi nosuku noma ezimbili, laba bagibeli abathakazelisayo base begcwele isiqhingi sonke. Lezi zinyoni ezincane ezibukekayo zinezingcingo ezithandekayo futhi zikhangwa kalula izibukeli ngokushaya ikhwela nobugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayi. Inhloso yokuthutha iwukuba kusungulwe esinye isibalo sokuzalanisa kwe-Seychelles warbler eyake yashabalala, okuvumela uhlobo lwezilwane ukuba lufakwe ohlwini olusuka “elusengcupheni” luye “oselusengozini” futhi lususwe ohlwini lwe-BirdLife International List of Threatened Bird Species of the Umhlaba.

KUKHISHWE IZIFUDUBE EZINGAMA-30 EZINZIMA ZAMA-ALDABRA

I-Frégate Island inesibalo sesibili esikhulu sabantu be-Aldabra Giant Tortoises, enabantu ababalelwa ku-2,000 abazulazula mahhala. Lezi zimfudu ziyakwazi ukukhula kukho konke ukuphila kwazo, uma izimo zivuma, futhi zingaphila iminyaka eyi-150 noma ngaphezulu. Isisindo esijwayelekile sabesilisa singama-250 kg kuthi abesifazane sibe ngu-150 kg. Zivame ukutholakala ngezinombolo ezindaweni ezinomthunzi ngesikhathi sokushisa kosuku. Izimfudu esiqhingini azithambisa noma azifuywa, kodwa ngokuvamile azinandaba nokuba khona kwabantu. Lapho bethukile, izimfudu zidonsa amakhanda azo ngokushesha egobolondweni, zenze umsindo ohilizayo njengoba zikhipha umoya emaphashini azo.

Esiqhingini saseFrégate, izimfudu ezincane zigcinwa esibayeni ukuze zivikeleke, lapho zonakaliswa khona inala yamaqabunga, izithelo, namanzi ahlanzekile. Uma sezikhule ngokwanele noma sezifinyelele ubukhulu obuthile, zidedelwa endle. Ukukhishwa kwenzeka kabili ngonyaka, imvamisa ngesikhathi samaholide ohlelo lukaKhisimusi noNcibijane.

Ngomhla zingama-23 kuZibandlela wezi-2011 kanye noJanuwari 1, 2012, ithimba lezemvelo, kanye noMqondisi Ophethe weFregate Island Private kanye nezivakashi, bakhiphe isamba sama-Aldabra Giant Tortoises angu-30 endaweni yase-Anse Parc. Ngokushesha ngemva kokukhululwa, izimfudu zaqala ukuhlola indawo, zizulazula otshanini futhi zidla amaqabunga amasha. Baqashwe ngeso lokhozi futhi bazijwayelanisa nendawo yabo entsha kalula.

IZINYONI EZIFAKAYO ESIQHINGIINI ESIKHULU

I-Birding on Frégate ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule inikeze ukubonwa okukhethekile, okuhlanganisa nezinhlobo ezingakaze zirekhodwe lapha ngaphambilini, nakuba zike zaqoshwa esiqhingini ngaphambilini. I-Garganey yesifazane izenzele ekhaya kusukela ngoNovemba echibini eliseduze ne-marina. Ekuqaleni wayenenhliziyo encane, kodwa kulezi zinsuku akanaki kangako abantu futhi wenza ibhizinisi lakhe njengokungathi akekho. UZibandlela wabona kufika abantu ababili abadla izinyosi abanezihlathi eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, nezingcingo zabo ezibonisa ubukhona bazo. Babekhona izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokunyamalala ethafeni endaweni ye-spa kanye ne-Glacis Cerf.

Zombili lezi zinhlobo zezinyoni ze-frigate zazivame ukubonakala zizulazula esiqhingini ngoDisemba, futhi abantu abangaphezu kuka-20 babonwa ndawonye izikhathi eziningana. Ama-Cuckoos abuye minyaka yonke e-Frégate nama- cuckoo amane ajwayelekile abonwa ezindaweni ezahlukene ezizungeze isiqhingi. Nakulokhu, uFregate ubheke ngabomvu ukuthola izinhlobo ezintsha nezithokozisayo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo.

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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

The objective of the translocation is to establish another breeding population of the once critically-endangered Seychelles warbler, allowing the species to be down-listed from “vulnerable” to “near threatened” and removed from the BirdLife International List of Threatened Bird Species of the World.
A translocation from Cousin Island Special Reserve was a great success and the new population has adapted extremely well, with the birds dispersing widely over the island and displaying for mates.
After the translocation, the warblers spread quickly away from the release site and within a day or two, these intriguing passerines were all over the island.