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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simon Wates" data-source="post: 3463685" data-attributes="member: 73606">The fact that more are crossing the Strait in the face of decline and extinction in home ranges is indeed thought provoking. Are these desperate, maybe hungry birds following Eur. Griffons in hope of easier survival? - or some kind of response in the face of extinction - or more things...?I've read that the majority of the remaining Rüppell's are in protected areas, which hopefully means something - lots of info on the updated Birdlife factsheet: <a href="http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/factsheet/22695207" target="_blank">http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/factsheet/22695207</a></blockquote>