Pensioners' association explores Innsbruck: An excursion full of discoveries!

Pensioners' association explores Innsbruck: An excursion full of discoveries!

The members of the Pensioners' Association (PVÖ) Rheindelta used a wonderful trip to Innsbruck, which was led by the chairwoman Theresia Schneider. The travelers started by bus towards Innsbruck Airport early in the morning, where an exciting tour was waiting for them. Here you can visit the security controls, the luggage loading point and the impressive airport fire brigade, while the airport in the winter months as an important hub for up to 17,000 passengers per day and seven planes every day, such as meinzirk.at reports.

After the around one hour stay at the airport, the train continued to the Hungerburg. On the way there, the day trippers got a view of the highest alpine zoo in Europe, where the beard vulture, the largest bird in the Alps and the "heraldic animal" of the Alpine Endo, plays a central role. This impressive bird, specializing in bone food, was followed in the 19th century due to shower fairy tales about child robbery and lambars, which led to extermination in the Alps. The last bearded vulture was killed in the Aostatal in 1913. Today the population is estimated to be around 220 animals after intensive breeding programs have been initiated since 1973, as alpenzoo.at emphasized.

A look at the beard vulture

One of the special features of the bearded viste is his ability to color his white chest plumage bronze color by bathing in the mud containing iron oxide. The egg laying takes place between December and January, with the young birds slipping in the late winter. These fascinating birds were first released in the Alps in 1986, and the first outdoor brood took place in 1997. In order to protect the highly endangered way in the long term and to achieve a settlement of over 500 bearded vultures in the Alpine region, the Tiroler Lech nature park participates in the cross-border project for the beard geiermonitoring, as Naturpark-tirolerlech.at

As part of this project, which runs until June 2022, a central monitoring structure is set up in Bavaria, while five Tyrolean nature parks act as network nodes. The primary goal is to promote biodiversity and to stop the loss of the endangered bird species, which is supported by the collaboration of various partners in Tyrol and Bavaria.

After the colorful tour of the inspection in Innsbruck, the PVÖ members continued their excursion and visited the Theresienkirche before taking their journey home to Vorarlberg with a last look at Innsbruck. Such excursions not only strengthen the feeling of community, but also arouse interest in the diverse nature and culture of the region.