Archive for October, 2008


Short-toed Eagles of Le Massif de la Sainte Baume

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 / No Comments

Please download and read a new article of Richard Frèze on Short-toed Eagle in Provence /map/:

• Richard Frèze, 2008 – Étude de la population de Circaètes sur le massif de la Sainte-Baume et les collines environnantes – Short-toed Eagle. file (Fr).

And also enjoy please some pictures from it:

La Plume du Circaète n° 6

Sunday, October 12th, 2008 / No Comments
Light version of the La Plume du Circaète on the LPO website

Current number of the La Plume du Circaète (Fr) can be downloaded now in two variants: of 1.6 MBShort-toed Eagle. file or of 5 MBShort-toed Eagle. file PDF file. New materials on Short-toed Eagles of France are collected in it. Heartfelt thanks to Renaud Nadal for placing the version with full-sized images on our site.

The list of contents (Fr):

Bilan de la surveillance 2007 2 »
Suivi 2007 2; Synthèse pluriannuelle 2
Observation / Conservation 3 »
Migration en PACA 3; Suivi par balise Argos 4; Nidifi cation aux portes de Marseille 6; Observations en limite d’aire 7; Situation en Loir-et-Cher 7; Les échecs de reproduction 9; 12 ans de suivi dans l’Hérault 10; 15 ans de suivi dans les Cévennes 11; Preuve en photos de la longévité 13; Découvertes récentes 13
Menaces 14 »
Tirs, électrocution et collisions 14
Sensibilisation 15 »
Surprises photographiques 15; Rapaces de France 15; 2nd rencontres Circaètes 16; Rendez-vous ornithologiques 16; Approche artistique 16

Short-toed Eagle near Kiev. August 2008

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 / No Comments

This is an adult Short-toed Eagle female. Numerous power lines pylons are situated in its hunting territory. From year to year they are used by both Short-toed Eagles of the pair as a perches for hunt. The birds are not afraid of people much.

These photos were taken at a distance of 8 km from Kiev’s housing estates /map/ on August 24th (© Konstantin Pismennyi).

GREFA news 2008 and Observado.org (Bèta)

Monday, October 6th, 2008 / 2 Comments
Cría y liberación de águilas culebreras

This is the third time we bring to your attention GREFA and their successes in breeding and following release of Short-toed Eagles.

The second thing is an appearance of the Observado.org website as a global version of Waarneming.nl we told about before. Please take a look at the ‘About this species’ right column menu there.