Archive for February, 2010


Publications of the Raptors Conservation bulletin

Sunday, February 28th, 2010 / No Comments

Thanks to Igor Karyakin we have now pulications of the Raptors Conservation bulletin. These articles are dedicated to Short-toed Eagles or include mentions of them. The whole collection is divided into two PDFs by geographical regions:

• RAPTORS CONSERVATION. 2005-2008 – Collection of articles with mentions of Short-toed Eagle in Kazakhstan – Short-toed Eagle. file (Ru)(En) – 4.8 MB.

• RAPTORS CONSERVATION. 2005-2009 – Collection of articles with mentions of Short-toed Eagle in Russia – Short-toed Eagle. file (Ru)(En) – 14 MB.

Almost every article is bilingual, but some of them have English summary only, such as this one about Short-toed Eagle distribution in Nizhny Novgorod Region /map/:

Typical breeding habitat of the Short-Toed Eagle in the N. Novgorod district

• Бакка С.В., Киселёва Н.Ю., 2009 – Распространение и численность змееяда в Нижегородской области, Россия [Distribution and number of the Short-Toed Eagle in the N. Novgorod District (Region), Russia] // Пернатые хищники и их охрана – Raptors Conservation, 17. C. 121-124 (Ru).

Short-toed Eagle nest in the “Smolenskoe Poozerje”

Saturday, February 27th, 2010 / No Comments

This is just a small gallery of photos taken in 2008 in the national park "Smolenskoe Poozerje" /map/. The Short-toed Eagle nest was found by Marina Sidenko and was visited several times by her and her friends.

Bernard Joubert’s interview for EuropeanRaptors.org

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 / 1 Comment
European Raptors: Bernard Joubert's interview

Read please another interview about Short-toed Eagle for the European Raptors website. This one is given by Bernard Joubert. While answering questions of Markus Jais he tells about current situation with French population of Short-toed Eagles, their short- and long-term perspectives in the country, their present and future.

Short-toed Eagle in the Badhyz Nature Reserve

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 / No Comments

Two old articles (Ru) on Short-toed Eagle biology in the Badhyz State Nature Reserve, Southern Turkmenistan /map/:

• Сухинин А.Н., 1957 – Материалы по экологии туркестанского змееяда в Бадхызе [Materials on the ecology of the Turkestan Short-toed Eagle in Badhyz] // Изв. АН ТуркмССР. №5. С. 133-135.

• Симакин Л.В., 1989 – Сведения по биологии туркестанского змееяда в Бадхызе [Information on the biology of the Turkestan Short-toed Eagle in Badhyz] // Изв. АН ТуркмССР. Сер. биол. наук. №4. С. 69-70.