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.
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The work of Sergey Sapelnikov and Petr Vengerov on Short-toed Eagle in the Voronezh State Biosphere Reserve /map/ is presented here thanks to help of Prof. Viktor Belik:
• Сапельников С.Ф., Венгеров П.Д., 2008 – Змееяд в Воронежском заповеднике [Short-toed Eagle in Voronezh Reserve] // Материалы регионального совещания “Проблемы ведения Красной книги”. Липецк: ЛПГУ. – С. 102-107. (Ru)
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These scenes of life in Short-toed Eagles’ nest were fixed by Bernard Joubert in Haute Loire /map/ this year:
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Area: southern Auvergne. Altitude: 870 m above sea level. Tree: pine Pinus sylvestris. Height: 6 meters.
All photos of young Short-toed Eagles right after leaving the nests were taken by Françoise Gérardin in Gironde /map/ in 2008:
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A few articles of Prof. Viktor Belik (Rostov State Pedagogical University) on distribution, number and ecology of Short-toed Eagles in several different regions (Ru):
• Белик В.П., 1994 – Распространение, численность и экология змееяда в степном Подонье [Distribution, number and ecology of Short-toed Eagle in steppe Podonie] // Кавказ. орнитол. вестник, вып.6.- Ставрополь. – С.26-29. /map/
• Афанасьев В.Т., Белик В.П., 1998 – Змееяд в Сумском Полесье [Short-toed Eagle in Sumy Polesie] // Птицы бассейна Сев. Донца, вып.4-5: Мат-лы 4 и 5 конф. “Изучение и охрана птиц басс. Сев. Донца”. – Харьков. – С.45-46. /map/
• Белик В.П., Ветров В.В., Бабич М.В., Трофименко В.В., 1999 – Змееяд в Волгоградской области [Short-toed Eagle in Volgograd Region] // 3 конф. по хищным птицам Вост. Европы и Сев. Азии: Мат-лы конф., ч.2.- Ставрополь. – С.20-23. /map/
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The photos were taken during an expedition of Prof. Belik in summer of 2008 in Volgograd Region.
This small gallery is compiled from Vladimir Ivanovski’s pictures. The photos were taken in Nothern Belarus /map/. Also here you can see Short-toed Eagle chick in the artificial nest built by Dr. Ivanovski for them. He is an author of the special method of the building.
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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 – 
(Fr).
And also enjoy please some pictures from it:
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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.
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These photos were taken at a distance of 8 km from Kiev’s housing estates /map/ on August 24th (© Konstantin Pismennyi).
Photos of different aged Short-toed Eagle chicks are made by Jean-Pierre Malafosse and are published now by courtesy of the author.
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They can be helpful to reseachers for estimated determination of the chicks’ age.
