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PISMENNYI K. 2014. Northern Ukraine

L11 : this Short-toed Eagle female had both 6th primaries damaged in 2013 and new ones on return in 2014

07.07 L11 : in the beginning of July both the 6th primaries were already absent, just at most 9 months later after the last replacement

05.04 & 27.08 L11 : the same female in the beginning of the breeding season and at the end of it; the new 6th primaries has grown at the end of August

05.04 K11 : her mate is carrying prey to the breeding site which had before been occupied during 3 years in a row

05.04 K11 : the frequency of his arrivals with snakes pointed to the availability of prey in April as well as during the whole season later; at that he was demonstratively posing

05.04 K11 : the eagle is flying with prey down to the nest; his wings are raised and trembling

07.07 K11 : as usually at the beginning of July moulting of this male Short-toed Eagle's primaries has already begun

19.08 K11 : he prefered to perch on the top of the same dead pine as in previous years; he is looking for the juvenile which has already left the nest

27.08 K11 : perching on the top he helps himself with the beak like a parrot; a Sparrow Hawk attacks him

20.08 A : the offspring of K11 and L11 on a pine in the vicinity of the nesting tree that was occupied for the 4th year running; a treatment with turpentine against martens has been applied to the trees

28.06 G11 : this pair of Short-toed Eagles didn't have chick this year, although, they had begun to breed but their attempt hadn't met with success; at the end of June, when their current breeding had already been stopped, the male carried a fresh branch to a new nest which was probably built for the next season like in 2008-2009

03.08 B : the eagle having very pale intermediate plumage visited an active breeding site; it was hovering over the nest with the chick of K11 and L11, but the owners didn't show any aggression, although, the female was present at the site and was flying nearby; perhaps this could be one of offsprings of the pair

01.07 B11 : the male Short-toed Eagle chases Black Storks off his breeding site; the eagles do it regularly because of high number of storks there

18.05 : this pine branch open from above is the pair's favourite perch situated at a distance of 150 m in line-of-sight from their eyrie; some shed feathers have stayed at the branch

29.08 & 20.07 A11 : the partner of B11 is a good hunter and unlike most of other females brings prey almost as often as the male does

20.07 A11 & B11 : probably, because of higher availability of prey this year the partners had time not only for feeding the chick but for something else; in the photo they are ''attacking'' each other at the breeding site

20.07 A11 & B11 : the eagles changed over several times during the ''dance''; here the male has turned out above the female

20.07 C : while the parents were playing game in the air the chick could watch them from the eyrie

12.07 N11 : the new nest of a pair in Sumy Polissya is built on the fancifully crossed pine branches

12.07 N11 : Adult Short-toed Eagles don't willingly leave their little chicks at that period; often they even miss an observer on the ground about twenty metres below themselves; this lets to give a treatment with turpentine to the trees as a protection against martens until the chicks become big and active enough to attract the predators' attention

13.09 N11 : this is the first photos of that female in flight; the bird known since 2010 has only been photographed from a great distance or perching on the nest up to now; these images are distinct enough to let us recognize her by the individual pattern and constitution in the future

16.08 : this year's eyrie of N11 and her mate has emptied; the juvenile Short-toed Eagle is now hidden on a tree somewhere in the forest

16.08 : shed feathers can still be found under perches in the neighbourhood of the nesting tree

16.08 : at the border of the old pine forest where the Short-toed Eagle's breeding site is located

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