This article is available now on a website of the Ukrainian journal of ornithology «Berkut». The authors studied Short-toed Eagle in Vitebsk Region /map/ in 1981–2010:
• Vladimir Ivanovsky, Dmitry Shamovich, 2011 – Ecology of Short-toed Eagle in Belarussian Poozerie // Berkut. 20 (1-2): P. 81-89. – 
(En).
The 13th and 14th October 2012 will be held the 3rd French national Short-toed Eagle meeting in Florac (Lozère) – centre of the Cévennes National Park /map/.
This gathering of French specialists will be open to any foreign colleagues who want to participate.
Program
Saturday 13th oct / from 9h30 until evening : indoor conferences.
Sunday 14th oct / outdoor visit : on the high limestone plateaux on the Lozère Causses.
Conference subjects
The Circaetus gallicus specialists’ meeting is planned to be held this year in Florac /map/. Please view the informational letter prepared by Bernard Joubert, Jean-Pierre Malafosse and Renaud Nadal: (Fr).
Such, already traditional, meetings are important for establishing closer contacts between the Short-toed Eagle watchers from different regions of France and also of other countries belonging to the range of this magnificient bird.
Two more articles on migration of Short-toed Eagles came out this year:
• Mellone U., Klaassen R.H.G., García-Ripollés C., Limiñana R., López-López P., Pavón D., Strandberg R., Urios V., Vardakis M., Alerstam T., 2012 – Interspecific comparison of the performance of soaring migrants in relation to morphology, meteorological conditions and migration strategies // PLoS ONE 7(7): e39833. doi:10.1371 / journal.pone.0039833 – (En).
• Frédéric Jiguet, Damien Chevallier, François Baillon, Julien Ventroux & Pascal Cavallin, 2012 – Sub-Saharan staging areas of a first-summer Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus // Bird Study, 59(1): 102-104. (En).
The first one is based on comparative data concerning Osprey, Marsh Harrier, Egyptian Vulture and Short-toed Eagle.
These next photos were recently recieved from Vincenzo. All of them are taken in Maremma Regional Park /map/. 4 Short-toed Eagle nests are controlled in the Park this year. The season promises to be successful. You can view other Vincenzo’s photos on the Flickr gallery.
These photos, like previous ones, were taken by Bernard Joubert from his hide in Haute-Loire. This year is difficult for Short-toed Eagles because of bad weather conditions. Nevertheless in June the pair already has the chick and takes care of it with a great attention. Let’s hope the chick will grow up and will leave the nest successfully.
Just like last year I would like to share some photos, which, though have not perfect quality, can tell something about different aspects of Short-toed Eagles’ life as here, in Northern Ukraine, so in general. Also like last year the photo gallery will be updated with new images during the season. Every update will be described in comments.
