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This year Short-toed Eagles’ breeding was observed in southwestern Switzerland /map/ for the first time. On the Oiseaux.ch website you can find the report on this written by Lionel Maumary:

• Lionel Maumary, 2012 – Le Circaète Jean-le-Blanc a niché en Suisse ! [Short-toed Eagle has bred in Switzerland] // Oiseaux.ch (Fr) {rough translation} – the text contains excellent pictures and video. Also photos of this pair of Short-toed Eagles taken by Thomas Nierle in April 2012 can be viewed here. The juvenile Eagle has left the nest succesfully!

Short review of the Short-toed Eagle specialists meeting which was held in Florac, centre of Cévennes National Park /map/ (Lozère, France), on October 13-14:

• 3e Rencontre Circaète : Florac, 13 et 14 Octobre 2012 (Fr). Heartfelt thanks to Renaud Nadal for sharing this! The meeting was successful. Let’s wish the organizers to maintain this good tradition in the future!

This number of the La Plume du Circaète – (Fr) {rough translation} has seen the light in September 2012.

The list of contents (Fr):

Suivi / Conservation 2 »

Synthèse nationale 2011 2; Parc national des Cévennes 3; Hautes-Alpes 6

Etude des comportements 7 »

Un être agissant 7

Relations interspécifiques 9 »

Observations dans les Cévennes 9; Observations en Haute-Loire 11

International 13 »

Caratéritiques de la migration 13; Minimisation des risques migratoires 13; Suivi de juvéniles en migration 14; Hivernage au Sénégal 15

Sensibilisation 16 »

Rencontres rapaces 16; Plume du circaète 16

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).

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.