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A new number of the La Plume du Circaète – (Fr) {rough translation} has seen the light in August 2010.

The list of contents (Fr):

Suivi / Conservation 2 »

Synthèse nationale 2009 2; Parc national des Cévennes 3; Puy-de-Dôme 6; Franche-Comté 7; Hautes-Alpes 8; Bretagne 9; Bouches-du-Rhône 9; Dangereuse capture des reptiles 10

Observations dans l’Hérault 13 »

Menaces 21 »

Tirs et électrocutions 21

International 22 »

Les circaètes en Ukraine 22; Histoire d’un circaète captif 24

Sensibilisation 26 »

Convention LPO/ONF en Isère 26; Rencontres des réseaux 27; Un réseau aigle botté 27; Un dépliant circaète ? 28; Hommage à Françoise Gérardin 28; Rapaces de France 28

These photos were taken by Miroslav Dravecký (Raptor Protection of Slovakia – RPS) during short summer expedition in Kiev /map/, Chernihiv /map/ and Zhitomir Regions in the north of Ukraine:

Photos of male Short-toed Eagles hunting in June for the females which are sitting on their nests:

Dark Short-toed Eagle female hunting from power line pylons for herself for the reason that the breeding has failed:

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This is short, but fresh news from GREFA. Old pair of Short-toed Eagles continues to breed in captivity this year in the GREFA Wild Fauna Recovery Centre. They do it regularly during several years, but there is no much information available about each breeding attempt yet.

Please visit this page to read a story of Dorsey (Iw) – Short-toed Eagle, which was ringed by Sameh Darawshi in Israel /map/, was captured in Sudan and then was photographed in Israel again. The story is in Hebrew, but you may use Google Translate, for example, to English.

This is just a message of Vincenzo Rizzo Pinna from Maremma Regional Park /map/: the first Short-toed Eagle chick hatched in the Park on May 22^d in the observer’s estimation. In the video we can see the first moment when the chick was left alone in the nest for about 20 minutes. Thank you for the fresh news, Vincenzo!

The first Short-toed Eagle in Maremma /map/ was observed on the 5^th of March in Ansedonia (Grosseto). On the 14^th of March 1 pair was in its nesting territory in Tolfa hills (Roma)/map/: the male was performing a “wing flap display”. The weather now is fine but the temperature is low and approaches zero degree during the night. No snakes at all, maybe the eagles are able to survive without food for few days or to rely on toads?