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Konstantin Pismennyi
Shot in: Kiev Region /map/, Mizhrichynskyi Park /map/, Sumy Polissya /map/

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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Among other articles of the Modern Study of Raptors and Owls (Materials of ІІІ International Scientific Conference «Birds of prey of Ukraine», Kryvyi Rih, 24–25 October 2008) you can find the following:

• Письменный К.А., 2008 – Гнездование змееяда (Circaetus gallicus (Gm.) в Киевской области и проблемы его адаптации к хозяйственной деятельности человека [Breeding of the Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus (Gm.) in Kyiv Region /map/ and problems of its adaptation to human economic activity] // Новітні дослідження соколоподібних та сов. Матеріали ІІІ Міжнародної наукової конференції «Хижі птахи України», м. Кривий Ріг, 24−25 жовтня 2008 р. − Кривий Ріг: 307−311. (Ru).

Some data on spring arrival of Short-toed Eagles to Ukraine is available now on the map. The first dates are: 28^th and 29^th (in display flight) of March – observations of Sergey Domashevsky in Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park /map/ (Chernihiv Region); 4^th of April – observations of Konstantin Pismennyi (Kiev Region /map/, in display flight), Maxim Gavrilyuk and Nikolay Borisenko (Cherkasy Region). Also you can see the comparative data of the records in Bulgaria – observations of Dimitar Ragyov near Plovdiv.

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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/.

The photos were taken during an expedition of Prof. Belik in summer of 2008 in Volgograd Region.