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Summering areas of non-breeding Short-toed Eagles

Jul 26, 2011 / Comment

A new short report about summering immature Short-toed Eagles in Africa has been published. We express our gratitude to Ugo Mellone for placing the PDF version of it on his website:

Ugo Mellone, Beatriz Yáñez, Rubén Limiñana, A.-Román Muñoz, Diego Pavón, J.-Miguel González, Vicente Urios & Miguel Ferrer, 2011 – Summer staging areas of non-breeding Short-toed Snake Eagles Circaetus gallicus // Bird Study, iFirst: 1-6. – Short-toed Eagle. file (En).

 

Short-toed Eagles in Ukraine. Photos of 2011

Jun 29, 2011 / 1 Comment
Short-toed Eagles in Ukraine in 2011
Although some photos taken by me this year in Ukraine aren’t of the highest quality, they’re interesting (at least in my opinion) and they can’t wait for the autumn to be put on the site. That is why the regular annual gallery is published right now in a bit different format. It is going to be renewed during the season of observations of Short-toed Eagles.

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

 

Articles about Short-toed Eagle in Strepet journal

May 31, 2011 / Comment

Thanks to the editor of Strepet journal, Viktor Belik, we can bring your attention to 2 detailed articles dedicated to Short-toed Eagles in Turkmenistan and in the North Caucasus which are published in the latest issue of the journal:

• В. П. Белик, 2010 – Змееяд на Северном Кавказе [Short-toed Eagle in the North Caucasus] // Стрепет. Т.8 − Вып. 2 − С. 34–59. – Short-toed Eagle. file (Ru) {rough translation}.

• Н. Н. Ефименко, 2010 – Змееяд в Туркменистане: распространение, гнездовая экология, современная численность и охрана [Short-toed Eagle in Turkmenistan: distribution, breeding ecology, current numbers and conservation] // Стрепет. Т.8 − Вып. 2 − С. 60–85. – Short-toed Eagle. file (Ru) {rough translation}.

 

Short-toed Eagle in the Zemplén Mountains

May 22, 2011 / Comment
Photo by István Béres: Short-toed Eagle’s nest with a clutch

Thanks to István Béres and Márton Horváth we are presenting here M. Sc. Thesis on the Short-toed Eagle population in the Zemplén Mountains /map/. This is results of 25 years’ monitoring work:

• István BÉRES, 2007 – A Kígyászölyv (Circaetus gallicus) viselkedési és fészkelési szokásai a Zempléni-hegységben [Behaviour and breeding habits of the Short-toed Eagle in the Zemplén-mountains] – M.Sc.Thesis – Debrecen: 56 p. – Short-toed Eagle. file (Hu) {rough translation}.

 

Short-toed Eagles in Isère. 2010 report

Apr 30, 2011 / Comment

A report for 2010 on Short-toed Eagle in the Isère Department /map/ can be found on the www.faune-isere.org:

Françoise Chevalier, 2010 – Etude du Circaète Jean-le-Blanc Circaetus gallicus en Isère. Bilan 2010 [Research of the Short-toed Eagle in Isère. Summary for 2010] : 5 p. – Short-toed Eagle. file (Fr).

It also contains data on the breeding success for period of 2005-2010.

 

Stories of invalid Short-toed Eagles

Apr 29, 2011 / Comment

This story is published on the Infos Étang de Berre website:

• René Coste, 2010 – Le sauvetage de «Balthazar», le circaète blessé, les amoureux des beaux oiseaux et, un vent de colère [Salvation of «Balthazar» – a wounded Short-toed Eagle]Short-toed Eagle. file (Fr).

It has reminded me a story of «Jeanne» – an invalid young Short-toed Eagle, which had been found at the nesting site with a broken right wing in 2008. A short article about the bird was written by me and was kindly translated by Bernard Joubert for its publication in the 8th issue of La Plume du Circaète. The eagle had lived 2 years and finally died on August 5th 2010 in the Odessa Zoo.

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Veterinarians made the post-mortem examination, which showed not only a reason of the death – the bad condition of the bird’s digestive system, but also that «Jeanne» had actually been a male. My mistake in determination of the bird’s sex had been made because of several reasons:

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