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These old short texts have been found recently on the Net:

• Bas van Balen, A. R. Compost, 1989 – Overlooked evidence of the Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus on Java // Kukila. Vol. 4 – No 1-2 – P. 44-46. – (En) /map/;

• Wolfgang Rowold & Harald Weidener, 1999 – Beobachtung eines Schlangenadlers (Circaetus gallicus (Gmel.,1788)) in Marienmünster, Krs. Höxter [Observation of the Short-toed Eagle in Marienmünster] // Egge-Weser. Bd. 12. – S. 61. – (De) /map/.

And a work on flight properties of Palearctic Eagles, where Short-toed Eagle is one of the research objects:

• Kirmse W., 1998 – Morphometric features characterizing Flight Properties of Palearctic Eagles // Holarctic Birds of Prey. – P. 339-348. – (En).

Research and conservation of Short-toed Eagle by Jean-Pierre and Isabelle Malafosse in the Cévennes National Park /map/, report for 2010:

• Jean-Pierre et Isabelle MALAFOSSE, 2010 – Le Circaète Jean-le-Blanc, résultats pour 2010. Suivi des Rapaces forestiers en Lozère et dans le Parc National des Cévennes [Short-toed Eagle, results for 2010. Monitoring of Raptors in Lozère and in the Cévennes National Park], rapport interne C.R.B.P.O./P.N.C.: 12 p. – (Fr) {rough translation}.

Results of Angelo Battaglia‘s observations on Short-toed Eagles in Province of Piacenza /map/ during period of 12 years, from 1990 to 2001, is available on the Download Area section of the «Trebbia» integrated project’s website:

• Angelo Battaglia, 2002 – Aquile – L’Aquila Reale e di Biancone in provincia di Piacenza – Provincia di Piacenza, Assessorato Alla Caccia [Short-toed Eagle in Province of Piacenza] – 64 p.; Sezione del volume dedicato al BIANCONE (Circaetus gallicus) – (It).

Unfortunately photos of Short-toed Eagles are not in high resolution.

Materials on the breeding biology of Short-toed Eagle for Alexander Abuladze‘s thesis (Ru) were collected since 1973 on a territory of Georgia and of Western Azerbaijan:

• А. В. Абуладзе, 2006 – Змееяд (Circaetus gallicus) [Raptors of Georgia. Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)] – Хищные птицы Грузии : Дисс … канд. биол. наук. – Тбилиси. – С. 87-91 (208 с.).

You can find the full text of the thesis on a website of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.

These photos were taken in the national park "Smolenskoe Poozerje" /map/ by Marina Sidenko in 2009-2010 years. Two Short-toed Eagles’ nests were found there at the same nesting site. Many thanks to Marina for the comments on every picture!

The following note of Viktor Belik is published in the 8^th volume of the «Strepet» ornithological journal:

• Виктор Белик, 2010 – Гнездование змееяда на Абрауском полуострове (Краснодарский край) [Breeding of the Short-toed Eagle on Abrau Peninsula (Krasnodar Krai)] // Стрепет. Т.8 − Вып. 1 − С. 125–127 (Ru) /map/.

Intraspecies communication and contest behaviour

For 3 hours, the 24^th March 2010, I am the witness of a specific behavior between a male and an intruding female. The scene takes place on a nest, two weeks before the laying-date. At first, the male “marks” his site ostensibly. An unknown female, interested by the nest appears …

Bernard Joubert, Haute-Loire /map/