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!
Viktor Belik: Short-toed Eagle on Abrau Peninsula
Dec 18, 2010 / No CommentsThe following note of Viktor Belik is published in the 8th 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/.
Bernard Joubert’s 2010 spring photos
Dec 1, 2010 / 2 CommentsIntraspecies communication and contest behaviour
For 3 hours, the 24th 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 …
Distribution modelling by Aidin Niamir
Nov 25, 2010 / No CommentsOne more work from Spain. This M. Sc. Thesis by Aidin Niamir is published on the GEM MSc website (the Academic Output section):
• Aidin Niamir, March 2009 – Distribution modelling of the Short-toed Eagle in relation to potential food availability – M.Sc.Thesis: 75 p. – (En).
Papers about Spanish Short-toed Eagles
Nov 20, 2010 / No CommentsThis paper is available now on a section of Publications in scientific journals of the University of Granada website:
• Gil-Sánchez J.M., Pleguezuelos J.M., 2001 – Prey and prey-size selection by the Short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) during the breeding season in Granada (south-eastern Spain) // Journal of Zoology (Lond.), 255 (1): 131-137. – (En) /map/.
…and an abstract of next one is placed on a website of Ardea – the official scientific journal of the Netherlands Ornithologists’ Union:
• Pavón D., Limiñana R., Urios V., Izquierdo A., Yáñez B., Ferrer M. & de la Vega A., 2010 – Autumn migration of juvenile Short-toed Eagles Circaetus gallicus from southeastern Spain // Ardea, 98 (1). P. 113–117. (En) /map/.
Francesco Petretti’s interview on EuropeanRaptors.org
Oct 22, 2010 / 1 CommentNew interview about the biology and current conservation situation of Short-toed Eagle in Italy has been given by Francesco Petretti. Like two previous interviews about Short-toed Eagles it is published on the Interviews section of the European Raptors website.
Richard Frèze’s 2010 annual report
Oct 3, 2010 / No CommentsNew Richard Frèze’s annual report on Short-toed Eagles in Provence /map/:
• Richard Frèze, 2010 – Étude d’une population de Circaètes sur le massif de la Sainte-Baume et les collines environnantes [Study of Short-toed Eagle population on the Massif de la Sainte-Baume and the surrounding hills] – (Fr) {rough translation}.