Please check out the 2nd circular with the full program of the September Conference on Short-toed Eagle and conservation of Mediterranean Raptors (It): Programma del Convegno “Sotto il segno del biancone” [Program of the meeting “Under the Sign of Short-toed Eagle”] – 
; the last corrected version of the second day’s agenda – .
Our sincere gratitude to Francesco Petretti again!
Please get detailed information about the September Conference on Short-toed Eagle: Sotto il segno del biancone [Under the Sign of Short-toed Eagle] – (It).
Many thanks to Francesco Petretti for sharing this!
The long-awaited next issue of the bulletin La Plume du Circaète has come out – (Fr) {rough translation} at long last!
The list of contents (Fr):
Suivi et conservation 2 »
Parc national des Cévennes: protection et nidification 2; Suivi dans les Alpes 4; Le circaète dans l’Aude 5; 12 ans de suivi en Isère 6; Exigences écologiques 7; Oiseaux et lignes éléctriques 11
Etude des comportements 12 »
Gestion des conflits 12; Que font-ils au nid ? 13
International 14 »
Reproduction en Israël 14; Feeding ecology 15
Yves BOUDOINT (†) 16 »
From the 10th to the 12th of September 2015 the Conference on the Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) will be held in the Museum of Natural History of Maremma, Grosseto, Italy /map/.
Original contributions on the morphology, behaviour, general ecology, conservation and distribution of the Short-toed Eagle are welcome. The Conference will be anticipated by a workshop on the 10th of September on conservation projects of raptors in the Mediterranean.
The communication could be presented either in Italian or English, French and Spanish languages and will be published in Acta of the Museum of Natural History of Maremma. The deadline for the subscription is 30th June 2015.
For further information, application form and instructions to the authors please contact:
› subscription:
Ms. Paola Mariotti – segreteria@museonaturalemaremma.it
› scientific contributions:
Prof. Francesco Petretti – okapia.studium@virgilio.it
For the first time tracked 2nd CY Short-toed Eagle has returned to Europe from Africa. This is Egidio which was fitted with a satellite transmitter in Regional Park Gallipoli Cognato /map/ in 2013. European observers have a good chance to see the bird in the nature. As Ugo Mellone said, it would be great to observe the behaviour of this young Short-toed Eagle in the field and his interactions with breeding pairs.
Thanks to Ugo for kindly informing us!
This photo has been taken by Corrado De Francesco in south-eastern Piedmont /map/ on April 12th. The author observed three ST Eagles and one of them had something reminding a transmitter or other similar equipment on its back. If anybody knows what it could really be or who could be the owner of the device, please, inform us:
comment this post or email to info@short-toed-eagle.net.
The phenomenon of Short-toed Eagles’ hunting aggregations was studied by Sameh Darawshi since 2005. Yesterday Ron Milgalter took these video clips of about 30 Short-toed Eagles together, which hunt fleeing small mammals and reptiles above an agricultural patch while the tractor was ploughing the field /map/.
This number of the La Plume du Circaète – (Fr) {rough translation} has seen the light in September 2012.
The list of contents (Fr):
Suivi / Conservation 2 »
Synthèse nationale 2011 2; Parc national des Cévennes 3; Hautes-Alpes 6
Etude des comportements 7 »
Un être agissant 7
Relations interspécifiques 9 »
Observations dans les Cévennes 9; Observations en Haute-Loire 11
International 13 »
Caratéritiques de la migration 13; Minimisation des risques migratoires 13; Suivi de juvéniles en migration 14; Hivernage au Sénégal 15
Sensibilisation 16 »
Rencontres rapaces 16; Plume du circaète 16