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All numbers of the bulletin in a form of PDF-files are available now on the special page: La Plume du Circaète.

The last one, seventh – (Fr) {rough translation} was released in April 2009 as a result of the 2^nd meeting of the Circaetus Network that had held in Nadaillac-de-Rouge (Lot, France) in November 2008.
The list of contents (Fr):

RÉSUMÉS DES INTERVENTIONS

Animation du réseau national 2; Premiers résultats des suivis dans le Lot 3; Etude et protection dans les Cévennes 4; Exemples de régulation démographique 8; Etude de la migration à Gibraltar 9; 30 ans de suivi en Italie 9; Analyse bibliographique 10; Les lacs de St-Namphaise 11; Vidéo amateur 11; Emission radio 11; Viticulture et circaète 12

New videos made by Vincenzo Rizzo Pinna in 2009 are uploaded on YouTube. A summer life of one more Short-toed Eagle nest in Maremma Regional Park /map/ is illustrated by them:

You can enjoy all videos uploaded by Vincenzo directly on YouTube. Also 5 videos are commented by the author.

Two articles have been discovered on the Net:

• D.E. Bakaloudis, C.G. Vlachos, G.J. Holloway, 2000 – Nest features and nest-tree characteristics of Short-toed Eagles (Circaetus gallicus) in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest, Northeastern Greece // Raptor Res. 34(4): 293-298. – (En) /map/ (source – www.researchgate.net).

• J. Overpeck, C. Whitlock, B. Huntley, 2003 – Terrestrial biosphere dynamics in the climate system: past and future – (En). Fig. 5.13. Potential distribution of species under climate change scenarios in Europe – // Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future: 220 pp.

These scenes of life in Short-toed Eagles’ nest were fixed by Bernard Joubert in Haute-Loire /map/ this year:

Area: southern Auvergne. Altitude: 870 m above sea level. Tree: pine Pinus sylvestris. Height: 6 meters.

The egg was laid near the 8^th of April, the hatching happened around the 24^th of May. The young bird took off the 30^th of July, early afternoon. He was 67 days old. It was the twelfth succesful take-off in this site in 14 years.
The first visit – very discreet-happened when the chick was 10 days old. Between the 21^th of June and the 30^th of July, nine observatory sessions (circa 30 hours). Here is a photografic summary.

Bernard Joubert

This small gallery is composed of Vladimir Ivanovski’s pictures. The photos were taken in Northern Belarus /map/. Also here you can see Short-toed Eagle chick in the artificial nest built by Dr. Ivanovski for them. He is an author of the special method of the building.

Current number of the La Plume du Circaète (Fr) can be downloaded now in two variants: of 1.6 MB – {rough translation} or of 5 MB – PDF file. New materials on Short-toed Eagles of France are collected in it. Many thanks to Renaud Nadal for placing the version with full-sized images here.

The list of contents (Fr):

Bilan de la surveillance 2007 2 »

Suivi 2007 2; Synthèse pluriannuelle 2

Observation / Conservation 3 »

Migration en PACA 3; Suivi par balise Argos 4; Nidifi cation aux portes de Marseille 6; Observations en limite d’aire 7; Situation en Loir-et-Cher 7; Les échecs de reproduction 9; 12 ans de suivi dans l’Hérault 10; 15 ans de suivi dans les Cévennes 11; Preuve en photos de la longévité 13; Découvertes récentes 13

Menaces 14 »

Tirs, électrocution et collisions 14

Sensibilisation 15 »

Surprises photographiques 15; Rapaces de France 15; 2nd rencontres Circaètes 16; Rendez-vous ornithologiques 16; Approche artistique 16

Next issue of the La Plume du Circaète composite brochure has been released in September 2007 – (Fr) {rough translation}. In comparison with the previous one, which was printed on 12 pages, this issue is bigger, it consists of 16 pages of text and different images.

Please see the list of contents (Fr):

Suivi 2 »

Bilan surveillance 2006 2; Cas de variole 2; Cas de pasteurellose 2; Migration exceptionnelle 3; Suivi dans l’Isère 3; Suivi dans les Cévennes 4.

Observation / Conservation 5 »

Ponte de remplacement 5; Crises du logement 5; Nidifi cation à decouvert 6; Gestion forestière 7; Veille en limite d’aire de répartition 8; Inventaire des reptiles 9; Lien de parenté 10; Dilemme évolutif ? 11; Suivi par balise Argos 13.

Scandale 14 »

Tirs et électrocution 14.

Sensibilisation 14 »

Plan de restauration 14; Une belle histoire 15; Sites internet 15; Bibliographie 16; Rendez-vous ornithologiques 16.