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JOUBERT B. 2012. Haute-Loire

01.06 : the female with the chick (one week old)

01.06 : often she looks at her chick, very interested

01.06 : she is protecting the chick from the sun

01.06 : under wide and comfortable ''winged tent''

01.06 : in the shadow of Mam

01.06 : the female turns with the sun to provide shadow and avoid overheating of the chick

01.06 : the more feathers, the more shade

01.06 : the male's departure... ''just come back soon, we will be waiting for you... and for a snake''

01.06 : perhaps, such slight touches to the mother by back of the head will be remembered for a long time; why else birds of prey like when their heads are touched?

01.06 : with a prey (young Elaphe longissima); the chick will swallow the snake without help...

01.06 : the female is very preoccupied with comfort of her chick

01.06 : with a vole (Microtus sp); it will be impossible for the chick to eat it without maternal help

01.06 : the male brought a green lizard and gave it to the female

01.06 : in some areas of French Massif central (Haute-Loire, for example) green lizards are often caught

01.06 : sometimes the bird can take a strange look...

01.06 : cleaning the chick's beak

01.06 : what is more delicious than a piece of vole?

01.06 : she puts the snake in reserve

01.06 : the female spends all her time with the eaglet; their relationship is very strong now

01.06 : the chick is little and needs rest, which is carefully protected by Mam

09.06 : the chick is 15 / 18 days old; the first little feathers are appearing on its back

09.06 : even at this early age the chick is quite curious

13.06 : the eaglet is 19 / 22 days old; it cannot fly but walks on all fours very well

13.06 : does the male look at the photographer? no, he doesn't, a jay is the subject of his attention

17.06 : the chick is 23 / 26 days old

17.06 : Ma is yawning and it's very interesting

17.06 : the eaglet is not ready to take off .. but he already tries !

17.06 : there, under mother's wing, is the best and the most peaceful place for the chick now

17.06 : sometimes her moveable feathers make her look too fat

17.06 : quelle beauté ... !

20.06 : the chick is already 26 / 29 days old

25.06 : the female has brought a branch for cooling the nest

25.06 : the eaglet is 32 / 35 days old; it still needs to be protected from heat by the mother

25.06 : the male on the nest; his special aggressive poses are addressed to an intruder which unfortunately remains unseen; the chick doesn't understand what happens

03.07 : ''who are you?!!''

03.07 : the juvenile is 39 / 42 days old now; while the eaglet is flapping wings bits of fluff in the air look like it's snowing

08.07 : the eaglet is 44 / 47 days old; this incredible transformation took just one month

08.07 : this juvenile Short-toed Eagle is very dynamic; the wind inspires, it seems, but the biggest flight feathers are half-grown yet

15.07 : it is still very dynamic; it often tries to flap its wings

15.07 : the juvenile is 51 / 54 days old; the exercises are being done regularly

15.07 : will the chick leave the nest in less than two weeks?

15.07 : under rain... the young Short-toed Eagle seems to be enjoying water

22.07 : magic moment - the whole family; the male (back) just brought a big Vole which is preparing now by the female (centre) and finally will be eaten by the juvenile (left)

22.07 : the juvenile (59 days old) Short-toed Eagle in the foreground, with its mother

22.07 : the father (right) with the young on the nest

24.07 : under the father's wings and tail

24.07 : the juvenile (61 days old) - just few days to wait; looking at buzzards, crows and its parents

30.07 : in 10 minutes the eaglet will take off after spending 67 days in the nest

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