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PISMENNYI K. 2009. Kiev Region

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09.08 : young Short-toed Eagle has left the nest, but it doesn’t fly yet

09.08 : ''do you still see me ?''

09.08 : the female has arrived with a Grass Snake in her beak

09.08 : she is seeing the photographer at a distance of 35 m, but has waited for half a minute before getting off the perch

09.08 : this is a male of the same Short-toed Eagles pair circling right after feeding the young

09.08 : his breeding season which started from the beautiful sky dance is approaching to the end for him

09.08 : obliterative colouration makes the young more or less inconspicuous

09.08 : and certainly its shy behaviour helps to stay invisible in crowns of pines

09.08 : flight not high above the ground – the Short-toed Eagle’s feathers are spread as much as possible

16.08 : male of other Short-toed Eagles pair has also noticeably less dark marks on his flanks than the female

16.08 : massive female with a lot of dark marks and with well-marked ''hood''. Good individual character now is the moulting of the primaries of her both wings

24.05 : another male – he may be taken for a female because of his well-defined ''hood'' or ''plastron''. Also its shape is the male’s individual mark, that allows to recognize him from year to year

31.08.2008 : the same male 9 months ago at the same territory

16.08 : two partners without a young in this year give much attention to each other. The male is approaching the female to ''attack'' her

16.08 : boohm !!! …but just a minute before that she has banished him from this power line pylon

16.08 : 7 minutes later the male gives her the perch again

04.05 : a feather on a branch under the perch at Short-toed Eagles nesting site in the beginning of the season

24.08 : and the empty nest already with a lot of the young’s down – good sign of the successful breeding

24.08 : the male with a snake over his nesting site is looking for the young to feed. His individual character is the silhouette, that reminds the silhouette of an Osprey

09.05 : the Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis) is numerous though rather small as a good prey for Short-toed Eagles in Kiev Region

the Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca) is too rare here to be caught often by Short-toed Eagles

the European Adder (Vipera berus) is distributed sporadically and obviously it can be met regularly only in the diet of certain Short-toed Eagles pairs in Kiev Region

the Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) is not too rare in local forests

the Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) is the staple food of Short-toed Eagles because a lot of them live in open wet territories of the Region and they are easy of access. Therefore the Eagles in Kiev Region are more or less connected with wet lands

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