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PISMENNYI K. 2011. Northern Ukraine

27.03 (1) A: the first Short-toed Eagle - old female in Mizhrichynskyi National Park

27.03 (2) A: she is not very contrasty from above

27.03 (3) A: bright underpart on the background of deep blue sky

27.03 (4) A: the female is looking at the photographer from a distance of 0.4 km

27.03 (5) A: she has 7 instead of usual 6

27.03 (6) A: silhouettes in the sky

27.03 (7) A: looking for the prey she moves from place to place

02.04 (1) A: the same female (A); her silhouette is easily recognizable

02.04 (2) B: her partner is looking at her

02.04 (3) B: he is hunting, all the primaries are in their places yet

02.04 (4) B: hunting flight over the Desna River's floodplain

02.04 (5) B: typical for this male Osprey-like bend of wings allows to identify him every year

02.04 (6) C: another male Short-toed Eagle; the primaries aren't moulting too

02.04 (7) C: the primaries in order of visible length; this picture is useful for describing individual peculiarities of the moulting

02.04 (8) C: less dark spots and bars on the thighs is typical for the male Eagles, but it isn't the unfailing mark of them

02.04 (9) B: the first (B) male is attacked by a Hooded Crow and by a Common Magpie

02.04 (10) B: one of his the first successful hunts at his home range and the following triumphal sky dance

08.05 (1) B: the same male Short-toed Eagle at his nesting site

08.05 (2) B: a month later the moulting of the primaries is obvious even while observing at a great distance

08.05 (3) B: the 7th right primary looks comparatively new - it was absent in the end of the previous breeding season

08.05 (4) B: he is staring at me from a ~90-metre height; his 3rd, 4th left primaries and 5th, 8th right ones are absent now

08.05 (5) E: pale-headed Short-toed Eagle - probably an immature bird born in 2009 or in 2008

08.05 (6) E: its silhouette looks a bit

08.05 (7) E: it's looking back; although, the nesting site's owners aren't aggressive towards it

08.05 (8) B: the male (B) is just watching the young Eagle

26.05 (1) D: the male Short-toed Eagle of another pair

26.05 (2) D: his beautiful territorial display-flight is performed for an intruder

26.05 (3) J: for this one - with specific signs of the primaries moulting and with a prey in its crop

05.06 (1) F: female Short-toed Eagle in a new nest, which has been discovered from a distance of about 0.5 km

05.06 (2) G: the same male photographed from the same position almost 2 years later; he carries the snakes towards the nest

05.06 (3) G: the same tracery of dark marks almost 2 years later

19.06 (1) H: one more display flight, this time performed by a non-breeding female

19.06 (2) I: very pale immature Short-toed Eagle; the wings look not such broad as adults' ones do

19.06 (3) I: while hunting it dives a lot

19.06 (4) I: its pale head is visible from a distance; it probably tells of absence of the territorial claims

19.06 (5) J&H: Short-toed Eagle (pls see 26.05 - J) chases the female (H), which has a snake in her beak; the chaser may be her last year's partner and at the same time the C bird (pls see 02.04)

03.07 (1) A: the female Short-toed Eagle photographed 27.03 (A) has just left the nest and flies to hunt

03.07 (2) A: she's a real woodland witch; her tail and wing feathers aren't very over-worn actually, they are just very wet because of a heavy dew

03.07 (3) A: the pose, the mighty silhouette and the

03.07 (4) A: both 7th primaries are growing, both 9th and both 2nd ones seem to be absent

03.07 (5) A: she is extremely spotted and dark Short-toed Eagle; although, in bright sunlight from a great distance she doesn't seem so (pls see 27.03)

03.07 (6) A&B: her constant partner (pls see 02.04 & 08.05 - B) is apparently much lighter and much slimmer than she is

03.07 (7) B: compare pls 08.05 (4) - 8 weeks later 3rd and 4th left primaries and 5th right one are grown; 8th right one isn't completely yet; 10th right and 9th left ones are short too; probably 1st and 3rd right ones are absent

B: the primaries moulting; in the last case some feathers look ragged mainly because they're wet; the fresh-grown ones are a bit greyer

03.07 (8) A&B: flying together

03.07 (9) B: his identifiable Osprey-like zigzag wings adorn him

03.07 (10) B: circling at his breeding site he always attentively looks around

17.07 (1) K: hunting from a traditional high perch - top of a power line pylon

17.07 (2) K: the photographer isn't hidden, but the Short-toed Eagle doesn't look much disturbed

17.07 (3) K: now the man has approached too close; it's time to fly away

17.07 (4) K: typical coloration of an adult Short-toed Eagle - the same tone of the head, the back and the lesser wing coverts

17.07 (5) K: however, the Eagle is flying towards the man; in the air they usually feel themselves more comfortable

17.07 (6) K: the close-up allows to identify the bird as one photographed a year ago

17.07 (7) K: this bird hasn't been observed at its nesting site, but its behaviour and relationships with other Short-toed Eagles tell that it is quite dark and spotted male

17.07 (8) L: another Eagle, which hunts from the pylons, is even darker and seems to be the female of the same pair observed here a year ago too

24.07 (1) G: this male has brought a snake to his grown chick; the bird photographed on June 5th (G) is recognized thanks to the dark marks and the fresh feathers at places of the moulted ones

24.07 (2) G: his neighbour, a Common Buzzard, makes him do some special maneuvers to avoid its attacks

24.07 (3) G: their fighting dance

24.07 (4) Q: the female is typical-coloured and her primaries are moulting now; 8th ones are almost absent, 5th primaries are shorter than normal ones

24.07 (5) G: the male has arrived at the nesting pine with a lizard

24.07 (6) G: he’s going to jump down to the nest

24.07 (7) G: looking around one more time

24.07 (8) G: giving the prey to the chick

24.07 (9) G: jumping back to fly away

24.07 (10) G: he has the special manner to

30.07 (1) M: feathers of this Short-toed Eagle chick are almost full-grown; it's doing wing exercises

30.07 (2) M: the pale yellow iris is typical for the young bird

30.07 (3) M: some parts of the head are covered with short pale grey feathers; these parts are typical for the juveniles too

30.07 (4) N: the female Short-toed Eagle has arrived

30.07 (5) N: she has given a small snake to the chick and a bit opens and closes her bill after that

30.07 (6) N: as usual, her attention is mainly turned on the sky

30.07 (7) N: from time to time she watches the chick

30.07 (8) N: beautiful pose

30.07 (9) N: watching the sky again; probably someone flies there

30.07 (10) N: she really not often takes a look at the ground; the nest is situated at a height of more than 25 metres above it

30.07 (11) M&N: while the mother is looking around, the juvenile finishes to swallow the brought prey

30.07 (12) N: she has a bit tousled her feathers

30.07 (13) N: real crowned queen on her throne over the forest; this picture reminds me frames from a video by Yves Boudoint

30.07 (14) N: one more attentive look aside

30.07 (15) N: she has taken a position to hide her chick from the sunlight

30.07 (16) N: and has made “the tent” over the juvenile; although it isn’t too young and the sun isn’t high yet

30.07 (17) N: she has decided that open wings aren’t necessary to make enough shadow

30.07 (18) M&N: the juvenile has got tired of one pose; it’s time to stretch

07.08 (1) B: moulting continues; 9th left primary, 10th and 8th right ones have grown; 7th left primary is absent; 7th right one still hasn't been shed (it changed a year ago)

13.08 (1) O: the first this year's juvenile found out of nest

13.08 (2) O: its parents are the K&L pair (pls see 17.07)

04.09 (1) G : the male is looking for the juvenile not far from their nesting site

04.09 (2) P : the juvenile is flying well above the parent and is begging for food; they both are moving towards the nesting site

04.09 (3) F : the female before and after feeding the juvenile; her crop also is obviously full

04.09 (4) P : a silhouette of the juvenile right over the nesting tree

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