Archive for August, 2008


Photos of different aged Short-toed Eagle chicks

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 by Admin / No Comments

Photos of different aged Short-toed Eagle chicks are made by Jean-Pierre Malafosse and are published now by courtesy of the author.

They can be helpful to reseachers for estimated determination of the chicks’ age.

Short-toed Eagles near Marseille

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 by Admin / No Comments
Photo 1 – Site de nidification, vue de l’ouest

This text about nesting Short-toed Eagles in the environs of Marseille as an example of the species adaptation to urbanization is offered by Richard Frèze:

• Richard Frèze, 2008 - Un Circaète aux portes de Marseille (Fr). Also you have a possibility to open pdf-file Short-toed Eagle. file of the article, view map, /map/ and photos.

Short-toed Eagle chick in Mezhrechenskiy Park

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 by Admin / 1 Comment

These photos of Short-toed Eagle chick (© Konstantin Pismennyi) were made on a territory of Mezhrechenskiy Regional Landscape Park /map/. The chick was 6-7 weeks old. The whole population of Short-toed Eagles is estimated now as about 10 territorial pairs.

You can read more about birds of prey of Mezhrechenskiy Park on a website of Ukrainian Birds of Prey Research Centre. The information is prepared by Sergey Domashevsky there.

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