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A few articles of Prof. Viktor Belik (Rostov State Pedagogical University) on distribution, number and ecology of Short-toed Eagles in several different regions (Ru):

• Белик В.П., 1994 - Распространение, численность и экология змееяда в степном Подонье [Distribution, number and ecology of Short-toed Eagle in steppe Podonie] // Кавказ. орнитол. вестник, вып.6.- Ставрополь. - С.26-29. /map/

• Афанасьев В.Т., Белик В.П., 1998 - Змееяд в Сумском Полесье [Short-toed Eagle in Sumy Polesie] // Птицы бассейна Сев. Донца, вып.4-5: Мат-лы 4 и 5 конф. “Изучение и охрана птиц басс. Сев. Донца”. - Харьков. - С.45-46. /map/

• Белик В.П., Ветров В.В., Бабич М.В., Трофименко В.В., 1999 - Змееяд в Волгоградской области [Short-toed Eagle in Volgograd Region] // 3 конф. по хищным птицам Вост. Европы и Сев. Азии: Мат-лы конф., ч.2.- Ставрополь. - С.20-23. /map/

The photos were taken during an expedition of Prof. Belik in summer of 2008 in Volgograd Region.

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

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Please download and read a new article of Richard Frèze:

• Richard Frèze, 2008 - Étude de la population de Circaètes sur le massif de la Sainte-Baume et les collines environnantes - (Fr).

And also enjoy please some pictures from it:

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

The list of contents (Fr):

This is an adult Short-toed Eagle female. Numerous power lines pylons are situated in its hunting territory. From year to year they are used by both Short-toed Eagles of the pair as a perches for hunt. The birds are not afraid of people much.

These photos were taken at a distance of 8 km from Kiev’s housing estates /map/ on August 24^th (© Konstantin Pismennyi).

This is the third time we bring to your attention GREFA and their successes in breeding and following release of Short-toed Eagles.

The second thing is an appearance of the Observado.org website as a global version of Waarneming.nl we told about before. Please take a look at the ‘About this species’ right column menu there.

Circa33 des Circaètes en Gironde - Yves Forget’s website about Short-toed Eagles of Gironde /map/, is updated now. New photos by the site author, by Françoise Gérardin and other observers are added and can be viewed right on the front page. If you want to know who made the photo you are viewing, you should just right click on it.

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.

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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Date: 30^th April 2008
Time: 18:50
Species: Short-toed Eagle
Location: Jews Gate Bird Observatory, Gibraltar
Rings: Two colour rings on left leg, Green over Red

Details: The bird was migrating north, seen arriving over the Straits of Gibraltar from Africa, then being mobbed by the resident pair of Ravens and many Yellow-legged Gulls. The bird passed low overhead before continuing northwards into Spain.

I’m interested to know when and where the bird was ringed and any further information you can supply.