Episodul 4, Meniu African

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Good news from Béni ”The Survivor”

Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2011 09:58 Written by Administrator Friday, 16 December 2011 09:53

In one of our previous articles we were expressing our worries about Beni, the surviving 2010 nestling which got stuck in the south of the Sinai Peninsula on its way back to Africa after having spent the summer In Turkey and did not manage to finds its way to Africa above the Suez Channel. Our reasons for concern were well grounded, as in 2010 another juvenile, Adel, had lost its life in the same area of the Sinai Peninsula. Beni 1 is the juvenile which amazed everybody last year when, after having succeeded in crossing the Sahara, he broke all records: the fastest speed (92 km/h), the longest distance covered in one single day (511,7 km) and the most kilometres covered in total during migration (13869,17 km until 06.01.2011).

Another transmitter-equipped Aquila falls victim of Africa

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:31 Written by Administrator Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:24

According to the data we got from Coves’s transmitter, the signals have been coming from the same location – the town of Mubende in Uganda since 4.11.2011. The last signal from Coves came on 17.11.2011. The fact that the signals have been coming from the same location has made us wonder if the bird is still alive or it was made captive or lost its transmitter.

Later on we got more data about Coves from Achilles Byaruhanga – from Uganda Wildlife Authority through Moldovan Istvan and Keith Betton, the manager of the ‘African Bird Club’ Association. Here’s what Mr. Byaruhanga told us about Coves:

“When the security personnel acknowledged the presence of the transmitter-equipped bird, they took it to the police station (arrested it) until they would get more data about it. We only collaborated with our colleagues from the Uganda Wildlife Authority to recover the bird’s body (for which we had to pay bail!) We were told that the bird had fed itself on a poisoned goat and had died somewhere near Mubende wherefrom it had been taken to the police station. Briefly, we took the bird, registered the information from its rings (mounted on its feet) and kept it in our University Museum together with the transmitter. If the transmitter is still operational, you will see this from the change in its position and if not, than it is possible that it was deteriorated while in police custody. “

The adopted Lesser Spotted Eagle

Last Updated on Monday, 12 December 2011 09:23 Written by Administrator Monday, 12 December 2011 09:15

On the 2^nd of August 2011 we received from a veterinarian friend of us Borka Levente a juvenile male Lesser Spotted Eagle from Pădureni region (Mureş county). The bird had been found by some workers near a forest. After feeding the bird for a day, we took it to the forest near Valea village for adoption, where on the 7^th of July we ringed and tagged with satellite transmitter the chick named Katona (http://pomarina.ro/RO/psri-cu-transmitoare/115-katona). At this nest site we have been making regular observations during the breeding period. Both juvenile birds had similar age, which was the reason for choosing this pair as adopting parents. When we arrived to the spot Katona had already fledged, and was moving around at the forest edge nearby.

The Lesser Spotted Eagle comics

Last Updated on Friday, 09 December 2011 11:18 Written by Administrator Thursday, 08 December 2011 10:45

For the first time in Romania Lesser Spotted Eagles are becoming comics characters. This animation is made within the confines of the LIFE project “Conservation of the Lesser Spotted Eagle in Romania” implemented by the Regional Environmental Protection Agency from Sibiu in partnership with “Milvus Group” Bird and Nature Protection Association and Romanian Ornithological Society.

From the 7th of December 2011 there is an educational comic serial on the project’s website: www.pomarina.ro/RO/serial. In this comics series we can follow monthly the adventures of the two main characters, Generalu’ and Piciu’ eagles, during the migration to Africa, their wintering period and their way back to Romania. The period between April and September, when the eagles are in our country, will also be illustrated. The scene of these episodes will be Transylvania, where the largest breeding Lesser Spotted Eagle population from Romania lives.