We last heard from the Steppe eagle wearing transmitter 105 on 22 March. At that time it was in Uzbekistan and seemed to be near the end of its migration. It had spent the winter near Abha, Saudi Arabia (and just to remind you summered in 2017 in western Kazakhstan and was caught by us in January 2017 near Muscat, Oman). It turned up today located about 30 km NW of Yekadin, KZ. The gap in data was due to the bird being outside the area of the GSM network. Hopefully, it will stay within the network for some time so that the stored location data from the past months can be downloaded. In any case, it is great to know it is alive!
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| Locations of two Steppe eagles tracked via satellite in mid-July 2018. Red =105, Blue=162312) |
Interestingly, this bird is located only about 60 km from the other Steppe eagle we are tracking, which is currently about 60 km SW of Yekadin. The map below shows the locations of both birds since 22 March. As you can see, one bird (105) migrated earlier than the other (162312).
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| Movements of two Steppe eagles tracked via satellite during 22 March - 5 July 2018. Red=105, Blue = 162312. (Click on the image to open larger in a new window.) |
