by Mike McGrady and Bernd Meyburg
162312 is making rapid progress on migration. Most recently it was just outside the famous city of
Qom, Iran. It has made steady progress, covering about 1000 km in three days. See map below.
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| Movements of Steppe eagle (162312) during autumn migration, 2018. |
In Qom, the eagle has visited what appears to be the municipal rubbish dump (Image below). Rubbish dumps are a potential source of food for scavenging birds like this eagle or like Egyptian vultures, which also migrate along this flyway. However, they are also a potential hazard if they expose scavengers to toxic material or if the power lines around the dump sites are an electrocution threat. Iran Bird and Powerline Protection Committee can be visited on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ibplc2017?lang=en
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| 162312 apparently visited a waste site outside of Qom, Iran. |
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