by B.-U. Meyburg, F. Al Lamki, A. Spalton and M. McGrady
All the Steppe eagles we fitted with transmitters in Salalah are in Kazakhstan, mostly in the west of that country. The bird that is farthest east (162312), is the bird we first caught in 2017 at the Muscat municipal landfill. That bird has spent the last two winters at a dumpsite in central Saudi Arabia (have a look back at earlier posts to see more). It is now at 65.2 degrees east longitude, and is east of Astana. About half the birds seem to have settled into summer home ranges, and may be breeding. The others are becoming more settled, but it is not yet clear that they have stopped moving. Hopefully our colleagues working in Kazakhstan might be able to visit some of these places to see if they can confirm breeding.
All the Steppe eagles we fitted with transmitters in Salalah are in Kazakhstan, mostly in the west of that country. The bird that is farthest east (162312), is the bird we first caught in 2017 at the Muscat municipal landfill. That bird has spent the last two winters at a dumpsite in central Saudi Arabia (have a look back at earlier posts to see more). It is now at 65.2 degrees east longitude, and is east of Astana. About half the birds seem to have settled into summer home ranges, and may be breeding. The others are becoming more settled, but it is not yet clear that they have stopped moving. Hopefully our colleagues working in Kazakhstan might be able to visit some of these places to see if they can confirm breeding.
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| Locations of Steppe eagles fitted with transmitters in Oman as of 20 May 2019. |
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