by F. Al Lamki, A. Spalton, B. -U. Meyburg. M. McGrady
Migration has started, at least for one of the Steppe eagles (185) we tagged earlier this year in Salalah. Others may have started, and indeed some seem to be wandering during the late summer (mostly in Kazakhstan), but none have made a concerted push towards the wintering areas yet.
185 is a female that was in its third year when we caught it. It seems like she bred about 40 km east of the town of
Embi, Kazakhstan because she stayed in a rather restricted area during 15 March -2 September. On 2 September it started to migrate, but instead of returning along its spring migration route towards Arabia, it has flown north of the Caspian Sea and is currently about 100 km west of
Astrakhan, Russia.
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The movements during Jan-August 2019 of a third year Steppe eagle (185) tagged in Salalah.
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| Summering area used by a Steppe eagle (185) during 2019. |
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| Zoomed in view of the summer home range of Steppe eagle 185. It spent almost the entire summer within a radius of about 2.5 km. |
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| Movements of Steppe eagle 185 since leaving its summer home range in 2019. In the 3 days since starting migration, it has covered about 1000 km. |
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