Friday, November 22, 2019

6700 eagles found in Central Saudi

by B. Meyburg, M. McGrady, A. Spalton & F. Al Lamki

The big news of the week is that our tracking data have pointed field biologists in Saudi Arabia to  the largest known aggregation of endangered Steppe eagles in the world, 6700 birds, about 8% of the  estimated world population.

Read more here:
https://www.osme.org/2019/11/globally-important-numbers-of-steppe-eagle-discovered-in-saudi-arabia-an-update/?fbclid=IwAR1oyBMeSOtJ8iWHx9KP-xoCAjLB986wEUQHos5ov8xmSSYp-0CPNLMxvCo

Steppe eagles of various ages at a site in Central Saudi Arabia in November 2019, where 6700 eagles were counted. Copyright  2019 P. Roberts

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