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The first Bonelli's Eagle of the season tagged in Crete

The first Bonelli's Eagle of the season tagged in Crete

The breeding season of the Bonelli's Eagles has started since February, so in many nests are already present fully-feathered chicks, that will be ready soon for their first flight.

The first ringing for this year's breeding season under the LIFE Bonelli eastMed Project took place in Chania, on the chick of a well-known pair of Bonelli's Eagles that were trying to breed since five years, but without success. This year, however, they breeded succesfully and so the team of the Natural History Museum of Crete - University of Crete did not miss the opportunity to tag the young Bonelli's Eagle with a satellite transmitter!

The action was carried out with the valuable help of the climber Costas Marmatzakos and Nikos Samaritakis, volunteer of the HOS/BirdLife Greece.

 

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Aquila fasciata ringing Crete LIFEBonelliEastMed NikosSamaritakis 1  Aquila fasciata ringing Crete LIFEBonelliEastMed NikosSamaritakis 2

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Nikos Samaritakis (left) observes the Ringing Team from the opposite slope and directs accordinbly the climber Kostas Marmatzakos (right)

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Left: The young Bonelli's Eagle back to the safety of its nest, having been marked with a satellite transmitter that will allow us to monitor its movements, giving us valuable information that will help us protect it more effectively. Right: one of the two parents, while observing from above the ringing process of his little one

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The LIFE Bonelli eastMed project “Conservation & Management of the Bonelli's eagle population in east Mediterranean” will address the most critical threats to Bonelli’s eagle populations in Greece and Cyprus. The overall objective is to ensure the long-term favourable conservation status for the species’ interconnected local populations, through the establishment and operation of the East Mediterranean Bonelli’s Eagle Network.

The project is implemented by the Natural Museum of Crete - University of Crete, the Game and Fauna Service (Game Fund) - Cyprus, the Hellenic Ornithological Society/BirdLife Greece, the Ministry of Environment & Energy - Greece, the Department of Forests - Cyprus and the NCC Environmental Studies Ltd with the financial contribution of the LIFE instrument of the EE.

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