Summaries of WTE observations at feeding ground 2012-2013

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Jan 1, 2013

Several eagles visited the feeding place. Among them were again the same two ringed eagles as on the previous day.

• orange over blue V331 (2007) from SW Finland (previously seen 2012 Feb 20, 21; this season on Dec 30, 31)
  black over blue B279 (2009) from SW Finland (previously seen 2012 Jan 21, 24, Feb 17, 18, 19, 20; this season on Dec 30, 31)

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Jan 2, 2013

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An eagle with two ravens in a treetop on the Grove at about 9 am.

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9:14 - two unringed Eagles

The one on the left looks like 1st-winter bird and the other is older: the beak has turned somewhat yellow.

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five Eagles

Sorry Fleur: six!
In the centre one very blond eagle and on its right two very dark individuals.

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six eagles! one with rings, can be V331 because the colours match. didn't get numbers because picture jammed.

correction: seven hungry eagles on the ground!

So I wasn't too good in counting myself either, but

almost impossibly many eagles all there together

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V331 again.

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9:34 Eight eagles eating at the same time.

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Some portraits of unringed eagles.

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In such a crowd some disagreement was bound take place.

Some disagreement..

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The very blond (and wet) eagle.

Picture taken at 9:49

Pictures taken at 9:52

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9 eagles!

9 eagles

Some pictures taken from Katti's video in the morning at 9:44. First two very blond eagles.


Then the nine eagles on the ground at the same time.

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9:56 EET: An adult cleaning his/her beak (and possibly drinking, too).
This eagle has a very clear white stripe above the eye.

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Some portraits. No rings on any of them.

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... but now i watched Katti's video and there are nine eagles!
11:48 Seven eagles in the pinetree.

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The next ringed eagle appeared on the feeding ground at 12:02. It wore its rings in "wrong" ankles: country ring and year ring are in reversed order. The code T315 is on blue&blue ring on the right leg and white over red on the left leg. It was ringed in SW Finland in 2004 (9th w).

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A profile of this 9th winter bird.

12:01

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An hour later an unringed eagle.
13:26

13:30 the tip od the tail is quite white.

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In the afternoon eagles retreated up to trees. An adult eagle in a pinetree.

Pica pica - beautiful bird (Editor's remark: picture taken at 14:25)

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(Editor's remark: picture taken at 14:32)

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Jan 2 2013

Several eagles visited the feeding place. The maximum number of eagles seen on the ground at the same time was nine. The ringed eagles were the following:

• orange over blue V331 (2007) from SW Finland (previously 2012 Feb 20, 21; this season on Dec 30, 31, Jan 1)
  blue over blue T315 (2004) from SW Finland. This is a new bird to the ground. Special about this bird is that the rings are in reversed ankles: country ring on the left leg and the year ring on the right.