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Ranging of Greater Spotted Eagle 6491 since December 2021

Dr. Layla Al Musawi from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Greater spotted eagle 6491 just before…

Releasing 6490, 15 December 2021. 6490 is an adult Greater spotted eagle that we captured at Al Jahra Reserve, Kuwait…

Releasing 6488, January 2020. 6488“ was the first Greater spotted eagle we captured (15 January 2020) at the Al Jahra…

Since the beginning of our project to better understand the movement and ecology of Greater spotted eagles (Clanga clanga, GSE)…

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus). Photo R. Al Hajii. The main focus of our tracking effort thus far has been…

Greater Spotted Eagle with tracking device, Al Jahra, Kuwait (Photo by R. Al Hajji) The Greater Spotted Eagle that most…

We know Greater Spotted Eagle 6488 quite well. She is our old friend. We first caught her at Al Jahra…

Throughout the year Greater Spotted Eagles are a “wetland” species. On the breeding grounds they nest in forests that are…

Figure 1. Steppe eagle 8751 just before release, 29 March 2022, Al Jahra, Kuwait. Sadly, some of the birds we…

6488 perched in a tree at Jahra Reserve. In this picture she has attained her adult plumage. We first caught…