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Four different Hungarian-born, color-ringed Imperial Eagles were photographed in the neighboring countries in this past month. Among them was Panni who has a satellite transmitter and so far provided the highest number of coordinates about the dispersal movements of the young Imperial Eagles.
The other three birds have no transmitter, so they were identified by reading their color-rings.
Number S2 was ringed in the Bodrogköz… (Photo: Márton Horváth).
... and was photographed in Eastern Slovakia at the end of August this year
(Photo: József Mihók).
Number V1 as a chick in the Hernád-valley, ... (Photo: Márton Horváth).
... and as a grown-up bird in Austria in September
(Photo: Richard Katzinger).
In the end A269 while being ringed in the Rétköz in 2012 (Photo: Juhász Tibor).
... and being photographed in Eastern Slovakia this September
(Photo: Ervin Hrtan).
We reported about the satellite-tagged Panni last when she had visited the 12th different country. Now it seems that she fell in love with Austrian-Slovakian bordering area since she has been there for about three months. Unfortunately, this region hosts a lot of wind turbines and another wind park are planned to the very same area where she had spent most of the time. Wind turbines can have a negative effect on birds both because of the risk of collision (hundreds of Eagles and Vultures died already caused by collision in Scandinavia and Spain) and because of the large areas required to build them. Raptors show avoidance towards such areas otherwise suitable habitat for them. Establishing new wind parks may lead to a decrease of local breeding populations and prevent new pairs from settling down.
Panni and a wind turbine in Eastern Austria in the end of August (Photo: Wulf Kappes).