Notes


A very old white tailed eagle

A very old white tailed eagles has been observed (several times) on one of our feeding places. The eagle is marked and born 1990 in Finnish Lappland.

Photographed the 9th of February this year


Pale white tailed eagle

The pale white tailed eagle that use to visit on of our feeding places is now on place. The eagle is marked and born 2002 in Swedish Lappland.  Also see Blek havsörn for more information.

Photographed the 6th of February this year


Common eagle countings

The result from the common eagle countings in December 2009 and January 2010 were as follows:

12-13 of December 2009

Nbr of controlled feeding places 14  
Nbr of observed golden eagles 68 14 ad, 49 sub och 5 juv
Nbr of ringmarked golden eagles 18  
Nbr of observed white tailed eagles 134 68 ad, 52 sub, 14 juv
Nbr of ringmarked white tailed eagles 54  

9-10 of January 2010

Nbr of controlled feeding places 14  
Nbr of observed golden eagles 49 11 ad, 30 sub och 8 juv
Nbr of ringmarked golden eagles 9  
Nbr of observed white tailed eagles 81 47 ad, 22 sub och 12 juv
Nbr of ringmarked white tailed eagles 22  

The figures are the total numbers of different eagles during Saturday and Sunday


Kungsörnen 2009

The annual magazine, Kungsörnen 2009, has now been released and will be sent out to all members.


Result from the feeding season 2008-09

The feeding season 2008-09, the thirty-seventh in order was, as usually, very good.
The number of feeding places were 13 and 40 tons of meat were supplied.
In total 347 golden eagles and 307 white tailed eagles were observed.
81 of the golden eagles and 157 of the white tiled eagles were marked with coloured
rings.


SWAROVSKI helps Eagle72

Thanks to SWAROVSKI we have, together with Falbygdens Bird Club, got a trailer with cover to use for food transportation. The trailer is owned by Swarovski and is stationed at Rolf Grahm in Falköping

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SWAROVSKI OPTIK K.G.