"Miracle" migration news
Every dozen or so years, and every several hundred dataloggers fitted, a miracle occurs. And when one occurs, then suddenly miracles start pouring down like rain. It all began on November 26th, when one of the Steppe Eagles fitted with our logger 5 months earlier in Kazakhstan - male named Shubar was caught alive in Iran.
Miracle number one - it was not shot down.
Miracle number two - it was not killed.
Miracle number three - it was not sold on a local market.
Miracle number four - it was urgently transported to a veterinary station of the Department of Environment in the city of Eezeh.
Miracle number five - it was professionally treated there.
New models, new portal, new possibilities
After introducing our new models of dataloggers to the market and equipping with them this year's offsprings, there comes time for refreshing the portal. Especially since the new models register new data, enabling enhanced methods for visualisation and analysis. Add the fact of this season slowly reaching its end, expected can be further enhancements, improvements and embellishments. We are hoping the improvements will delight the users and facilitate research.
Winter - time for extensive testing
Winter is a difficult time. As well for the Nature, as for advanced technology. Most devices fitted on animals which naturally do not follow the sun, stop operating. Fewer news on their movements can be found. Full of hope awaiting spring and sun stories fill up the media. Aquila devices are an interesting exception. The reason is simple - for us winter is a particularly busy time.
Bittersweet fate of the logger manufacturer
When business is passion, this seems inevitable - sometimes you do not know whether to laugh or cry. We have been facing this state surprisingly often recently. Imagine this - a logger fitted 6 years ago, stopped sending data in 2022 and after 2 years starts sending again. But it turns out te bird had been dead for some time, and something simply flipped the carcass allowing the sunlight to charge the battery and activate the device.
AQC Project's news
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Research in Russia continues
The monitoring works within the Russian part of the species' range is being continued. Despite terrifying results so far (of 9 birds tagged since 2019 only 2 have remained alive) we still believe...
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The nightmare goes on
And on, and on, and on. And the autumn can easily be called black for our Greater Spotted Eagles. During the migration already 3 birds have been found dead. The saddest (if one may graduate such...
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Yet another sad news
Another sad news, this time from Israel. Boyetz - wintering Greater Spotted Eagle, was found dead on March 12th. Boyetz was fitted with Aquila datalogger as a juvenile bird in summer 2019 in the...