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Thursday, September 17, 2020

6488 still in Kazakhstan

We expect the Greater spotted eagle that we are tracking to start migrating soon, but wanted to let you know some details about what it has been doing recently.  

For most of the last month it has been located along a stretch of about 35 km of the Turgay River, about 100 km south west of Turgay, Kazakhstan.  However, during 25 August - 5 September it made a rather long excursion to a location over 725 km to the north, near Chelyabinsk, Russia.  Below is a map of its movements during the last month, and a zoomed in map of the stretch of the Turgay River where it has spent so much time, and where it is today.

Movements of a Greater spotted eagle (6488) during 15 August - 16 September 2020 (©KEL/KFAS).
Locations of a Greater spotted eagle (6488) along the Turgay River, Kazakhstan in August and September 2020 (©KEL/KFAS).


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