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Dead White-tailed Eagle on Amager. DOF responsible!    2021-10-30

DOF (Dansk Ornitologisk Forening), the Danish Ornithological Society.

I last saw the juvenile White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) on the nest the 31st of July and it looked fit and ready to fly. A relief, because the expected moment for its departure was long overdue, why I, and others, have been wondering if it was sick or just had grown to become a lazy teenager reluctant to start a life on its own.

But my feeling of optimism only lasted a few days, until yesterday when I met Stefan Stürup, DOF-kbh, in the forest (Kongelunden), where he told me that, just five minutes earlier, the eagle had been caught to be transferred to a rehab-station in Jylland.

Apparently the bird had been found by visitors near the golf course the day before, sitting on the ground. And according to the rescuing-team the bird had difficulty flying, because it was missing all the remiges in one of the hands!

Stefan says, this is not unheard of among raptors. I haven't been able to find information that supports this, or for that matter, any that rejects it, but a completely asymmetrical damage, and apparently a clear-cut one, in my eyes, does ... read more

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 2022-04-25 På et par uger sker der dog alligevel en sjat. Udover i kortere strejf hvor vind og temperaturer er gået op i en mere forårsmild enhed, så har perioden været præget af en fortsat kølig og indædt nordøstlig vind, som jeg kun kan tolke som en udløber af de gale energier som fortsat strømmer fra vores ... read more
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 2022-02-21 Så forunderligt at betragte fuglene i dagligdagens små gøremål. Vores ophængte kokosnød med afskallede solsikkekerner danner ramme om mange interessante iagttagelser.

Således kommer de lidt barnlige og kluntede Skovspurve næsten altid i flok, og de hægter sig fast med kløerne ved åbningen af nødd
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