In January we caught two Steppe eagles (Aquila nipalensis) at the Muscat Municipal Landfill at Al Multaqa. Look back at our January 30 blog post. Steppe eagles are migratory and only visit Oman in the winter, so these birds were destined to someday fly off to summering areas in Asia. For Steppe eagle 105, that journey started on 7 March, when it started moving north west from Bahla. By 18 March it was flying over Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after which it changed course and headed toward Kuwait City. As of the afternoon of 24 March, 105 is located about 50 km east of the Saudi Arabian town of Hafar al Batin and about 200 km south west of Kuwait City. Migration can be a dangerous time, and we hope that this bird will continue safely on its journey.
Below is a map (If you click on it, it should open up larger in new window). The gaps you see are because the bird has been flying over areas where it has no GSM coverage, inhibiting the upload of GPS locations. Hopefully over time, as long as it gets periods of good GSM coverage, those gaps will get filled in as the transmitter catches up and sends the saved data.
Below is a map (If you click on it, it should open up larger in new window). The gaps you see are because the bird has been flying over areas where it has no GSM coverage, inhibiting the upload of GPS locations. Hopefully over time, as long as it gets periods of good GSM coverage, those gaps will get filled in as the transmitter catches up and sends the saved data.
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| Movements of a juvenile Steppe eagle Jan-March 2017, showing 18 days of its spring migration. |
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