First Eagle in the net - a Booted Eagle

Today we got off to a better start as compared to previous days, with well over a hundred birds in the net. It was a nice mix of birds, but the predominant kind was a Lesser Whitethroat that is migrating right now. We had a few Savi's Warblers, Nightingales, Olivaceous Warblers, Bluethroats and a good assortment of birds.

At 9:15 a call over the walkie-talkie that a Booted Eagle had been captured in the net. It was brought to the ringing station, but we did not have the appropriate ring for it, especially when the focus of the ringing station is not capturing raptors. We called Itai Shanni and requested that he bring over an appropriate ring. Luckily he was in Uvda valley, and came over to provide us with the ring.

Here are a few pictures:

Booted Eagle with ring

Booted Eagle

Jan, Itai and Gary of the British ringing team determining the age of the eagle