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Owing to satellite monitoring of the birds released in the Life Bonelli Project, we know that some of them ventured within the territory of the only spawning pair formed in the Tramuntana Mountains of Mallorca (the female Bel and the male Vent). It is a risky manoeuvre since the Bonelli’s Eagles defend tenaciously their territory against others of their species. In this respect, direct observations are much more interesting than the “cold” GPS tracking since they help us to know more about the behaviour of the birds. Here are two examples.

 

Dalía on October 2, 2014, in her dispersion area, when she already had one feather broken (the sixth secondary) in her left wing, surely diving down for a prey ending up between branches or bushes. Photo: Javi Quintana / GORA.

 

Dalía, siete meses después, ha iniciado la muda al plumaje de subadulto, que tardan dos años en completar. Cuando acabe la muda a fin quizás recupere esa sexta secundaria, cuya falta deja sin protección a las de al lado y facilita su rotura también. Foto: Bob Burgess.

Dalía vuela detrás de la pareja formada por Vent (al que también le falta una pluma en el ala izquierda) y Bel. No parece una escena muy agresiva, ¿verdad? Foto: Bob Burgess.

En esta fotografía se ven a las tres águilas de Bonelli planeando de buen rollo. Foto: Bob Burgess.

 

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