{"title":"Bird mortality on powerlines in the Altai Republic and Altai Kray of Russia in 2022","authors":"E. P. Shnayder","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2022-45-8-31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2022-45-8-31","url":null,"abstract":"In October of 2022, 419 km of 6-10kV powerlines were inspected in the Altai Republic and Altai Kray of Russia. The most favorable situation was found in Ulagan District of the Altai Republic. In other districts – Ust-Kan (Altai Republic), Uglovskiy, Solonesh, Rubtsovsk and Petropavlovsk (Altai Kray), numerous violations were observed. In total, 211 dead birds were found killed by electrocution. Nine out of them belong to species enlisted in the Red Data Book of Russia including one Saker Falcon enlisted as Primarily Valuable Species. Along this work we revealed the most dangerous lines required immediate retrofitting with Bird Protection Devices (BPDs) or renovation of already existing ones. The highest priority status was assigned to 6 powerlines or parts of them with a total length of 60 km, that got in total 401 unsafe utility poles. Those line were the cause of death of all Red-listed individuals and caused maximum damage to wildlife expressed in financial equivalent. The total damage to wildlife from all powerlines inspected was equal to 4 463 840 rubles (around $58 735 / €54 000) without approximation on previous season. A scheme of bird-dangerous parts of powerlines / single poles with coordinates was developed for all inspected lines.","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125168142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Smelansky, A. Tomilenko, A. Barashkova, A. A. Yakovlev, A. Krivopalova, M. Pestov, V. Terentiev
{"title":"New Data on Distribution and Population Number of Large Raptors in Northern Usturt Within Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan","authors":"I. Smelansky, A. Tomilenko, A. Barashkova, A. A. Yakovlev, A. Krivopalova, M. Pestov, V. Terentiev","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2020-40-82-102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2020-40-82-102","url":null,"abstract":"In May and June 2018 and June 2019 we surveyed breeding populations of large raptors (principally Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos, Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca, Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis, Long-Legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus, Saker Falcon Falco cherrug and Eagle Owl Bubo bubo) in the north-west of the Ustyurt Plateau within the boundaries of the Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan. The area surveyed was ca. 1000 km2 represented the wider area of 3400 km2. Total 12 species of birds of prey were recorded and 8 of them considered as large raptors. Golden Eagle was found nesting on the Donyztau escarpment, 4 breeding territories were recorded and 3 of them successful; nesting density is estimated at about 5.0–6.7 pairs per 100 km of cliffs, the distance between neighboring pairs was ca. 6 km. Imperial Eagle: 5 breeding territories found on the Donyztau and Zheltau escarpments, 4 of them successful; average nesting density is 3.8 pairs per 100 km of cliffs. Steppe Eagle: 14 breeding territories (25 nests) revealed, among them 6 are successful (1–2 nestlings) and on other 3 breeding was failed; average nesting density is estimated at 1.3 pairs per 100 km2. Average distance between neighboring active nests is 2.5 km in Sholkara hill ridge but the distance between successful nests here is much bigger and makes about 13 km. Long-Legged Buzzard: 13 breeding territories (30 nests) found, of which 11 territories were actually occupied and 8 of them had successful breeding. Saker Falcon is found nesting on Donyztau escarpment: 4 breeding territories, including 3 successful; the average nesting density is 6.7 pairs per 100 km of cliffs. Eagle Owl recorded throughout the surveyed area; 11 breeding territories revealed, the average nesting density is 7 breeding territories per 100 km of cliffs and steep slopes. Two other species, Short-toad Eagle and Cinereous Vulture, recorded only occasionally, nesting in the area is not found. In general, our findings demonstrate the area is important for conserving several species of large raptors in the Atyrau Province.","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"195 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134161262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raptors ConservationPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-292-296
I. Karyakin, M. Babushkin, Kordian Bartoszuk, M. Horváth, Urmas Sellis, Gunnar Sein
{"title":"The New Bottleneck on Birds of Prey Autumn Migration Route through the Karakoram","authors":"I. Karyakin, M. Babushkin, Kordian Bartoszuk, M. Horváth, Urmas Sellis, Gunnar Sein","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-292-296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-292-296","url":null,"abstract":"Karyakin I.V. (Sibecocenter LLC, Novosibirsk, Russia) Babushkin M.V. (Darwin State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Cherepovets, Russia) Bartoszuk K. (Aquila, LLC, Poznan, Poland) Horvath M. (MME / BirdLife Hungary, Budapest, Hungary) Sellis U., Sein G. (NGO Eagle Club, Hauka and Viljandi, Estonia) Карякин И.В. (ООО «Сибэкоцентр», Новосибирск, Россия), Бабушкин М.В. (Дарвинский государственный природный биосферный заповедник, Череповец, Россия) Бартошук К. (Компания Aquila, Познань, Польша) Хорват М. (Общество охраны птиц Венгрии, Будапешт, Венгрия) Селлис У., Сейн Г. (НГО Орлиный клуб, Хаука и Вильянди, Эстония)","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"63 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129750533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raptors ConservationPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-264-271
L. Malovichko, Anton G. Grinko, D. V. Slynko, Jsc “Samotlorneftepromchim”
{"title":"Return of the Steppe Eagle to Nesting in the Stavropol Kray, Russia","authors":"L. Malovichko, Anton G. Grinko, D. V. Slynko, Jsc “Samotlorneftepromchim”","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-264-271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-264-271","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129059916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raptors ConservationPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-228-240
A. A. Abushin, Independent Researcher
{"title":"Results of Observations for Several Breeding Territories of the Long-legged Buzzard in Kalmykia (Russia) in 2019","authors":"A. A. Abushin, Independent Researcher","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-228-240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-228-240","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130273370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Karyakin, E. G. Nikolenko, E. P. Shnayder, O.V. Shiriaev
{"title":"Artificial Nests for the Saker Falcon in Mountainous Steppes of Southern Siberia – Platforms or Nestboxes?","authors":"I. Karyakin, E. G. Nikolenko, E. P. Shnayder, O.V. Shiriaev","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2022-44-68-95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2022-44-68-95","url":null,"abstract":"Installing artificial nests is a widely used method of managing wild bird populations around the world that allows to increase their numbers and/or productivity and breeding success. Among raptors this method is mostly used for small falcons and owls; however, artificial nests are also repeatedly used to attract such a rare species as the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) for breeding. We deployed a system of artificial nesting to restore the Saker Falcon population in former agrocenoses of Siberian mountain steppe and forest-steppe, which had not been used for agriculture since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since 2006 our experiment showed a systematic increase in the Saker Falcon numbers from 1 to 47 pairs. Before 2018 we only used open platforms, and after 2018 we began to install nestboxes, so in the article we can compare birds' response to open and closed nests. We evaluate the artificial nesting impact on Saker Falcon population growth, as well as a number of other raptor species. We also describe the phenomenon of a sharp increase in the number of all raptor species in 2020–2021, attributing this to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115493520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raptors ConservationPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-241-259
A. A. Abushin, Independent Researcher
{"title":"Monitoring Results of the Eagle Owl Breeding Territories in the Republic of Kalmykia (Russia) in 2019","authors":"A. A. Abushin, Independent Researcher","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-241-259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-241-259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124231184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case of death of the adult Imperial Eagle from trichomoniasis in its natural habitat in Tatarstan Republic, Russia","authors":"R. Bekmansurov","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2022-45-84-88","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2022-45-84-88","url":null,"abstract":"From January 2020 to early 2022, for the first time, several Greater Spotted Eagles were recorded wintering in Xinjiang between the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountains.","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133919974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Practice of Identifying a Nesting Biotope for Raptors in the Central Part of the Kyzylkum Desert Using the GIS Technology","authors":"A. Ten, V. Soldatov","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-34-42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2019-39-34-42","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127834475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Sharp Increase in the Number of Vultures Brought Into Rehabilitation in China in 2020 and 2021","authors":"R. Maming","doi":"10.19074/1814-8654-2022-44-43-48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2022-44-43-48","url":null,"abstract":"The outbreak of the COVID-19, which lasted more than two years, negatively impacted humanity at large. In the post-pandemic era, some people began to analyze the so-called “anthropopause”, which seems to be perceived as a good thing for wildlife that brings it vitality. In fact, many animals are at a loss because of quarantine measures, especially those scavengers who rely on human-produced garbage to survive. More corpses are recycled, buried, or burned, making the environment cleaner. Moreover, people have entered an era of low consumption, trapped at home and facing production stagnation, some consumption is almost at zero. Here, we analyze 253 cases of vultures rescued from the wild in at least 25 provinces (74% of the provinces in China) during 2010–2021. In this period more than half of the rescue cases were caused by hunger, as vultures are facing unexpected difficulties. Four vulture species have been affected by a sudden decrease in food availability caused by restricted human activity following Covid-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":330422,"journal":{"name":"Raptors Conservation","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133360835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}