Beskrivelse: Steppe Eagles migrate south through the Kathmandu Valley from October to December. Some of them come down to forage on the outskirts of the city. They go down to search the rubbish that is spread in the immensely polluted Bagmati River. Unfortunately the main water supply in the valley is being used as a floating rubbish dump.
Beskrivelse: Photgraphed at almost the exact same spot as the 1cy bird a week ago. The picture shows a subadult bird. Comments regarding more precise age of the bird are welcome. Steppe Eagles migrate south through the Kathmandu Valley from October to December. Some of them come down to forage on the outskirts of the city. They go down to search the rubbish that is spread in the immensely polluted Bagmati River. Unfortunately the main water supply in the valley is being used as a floating rubbish dump. Today some 10+ Steppe Eagles were present along the river near Tauadaha Lake in the SW corner of the valley.
With only two generations of flight feathers, four innermost primaries and innermost secondary 2nd generation and the rest juvenile, I think this bird can be safely aged as 2cy.
Best regards
Jens
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Beskrivelse: Adult bird. Steppe Eagles migrate south through the Kathmandu Valley from October to December. Some of them come down to forage on the outskirts of the city. They go down to search the rubbish that is spread in the immensely polluted Bagmati River. Unfortunately the main water supply in the valley is being used as a floating rubbish dump.
Beskrivelse: Four individuals of this species were foraging in the shrub along the immensely dirty and polluted Bagmati River, near Taudaha Lake in the SW of the valley.
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