Artificial hatching again - 12.05.2005
Unfortunately this year again we had to artificially incubate imperial eagle eggs. The same pair that built its nest on the margin of a football pitch in 2003 has chosen the same unsecure place for breeding this year again. Unlike in 2003 we noticed the attempt only after egg laying. Thus we had to rescue the eggs from the nest, three of them, before taking the nest down. The eggs were brought to the Small Animal Research Institute in Gödöllö (KATKI) for incubation. Two out of three eggs hatched succesfully, but one of the eaglets hatched very weak and died when few days old despite all veterinary efforts to save its life. We are greatful to the employees of the KATKI for their enthusiasm and help in this action, namely Zsuzsa Szõke, Barbara Végi, Judit Barna and Ákos Varga.


Poisonings - 25.04.2005
In March 2005 a landowner found two imperial eagle carcasses in a lowland area and notified the local national park warden The carcasses were brought to the Veterinary Institute in Debrecen for inspection. Unfortunately the tissues were not fresh enough to proove the presence of poisons in them, but alterations in the eagles' organs showed signs of poisoning. An illegally used rodenticid is supposed to have caused the death of the two eagles.