Highest number of fledged juveniles in 2005!

90 juveniles took flight from a total of 71 Imperial Eagle nests known in Hungary, which is the highest number of fledglings so far. New breeding pairs have greatly contributed to this result, but also the fact that surprisingly low proportion of breeding attempts failed in the incubation period. More problems were found during the fledging period, also the number of dead nestlings was highest in 2005, 11 of them were found dead under or in the nest. In most cases inclement weather was responsible for the losses.

Dead chick under the nest - a victim of stormy weather (its sibling survived the storm safely in the nest) (fotó: Iván Demeter).

Juvenile Imperial Eagle after fledging (fotó: Attila Korbely).