A Pair of Imperial Eagles Started Nesting in the Green Balkans’ Wildlife Centre

For a few days now the Green Balkans’ Wildlife Centre team has its doubts that the pair of Imperial eagles in the Centre’s aviary has at least one egg.

Thanks to the CCTV cameras in the aviary, from about a month, the eagles have been seen to copulate multiple times. For two days now, the female is mainly laying in the nest, and in the rare occasions that she gets up, she fixes and arranges its internals, as well as the sticks it is made of.

Sadly, the cameras, that are in the aviary, do not have direct view to the inside of this exact nest, this is why we are not sure how many eggs there are but the female’s attitude is a clear enough evidence that there are some.

The pair of Imperial eagles is part of the birds, patient of the Centre. The male is from RIEW Blagoevgrad, came to is in 2001, and the female was administered almost in down feathers in the Centre form Sakar in 2006, after a storm destroyed her nest.
We dare to say that their success this year is thanks to the amelioration of the aviary’s interior, after consulting with leading experts in the field.

From its inception, Green Balkans works for the protection of the Imperial eagle. Through the years, part of our activities for this very endangered species included the discovery of new pairs, guarding of the nests, admission, rehabilitation and release of birds admitted for treatment in the Centre, rearing of chicks fallen from the nests.
Considering the fact that this is an inexperienced pair, the team has a clear understanding that the possibility to have chicks this season is very low. Although we will continue to observe the birds with high interest and will secretly hope, that the miracle will happen.

We use this opportunity to thank Jan Hanel from the Liberec, the Czech Zoo, which advise we followed when constructing the interior of the Imperial eagles' aviary.