Every dozen or so years, and every several hundred dataloggers fitted, a miracle occurs. And when one occurs, then suddenly miracles start pouring down like rain. It all began on November 26th, when one of the Steppe Eagles fitted with our logger 5 months earlier in Kazakhstan - male named Shubar was caught alive in Iran.
Miracle number one - it was not shot down.
Miracle number two - it was not killed.
Miracle number three - it was not sold on a local market.
Miracle number four - it was urgently transported to a veterinary station of the Department of Environment in the city of Eezeh.
Miracle number five - it was professionally treated there.
Miracle number six - the logger was not removed from the bird.
Miracle number seven - the logger was not regarded as a spying device.
Miracle number eight - the logger was not handed to any military unit for investigation.
Miracle number nine - the bird was released in the Miangaran Wetland after recovery.
Miracle number ten - the bird was released even with the logger still on his back!!!
Thanks to the good will of the people involved, we were at all times able to monitor the situation and wait for the final moment of releasing the bird again to the wild, as well as further track his movements.
The bird is fine now. It turned out he had an infection that was efficiently cured.
On days like these, overwhelmed with the amount of good things taking place, it really feels the hard and stressfull work makes any sense. And even start dreaming, that from now on eagles will be treated with due respect, receiving help, if needed and let do their eagle stuff. And from the technical side, that dataloggers with Aquila inscriptions will no longer be treated like enemy tool for causing harm, pain and tears to humans.
The dream will continue, thanks to people in Iran.
For the professional handling and kind support we would like to express our deepest thanks to the Department of Environment in the city of Eezeh. If not mistaken, the article in Persian can be read on their official page.
Ps1.: Pay attention to how little you can see of the new and fully functional Aquila logger the Shubar is fitted with.
Ps2.: Pay attention to the modern 3d visualisation map available to every user of the AquilaSystem portal.