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Résumé :
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The author reports on experiences and offers advice resulting from the recording of Red Kites between 1996 and 2004 in some 26,000 hectares in an "Important Bird Area" (BY 044) in southern Germany.The main aim of this work was to ascertain the number of breeding territories, so that habitats and birds could be protected. Determination of the number of pairs and their breeding success was of lower interest. The emphasis is therefore on indirect evidence. Fieldwork methods are exactly described: optical equipment, identification of individual birds, notes on the rediscovery of nests, characteristics of Kites' nest, etc.
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