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#TransferBreedingEaglesNow
Changing landscape around the PEC
Possible Recurrence of Avian Flu
Why Barangay Eden?
Why do we need to relocate our breeding Philippine eagle pairs
from the Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos to the Eden Tourism Reservation Area in Barangay Eden, Davao City?
Our priority Philippine eagle pairs for transfer
Mayumi and Maslog
Mayumi and Maslog - Mayumi lands
It’s been about 6 months since Mayumi (background) and Gavra Maslog (foreground) have been housed in adjacent enclosures. A screen partition in between allows them to see each other while at the same time keep them safe from any aggression. In a pairing process, Philippine eagles that aren’t compatible may slap their wings or worse attack each other.
To date, neither of the birds is hostile. On the contrary, there is a good chance that this pairing attempt will succeed. Our keepers have seen them perched side by side right at the screen partition. They also have started building their nests at the same time!
They've also been heard issuing mating calls and pre-copulation vocals.
To date, neither of the birds is hostile. On the contrary, there is a good chance that this pairing attempt will succeed. Our keepers have seen them perched side by side right at the screen partition. They also have started building their nests at the same time!
They've also been heard issuing mating calls and pre-copulation vocals.
Mayumi preening around Maslog
Mayumi and Gavra Maslog are one of our three pairs for conservation breeding that are top priority for transfer. Just like Hiyas and Magiting, this pair is up against the same challenges in producing offspring.
Ariela and MVP Matatag
Ariela and MVP Matatag
After three years of being together, Ariela and MVP Matatag produced their first chick in December 2021. It was the 29th chick in the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC). In the same breeding season, Ariela laid a second fertile egg. However, the egg did not hatch.
Ariela and MVP Matatag are promising prolific breeders despite the challenges posed by the changing landscape around the PEC and the possible recurrence of Avian Flu. When we move them to a secure and suitable environment, they can be more productive in breeding and we can advance our chick rearing techniques.
Ariela and MVP Matatag, along with Mayumi and Gavra Maslog, and Hiyas and Magiting are our breeding pairs that we need to urgently transfer. The sooner they can be moved in the new location, the sooner we improve their prospects in breeding.
Ariela and MVP Matatag are promising prolific breeders despite the challenges posed by the changing landscape around the PEC and the possible recurrence of Avian Flu. When we move them to a secure and suitable environment, they can be more productive in breeding and we can advance our chick rearing techniques.
Ariela and MVP Matatag, along with Mayumi and Gavra Maslog, and Hiyas and Magiting are our breeding pairs that we need to urgently transfer. The sooner they can be moved in the new location, the sooner we improve their prospects in breeding.
Hiyas and Magiting
Magiting (front) and Hiyas (back)
Hiyas & Magiting are on their 4th year as a breeding pair. Every season, they go about building their nest, offering food to each other, even copulating, and yet they haven’t produced a young. Their bond is strong. But no matter what they do, if they continue to have disturbances around them on top of a looming threat of bird flu, an eaglet from this pair would be a stroke of luck.
We cannot leave it to luck to save our national bird.
We cannot leave it to luck to save our national bird.
Hiyas and Magiting
The Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) is no longer what it used to be. With significant landscape changes around the facility, the woodland that once surround it has thinned out. Furthermore, poultry and game farms are popping up around the PEC. These make the captive eagles vulnerable to zoonotic diseases. The activities in an adjacent farm lot are also causing distress to Hiyas and Magiting and the other eagle pairs. Rather than focusing on breeding, they become wary of their surroundings and on alert to protect their territory.
If we want breeding eagles like Hiyas and Magiting to succeed in producing offspring and standing a chance against extinction, we need to move them to a viable location NOW.
If we want breeding eagles like Hiyas and Magiting to succeed in producing offspring and standing a chance against extinction, we need to move them to a viable location NOW.
Philippine eagle Magiting
Philippine eagle Hiyas