This nesting season, during the past week, the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia, marked four Eastern imperial eagle chicks – three young males and one female of this critically endangered and strictly protected species.

Each was fitted with metal and plastic rings and a satellite transmitter that will allow ornithologists to follow their movements. The four young eagles were named Mišel, Atila, Jelena – and Princ, after Prince Aviation

The imperial eagle is a globally endangered species, and its recovery in Serbia has been remarkable: from a single breeding pair in 2017 to 29 pairs and 25 chicks recorded this year.

Behind those numbers is systematic fieldwork – months of nest and pair monitoring across Vojvodina, satellite telemetry, and professional climbers who carefully retrieve the chicks from tall, isolated trees so the team can ring and tag them before returning them to the nest.

Prince Aviation decided to support the efforts of professionals and scientists of the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia

Under our cooperation agreement, the plan includes procuring additional satellite telemetry units and, going forward, building and installing artificial nests for the imperial eagle.

“Prince Aviation had the pleasure of being part of a different kind of mission – supporting the protection of the imperial eagle. We regard the work of the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia, profesional, crucial and systematic, and the results of this nesting season confirm it.

We have offered our help and expertise in the technical aspects of this global mission, and we are especially glad that one of this year’s chicks was named Princ and that we will be able to follow its movements in the years ahead. We believe this is only the beginning of a long-term partnership in preserving the imperial eagle in Serbia.”, said Djordje Petrović, Prince Aviation’s COO.