Every year eagles perform Hajj pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina

 The information published on the Telegram channel “Qaraqalpaqstan ekologiyası” reads: “When a GPS sensor was installed on the desert eagle and the route diagram of 20 years of flights was checked, it turned out that the eagle annually flies to the cities of Mecca and Medina and performs the Hajj.” (https://t.me/olya_eco/3758)

This dubious message has been circulating on the Internet for several years now, causing controversy among many people. Misinterpretation of the eagle images has led to confusion, with the abstract title "20 Years of Eagle Tracking" which is still circulating the Web as separate messages.

Russian ornithologist Elena Schneider (https://planeta.ru/555830) exposed the false news on her Facebook page. She writes that the areas on the map represent GPS data adapted from 20 steppe eagles of the species Aquila nipalenis in 2018. The migration of eagles was studied in the regions of Central Asia by installing a GPS device on the birds. Each black line shows the direction of movement of steppe eagles aged 8 to 10 months are fake. She also and the photos. (https://perma.cc/5C8E-6X8R?type=image)

Some of the chipped eagles died in Saudi Arabia or Africa, while the rest returned to Central Asia. The body of one dead eagle was found by a boy from Saudi Arabia. There are still pictures circulating on the Internet, these are messages spread by this boy. They are interpreted differently. The images do not belong to the same eagle.

Verdict: fake