New and interesting update via the Facebook page . official by the ringing station Mouth of Caset, in the province of Trento: “The abundant production of seeds that characterized last year not only favored rodents and owls. Hazelnuts could also have benefited from the availability of seeds: yesterday a small group of 8 individuals flew over the pass, giving us two catches.
Bird with a formidable memory, he has one sublingual pocket capable of containing up to 100 pine nuts, which it then stores for the winter. Its very extensive range reaches even Japan, where its speckled plumage has earned it the romantic name of 'raven of the stars' ”.