The latest by Anuu Migrationists on the pass and nesting; the heat mainly favored nesting.
A succession of Charon, Scipio the African and Minos, anticyclones that have caused the heat to increase dramatically throughout our peninsula, making these first days of July pass with peaks higher than those of 2003, have allowed excellent nesting avifauna.
The weather conditions in May had somewhat alarmed us as a little rain was necessary, but not for our winged friends. From June onwards, the weather was exceptionally favorable and in the woods in front of the FEIN Ornithological Observatory of Arosio there was an excellent presence of the species that usually nest there.
We mainly talk about the Blackcap, the Blackbird, the Great Tit and the Chaffinch, three species present with different couples who have decided to set up a house around the Arosian station, as did the Great Spotted Woodpecker, the Green Woodpecker, the Wood Pigeon, the Hooded crow, the Jay. It should also be emphasized the interesting presence of a pair of specimens of Buzzard, a diurnal bird of prey which, together with the Sparrowhawk, is the most common species in the area.
Furthermore, since the sixteenth year of the monitoring project of nesting species is taking place through the scientific ringing technique, so far it has also been possible to observe the presence of young Crested Tit, Nuthatch, Black Redstart and Rampichini, a tangible sign of a nesting also occurred for these species, in the woods around the Observatory.
Finally, it should be noted the scarce presence of the Swallow, a species that is becoming less and less present due to the disappearance of sites suitable for nesting, and the excellent presence of the Common Swift that fly over the territory hunting for insects and reproduce in urban agglomerations. located around the territory in question.
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