Passo dei Migratori: After an excellent October full of migrants throughout Italy with excellent thrush peaks, but the month of November was scarce, thanks to the adverse weather conditions of recent days and the cold that is pressing in the Alps area.
We read in the Notarelle on the October pass written by Walter Sassi (technician of the FEIN Ornithological Observatory in Arosio): "Excellent passage of Song Thrushes, also observed in large quantities in central Italy and in the South with a large number of reports in Puglia and Calabria. Slightly anticipated passage in the center of the Apennines for the Redwing.
Constant and massive presence of the Pettirosso throughout the territory unlike Siskin and Fringuello observed in good numbers only in some areas. Peppole are absent, which still today (ed) have not registered their appearance in various habitually frequented territories.
The presence of the Blackbird is excellent, observed in good numbers throughout the peninsula, appearing slightly behind the migration tables of the species, which would see it as the protagonist especially in the first ten days of October.
Like him, the Cannaiola also recorded an excellent presence with an above average number of ringed individuals in some ornithological stations and still present in the last days of October especially near the pre-alpine lakes. Frosoni, Black nurses and Prispoloni have remained numerically constant compared to recent years, while a good number of small Luì, Pispole and many larks in rapid transit from the countryside of Northern Italy to the Tyrrhenian coasts. It should be noted that the vintage was also excellent in terms of the presence of rare species.
In particular, from the Alps to the small islands of the Mediterranean, the ringing of two foreign Luì in Northern Italy, one of which at the FEIN Ornithological Observatory in Arosio, of a Codazzurro at the Passo del Brocon station in Trentino, of two Caucasian wet nurses in the North, one of which in September at the Arosio Ornithological Observatory.
More reports come from the South where several foreign Luì and a Red-throated Zigolo have been observed in Linosa, while in Bresciano a Codazzurro and a foreign Luì have been observed and photographed. " These notaries make us understand how the month of October 2011 was truly favorable for migration, while the present November, only one decade after the end, has so far been forgotten due to an overall absent step, except for some areas with some favorable signs. of Cesene.
However, our "old men" considered the month of December to be the real good time for the migratory movement of this Turdid, which is always very fluctuating, linked above all to the meteorological conditions beyond the Alps and to the sufficient presence of the berries of spontaneous essences, necessary for their nutrition.
In this situation, the Redwing and the Peppola, which were almost entirely absent. Nothing more to remember, therefore, for the Passerines, while it is interesting to underline a certain movement of ducks, in addition to the usual Germans, such as Teals and Pochards.
Therefore, in this not very exciting end of November, going back to reading in this column what Walter Sassi reminded us of October can be of some consolation. We will see if there will be positive news to illustrate next week.
As far as weather conditions are concerned, it seems that we will be faced with prolonged stability, which could favor further migratory movements, fog in the North permitting: we will see.
Source: Anuu