Hunting e Migratoria: Observations on the migration pass at the beginning of September. We thought that after a good end of August, with a normal migratory movement, without however the presence of the Prispoloni, we could well continue in this first week of September.
On the other hand, the weather conditions negatively influenced it, apart from a slight recovery of Prispoloni on Wednesday 2, with a decreasing presence of the Black Nurses, while the Beccafico was almost constantly present in its long migration towards the trans-Saharan territories. The first blackcaps appeared, as did the robins.
At the FEIN Ornithological Observatory of Arosio the continued presence of the Bigiarella is noted, while in other stations Pettazzurri and Acrocephalus are reported in general accompanied by the various Luì that mark the migration in progress. The strong weather change between Friday and Saturday was notable in our peninsula, giving us, then, a Sunday 6 with clear skies but with the temperature significantly lowered compared to the column of this very hot summer in the final phase. And we are already thinking about the first Thrush!
After the splendid Sunday of last September 6 and the weather change between Thursday and Friday tending to cloudy with some afternoon lightening, it was hoped, even in the presence of the waning moon, a better movement in the pass that would accompany us in the second week of the month.
Instead, the expectations stopped with the continuous rain at the end of the morning on Sunday 13 September and lasted during the night towards Monday 14. The hopes have therefore vanished except for a good presence of the Blackcaps which we hope will repeat that of last year. : the premises are all there.
On the other hand, the Black Nurses are absent and the Prispoloni are disappointing, while the Thrushes are awaited with keen interest because they are full of post-nuptial migration. Once again the "game" is in the hands of the weather that manages - as always - the presence of our winged friends. We'll see!
(September 16, 2015)
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