Migration hunt: for the usual appointment with information on the migration pass in Italy, ANUU provides the results of the observations for the past week; “Cesene and Beccacce are coming”.
The month of November, after the abrupt and sudden change in weather, bodes well for the massive arrival of the many expected Cesene which, for several years, have not been noticed in large numbers in our parts. Some hints of observations of the species occurred in the last days of October and, with the change in weather conditions, returned to beauty especially in northern Italy, appeared, in addition to Fieldfare, also the Rock Thrushes.
The good presence of the Peppole and Frosoni and the excellent presence of the Fringuelli and Siskin accompanied by the last interesting movements of the Colombacci are still to be emphasized. While in the uncovered lands the Snipe is beginning to get noticed, the Skylarks have taken a good step.
In the woods the presence of the Woodcock and, also at the FEIN Arosio Observatory, on the very first Sunday of November, under a thick blanket of threatening clouds, a beautiful specimen of this species was extracted from the nets of the roccolo to be then measured, ringed and released to its destiny.
This last interesting ringing also enlivened the activity of the ornithological station, where, at the end of October, 2.718 birds belonging to 39 different species were ringed, including 962 bottacci thrushes, a Porciglione (second capture in the history of the station), an Civetta capogrosso (second capture in the history of the Observatory) and an Organetto (first capture in Arosio).
Meanwhile, migration is still in progress and it is hoped that the arrival of the Nordic avifauna contingents will be constant and numerous in order to consider this migratory year interesting from a numerical point of view. We will then deduce ...
November 5, 2012
ANUU Migrators