And so Saturday 29 ended the month of February that will be remembered for our fragility in a world that aspired to globalization because of this fearless Coronavirus COVID-19 and for the truly anomalous weather conditions, in particular for our region but, in general, for the whole peninsula. The effects of these climatological anomalies worry farmers and have now visible consequences on rivers and lakes. A alarming situation that also affects bees, which go in search of their food that is not there, the first buds of the trees and the green leaves around our carpani. All Nature is suffering!
In November we had five weeks of heavy rainfall which was followed by a drought that continued still in full Februaryor. As for our winged friends who we continue to follow from the Ornithological Observatory of FEIN of Arosio, we learn that the ringings in the last two months have been, as never before, especially positive for the Blue Tit and Lucarino, in pole position as the “target” bird of this period with 88 ringings in February (editor's note, no catches were recorded in autumn 2019). Good for Brambling and Chaffinch while no Turdide was captured on February 29th.
A piece of news to complete this summary analysis is that the works in the large tree complex of the Observatory of over 12.000 sqm they are almost completely finished, while in recent years it was only at the end of March / April due to weather conditions! What is happening in nature with the disruption of normal crop cycles with a considerable impact on the normal calendar? We will see and continue to monitor also from this column, aware of being weak and fragile, especially if taken one by one; but all together, in the long run, we will be invincible and infinite. Even in legitimate hunting traditions.