New update by the ringing station on the island of Ponza: “If you have wondered what drives people on a voluntary basis to stay whole days and nights in the cold or in the heat, to walk along transepts even for hundreds of meters or climbing hills or mountains, in this video you have the answer: being able to ring for scientific purposes allows us to contribute to conservation of avifauna and gives us the joy of being in close contact with nature, putting us in the front row for the shows it offers us!
This past week has been a succession of ups and downs: if at first the activity was quiet, the second half of the week made us pick up the pace. In fact, on Friday we had over 300 birds with a little "robin" with about 90 birds ringed on the last lap.
This is the period of passage of the Turdidae family, including one Tordela (Turdus viscivorus), whose song is very melodic, and a Redwing (Turdus iliacus), and this is an important catch for us as it is the second time we ring this species, which is normally distributed further north! Finally, this Sunday morning was cheered by pipit's first catch of the season (Anthus pratensis) "(source: CISCA ONLUS).