Here is the new update from the ringing station of thePonza Island: “What did you find in the Easter egg? We a 'Pale harrier (Circus macrourus)! Last Friday in the networks, incredibly, a specimen of this species of Falconiforme arrived, obviously captured for the first time in history of Ponza station. Long-range migrant, it is a solitary species.
It is quite easy to observe it in a hunting flight when it moves very slowly and without sudden changes of direction over its hunting grounds. The season continues and there is only about a month left until the end of the activities, so we are approaching the period of most conspicuous step. We have more news for the current season to add to our list, in fact, we have ringed the first examples of Quail, Cuckoo, Ortolano (Emberiza hortulana), Averla capirossa (Lanius senator) and Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) "(source: CISCA ONLUS).