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Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jun 29 2010
juvenile
The colony of Yellow-legged Gulls on Tremiti islands is very numerous. When they first came to the island, seabirds such as shearwaters were breeding in crevices almost everywhere, but were completely replaced by the gulls, and were constrained to breed only in the vertical cliffs that the gulls don't like. Here is one recently fledged juvenile Yellow-legged Gull. A quite distinctive character for the species in this plumage is the black "mask" around the eye.
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jun 26 2010
Large gull taxonomy is quite complex and new species come and go as genetic analyses are performed. In Europe, the Mediterranean form of the Herring Gull (ssp. michahellis) has been attributed species status quite recently, and it is now called (as you can see from the pic) Yellow-legged Gull.
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Oct 19 2011
male
This male stonechat was observed during fall migration of one of Italy's migration hotspots, the island of Ventotene!
Jul 4 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jun 10 2011
Here a funny pic of three adult shags scouting the horizon!
Jul 1 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jun 5 2011
juvenile
Shags in the Mediterranean belong to a separate subspecies (desmarestii) and only occur around rocky shores, such as in Sardinia. Here they replace the otherwise far more common Great Cormorant.
Jul 1 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
May 6 2012
Wood Warblers occur on Italian islands in the thousands during spring migration. The islands are a last resort for birds exhausted after having crossed about 500 km of the Mediterranean in one bout. This one was lucky enough to find some aphids to pick off the flowers!
Jul 1 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jul 29 2012
Linosa island hosts the second largest Cory's (ssp. Scopoli's) Shearwater colony in the Mediterranean, with around 10000 pairs. The picture is not so good but shows them during their rafting. Around sunset, the birds gather together just outside the colony an will wait there until the moon goes down. No shearwater attends their nests when the moon is still shining! This is done chiefly to avoid predation.
Jul 1 2014
Copyright Chris
Birdviewing.com
Jul 24 2010
adult
Rather poor quality - had to rush the photo from a narrow road at Splugen Pass, near the Italian/German border crossing.
Jul 29 2010
Copyright Chris
Birdviewing.com
Jul 26 2010
adult
Seen on the side of the road near Varese, northern Italy.
Jul 29 2010
Copyright Chris
Birdviewing.com
Jul 27 2010
male
Taken at Pallanza, Italy.
Jul 29 2010