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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a sudden turnaround, the weather gods gave us clear, sunny days \u2013 with a few exceptions, of course \u2013 culminating in spring-like afternoons, during which the year\u2019s first butterflies took to the wing: the Red Admiral, Peacock, and Brimstone. Great Tits have begun to sing, and Magpies are fixing up last year\u2019s nests. Other birds \u2013 especially Blackbirds, Reed Buntings, and Siskins \u2013 have suddenly become much more numerous and noisy; perhaps they are already on the move. Still, I will bestow the official title of the year\u2019s first migrants on the seven Ruff that arrived mid-week, beating out a flock of 15 Green Sandpipers by just a couple of days. The handful of Dunlin associating with Lapwings that we have been seeing at La Cassinazza since November wintered locally. During my walks I often run into Great Bitterns. I think there are at least three individuals around, each with its own well-defined territory.<\/p>\n
Moorhens are so common that we take them for granted. In winter, large numbers concentrate around the main house and the courtyard, but we still barely acknowledge their presence.<\/p>\n
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With a sudden turnaround, the weather gods gave us clear, sunny days \u2013 with a few exceptions, of course \u2013 culminating in spring-like afternoons, during which the year\u2019s first butterflies took to the wing: the Red Admiral, Peacock, and Brimstone. Great Tits have begun to sing, and Magpies are fixing up last year\u2019s nests. Other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":77762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"yoast_head":"\n