Spring Migration!

I just posted something on my old ornithology class Facebook page about the terrific migration event we had here the past few days...thought I'd share it here too.  We just had the worst Bora event since we moved to Italy!  But this also led to the best migration event we've had too!  Here's the post from my Facebook page in case you're interested (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Doc-V-Ornithology/179275378794184):

First big spring migration event the past few days! A big front moved up the Adriatic and the birds were on the move out with the strong south winds ahead of the front. The first to arrive were waders (shorebirds) last Friday including: Black-tailed Godwits, Greenshanks, Redshanks, Spotted Redshanks, Black-winged Stilts, and Wood Sandpipers...most in big numbers. Then on Saturday the swallows and swifts showed up in mass: clouds of Alpine Swifts, Barn Swallows and House Martins. If this wasn't good enough, on Monday after the front had passed (and the gale force "Bora" winds out of the northeast finally eased up) the passerines arrived: Redstarts, Black-Redstarts, Dunnock, Robins all in huge numbers, and lots of other migrants along with them. First great fallout of birds that we've seen here since living in Italy!!

Ciao,Tom