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The marshes of Vendicari are just famous like
place of pause for the aquatic birds migratory us. This does
not mean that ducks, aironi, fenicotteri, are always numerous and easy
observable like in one zoo. It is necessary patience, time and
a minimum of equipment, absolutely indispensable the binoculars,
profit one of the many handbook in order to identify the European
birds. Always preferibile E' to move in small groups, the first
hours of the mattino and in the late afternoon. They are beyond
200 the species of birds up to now observed in the reservoir;
every period has its typical hosts.
 The autumnal months, from the fine August, are the best
ones in order to observe the large trampolieri: in the ponds
dry seeds they are nearly always present, immovable like small poles,
groups of
Gray Heron, white women
Spatole and
Garzette, more very rarely
Cicogne and
Fenicotteri (the last ones can
capitare in truth po' an all year). In low and muddy waters
groups of trampolieri small,
Gambecchi,
Fratini,
Piovanelli, Gossipy, Pantane etc move
uninterruptedly; many of which of return from the Arctic areas
of nidificazione.
 From November to March, with the increase of the level
of the water, the ponds are punctuate you of ducks and folaghe, in
variable number from little hundreds to some migliaia; it is
easy to recognize
the Folaghe,
black in compact groups and that they are dipped totally in order to
try the food, between the common ducks they are the Fischioni, the
Alzavole, the Moriglioni,
Volpoche
large and white man-black,
Germaniums from the green head
emerald.
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 The many numerous in winter also common, coralline gulls
and saffrons, some black
Cormorano often is put down, with the opened wings, to the center
of the Large marsh. The primaverile migration (March-May) with
the birds in fast gone back from Africa towards Europe, can reserve
exceptional days or large disappointments! If the level of the
water concurs it, if the conditions of the time force the birds to a
pause, large concentrations of trampolieri can be observed, between
which nearly black Garzette, Spatulas
and
the Ibis mignattai
and from the curved spout,
hundred of
 Marzaiole, small
duck from sopracciglio the white man, many Hawks of swamp, same the
Limicoli observes to you in autumn. But the pause of the flocks
in spring is generally short and frettolosa, too much strongly the far
callback of the anchor reproduction areas.
Between the little aquatic birds us that they are
stopped to nest to the most obvious Vendicari he is
the Knight of Italy, from the
bathhouse on the large marsh can easy be observed this elegant
R-bianco.e.nero bird with long red legs, engaged in the construction
of the nest, broods, the defense of the chicks from gulls and Gazze.
In the summery months the ponds, newly dry and sunny seeds,
seem lacking in life, in truth some airone is always present and
between the numerous real Gulls it will be possible to notice the rare
run Gull.
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