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Short-toed Eagles’ arrival to Italy in 2010

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 / No Comments
Short-toed Eagle with the chick in nest

The first Short-toed Eagle in Maremma /map/ was observed on the 5th of March in Ansedonia (Grosseto). On the 14th of March 1 pair was in its nesting territory in Tolfa hills (Roma)/map/: the male was performing a “wing flap display”. The weather now is fine but the temperature is low and approaches zero degree during the night. No snakes at all, maybe the eagles are able to survive without food for few days or to rely on toads?

Francesco Petretti
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Short-toed Eagles’ arrival to Italy in 2009

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 / No Comments
Places of the first observations - Map
The first Short-toed Eagles in Italy were observed on the 26th and 27th of February in Tuscany. Most pairs are now displaying in my Maremma – Tolfa hills study area /map/. A pair of Short-toed Eagle has been breeding in one nesting territory for 37 years (since 1973) and all the territories I checked which were occupied in 2008 have one pair starting to display.

On the 15th of March I joined a group of hundreds of birdwatchers and ornithologists spotting Short-toed Eagles migrating over Arenzano (Genua, Liguria) in North-West Italy: more than 250 specimens were observed on Sunday. A flock consisted of 20 birds.

Francesco Petretti


Il Biancone (Circaetus gallicus) in Maremma. View it from YouTube

This is a new video by Vincenzo Rizzo Pinna made already in spring of 2009. Thanks to Vincenzo for the link!

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“L’aquila dei serpenti” – Francesco Petretti’s book

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 / No Comments
Cover of the 'L'aquila dei serpenti' book

Some copies of the “L’aquila dei serpenti” book (It) by Francesco Petretti /map/ may be ordered directly from the author: FRANCESCO PETRETTI – VIA RASELLA 155 – 00187 ROMA Italie (pf@short-toed-eagle.net). The book consists of 270 pages, has comprehensive English summaries of each chapter and English captions of tables and figures. It costs 30,00 euros (postage included) and can be paid by a cheque.

• L’aquila dei serpenti. Extracts (En) – by permission of Dr. Petretti we put here the Summaries of some Chapters of the book.

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Videos and photos from Systema Naturae

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 / 3 Comments

Systema Naturae is a website developed by Vincenzo Rizzo Pinna. He studies birds of prey including Short-toed Eagles in the Maremma Regional Park /map/ and in other places. Let us show you a little gallery of unique video clips (see them below) dedicated to Short-toed Eagles in the Maremma park and also some photos.

Il Biancone (Circaetus gallicus) in Maremma. View it from YouTube Il Biancone (Circaetus gallicus) in Maremma (Part 1). View it from YouTube Il Biancone (Circaetus gallicus) in Maremma (Part 2). View it from YouTube Biancone (Circaetus gallicus). Video 1. View it from YouTube
Biancone (Circaetus gallicus). Video 2. View it from YouTube Biancone (Circaetus gallicus). Video 3. View it from YouTube Biancone (Circaetus gallicus). Video 4. View it from YouTube Biancone (Circaetus gallicus). Video 5. View it from YouTube

In the first video you can see Francesco Petretti /map/. He is a prominent Italian ornithologist and researcher of Short-toed Eagle, he took part in the creation of the “L’Aquila dei serpenti” film.

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Panda Film

Monday, January 23rd, 2006 / 1 Comment
Short-toed Eagle. L'Aquila dei serpenti

You can find here a possibility to get some information (It) about the film of Emanuele Coppola “L’Aquila dei serpenti” and to try to order it on the site. The preview file has a size near of 2.7 MB, it’s in wmv-format (source – the Natura in Diretta website). Read also about the Panda Film’s birth. The film was made with participation of Francesco Petretti /map/.

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