Diary of our excursion to admire the

migration of the birds of prey

through the Beigua Park

Class 2C Arenzano (Italy) 21 March 2013

During the whole spring and the early

autumn, Beigua Park is "visited" by

thousands of Birds of Prey; the sight is

simply great. The diurnal birds of prey

and the storks are the animals which

mainly strike the collective imagination,

but the protected area is also

interested by a considerable flow of

passerines. In these periods, dozens of

bird watchers go to “Valle del Lerone”

to admire the migration of birds of

prey.

Our excursion began on a hill

chosen by bird watchers as location

to observe the migration of Short-

toed Eagles, in the locality Agueta,

on the heights of Arenzano.

In that place there are

the best conditions to

observe the movements

of many species of birds,

such as birds of prey,

common birds. etc.

…but are they

arriving?

Mr. Baghino, our guide,

began to show us the spots

of passage of birds of prey

and he completed his lesson

on the migratory routes (he

started his lesson on short-

toed eagles at the school)

We started scanning the

sky, waiting for you could

spot the birds…..

……and finally we began to sight the first

short-toed eagles

We were lucky because it was a

beautiful day, warm and windless

so we could see a ten short-

toed eagles and two honey

buzzards.

Short-toe eagle It was not like going to

the zoo, because we

have been able to

observe the animals in

their habitat, in fact, the

birds appeared at

irregular intervals.

Virginia

The thing that struck me

particularly was seeing pass

short-toed eagles at a

height so high and see so

many of them.

Carlotta

I noted that to

carry out this

activity you need

to have so much

patience and

perseverance.

Lucia

This structure is situated in Località Vaccà

and offers multimedia systems giving the

visitors the opportunity to watch

documentaries and interact with the

extraordinary world of birds.

… Then we went to the..

Ornithological and

Environmental Education

Center

This plastic model shows the protect area where you can

observe the passage of birds of prey

We concluded our tour

by looking at some

nests, patterns of birds

that live in the Park and

a collection of pens.