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HIRUNDINIDI

Rondine (M. Arcella)

Dormitory swallows and house martins

Migratory species, not present in the center of Palermo, arriving in spring to nest in suburban areas, in villages or towns. The nest is a cup made with bits of mud and straw and is built on ledges and corners of old buildings, bridges, barns, etc.. exclusively insectivorous species habitat and popular aircraft, as the swifts. In late summer usually see crowds of young people on the wires, sometimes even fed by their parents. This assemblage in dormitories on reeds in large quantities.

Swallow species is symbolic of agriculture, very linked to this activity and down in recent times due to the use of pesticides. Perilous in their range of African wintering, are hunted for food by local tribes.

The martins also has the swallowtail but much shorter than the dove, and has cheek, throat and rump white.

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Award: is the most common species in the spring - summer when it comes to nest. The Common Swift (Apus apus) belongs to the order of the Apodiformes, family Apodidae. It is often mistaken for a swallow, which it resembles in some morphological characteristics such forked tail and long narrow wings. Are exclusively insectivores such as swallows and are always in the air, but unlike their peers (ch are, however, and Passeriformes), are completely dark plumage with whitish throat, only slightly forked tail and do not ever settle. In fact, the swifts eat, drink, sleep and mate in the air - have legs too short to be able to walk and throw in the case in which end up on the ground, would have difficulty in sharing. Only in the nesting period are placed in the buildings to build the nest and care for children, walking very awkwardly. Rather they have very strong claws, using them to climb vertically in the holes of the buildings introduce into nests (nest n and drawers of the shutters or in holes of old buildings in the historic center). And for this, as well as the shape of the wings and beak slightly curved, are exchanged for small falcons. The swallow has short legs but also in the habit of resting in the lattice, do not nest in Palermo, it can be observed in migration.
nests in Palermo is another kind of swift, swift pale (Ap us pallidus), praticam. Identical to the first except for the color of the plumage that is brown. Palermo is located in the mountains around the alpine swift, very different, black and white and much larger.
Recovery: often in the summer there are many Swifts fell to the ground because their nests or because they offend against the windows. The first step is to locate it in a box with holes for the carriage and give it a few drops of water and sugar with a syringe without a needle. Sometimes it gets a fractured wing or head trauma, but sometimes the impact on glass is a consequence of infection to the brain (you can tell when they have a stiff neck) and it is difficult in these cases can recover also depends on timing with which the animal is rescued and taken to the Centre Recovery. Other times they are only weakened (due to the long period when they were on the ground or during migration) and just a few days to recover.
If a chick can be found on the ground to swallow, you should pick it up because, besides being easy prey for cats, the mother can not care for him, and would face certain death. In a ttes to take it to Lipu, place it in a box and, if it is still a fledgling chick, put the heat maybe putting a small lamp.
Power: you give him raw chopped moistened with water, the chicken should open the beak by instinct alone, if he does, you aprirglielo slightly pressing the base el beak between thumb and forefinger, and give the meat down her throat. For chicks is also recommended the homogenized meat, to be administered with a syringe. They are good for emergency well to mash insectivorous, although they usually are better for fruit-eating birds such as blackbirds or baccivori. Swifts are also used for the moths of honey or flour, sold in shops fishing crickets or canned, sold in pet stores specialize.
problems of living with people: nesting in the drawers of the shutters, often create disturbance to tenants mainly because of their very harsh assordande acute, especially in the pr ime morning. Secondly, the sill and the dirty drawers with feces and feathers. Many people and call to complain about this situation, and ask us a solution or directly take the chicks (as in the case of gulls and pigeons), which we can not do, first because it would be against our principles, and second because in any case would be a crime (taking of eggs, nests and nestlings of wildlife, the national law 157/92, art. 3). The only thing we ask is be patient and wait until the end of the breeding season, usually late July.