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Young<br />
Eleanora’s falcons<br />
in their nest<br />
Falcon, a species nesting in colonies at the end of summer. In Sardinia, it is<br />
found with over four hundred mating pairs across the Sulcitan islands and<br />
along the cliffs of the Gulf of Orosei. In early November, the birds migrate<br />
to Madagascar. The species’ name refers to Eleonora of Arborea, a<br />
Sardinian judge who, in her legislation code (Carta de Logu, XIV century),<br />
prohibited the capture of falcons and the poaching of their nests: the<br />
objective was to preserve the aristocratic habit of falconry, with the ‘side<br />
effect’ of preserving the falconids from extinction. The Royal eagle is the<br />
largest Italian bird of prey except for the Griffin, which survives in about<br />
thirty mating pairs in north-west Sardinia. The females of the real eagle<br />
can reach a wing span of about 2.20 meters, whereas the male is smaller.<br />
The species, currently protected, has a sizable population in the Alpine<br />
chain, is present in the Pennine mountains and in Sicily, and about fifty<br />
mating pairs live in Sardinia.<br />
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