Crane train
Photo: Adin Vella (BirdLife)
Unlike some airlines, birds have not been grounded by the bad weather, as shown by this flock of cranes moving into a V-formation over Nadur. BirdLife Malta said that over 820 cranes were spotted over the islands on Sunday and 160 were noticed over the south of Malta on Monday. Cranes migrate from Europe to Africa every autumn to avoid lack of food and the cold of European winters and Malta proves to be an ideal spot for rest, "refuelling" and catching thermal currents on which to glide on.
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MARK MIFSUD BONNICI
Dec 24th 2009, 10:01
It is indeed pleasant to read the first article in The Times that deals with bird migration that has not been prostituted by Birdlife's usual propaganda against hunting.
salvu abela
Dec 23rd 2009, 13:16
"Cranes migrate from Europe to Africa every autumn to avoid lack of food and the cold of European winters and Malta proves to be an ideal spot for rest, "refuelling" and catching the
thermal currents on which to glide on." If cranes migrate every Autumn and Malta is the ideal spot for resting and so on,how come we didn`t see them last year ,and the year before and before and before . Could it be that with the freezing European weather their navigation system went out of control and the cranes have lost their way.
G.Haber
Dec 23rd 2009, 11:01
Nice "shot" Adin! well done.