The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Seven places to see wild flamingos in Italy It might surprise you to learn that Italy has a number of pink flamingo populations for several months each year. Starting from late winter and early spring, the birds migrate to Italian waters – where you can admire them in the wild. https://www.thelocal.it/20180316/where-to-see-wild-flamingos-in-italy Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:07:38 +0100 where-to-see-wild-flamingos-in-italy Falcons and sheep sent in to help clean up Rome Falcons have once again taken to the skies of Rome to scare off the large number of pesky starlings that poop on citizens and tourists in the Eternal City. https://www.thelocal.it/20181123/falcons-and-sheep-sent-in-to-help-clean-up-rome Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:32:47 +0100 falcons-and-sheep-sent-in-to-help-clean-up-rome Why an early Italian drawing of a cockatoo rewrites what we know about trade routes Drawings of an Australasian cockatoo discovered on the pages of a 13th-century Italian manuscript suggest trade Down Under was flourishing as far back as medieval times, researchers said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180626/italy-art-of-hunting-with-birds-cockatoo-australia Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:03:15 +0200 italy-art-of-hunting-with-birds-cockatoo-australia Peregrine falcons discovered nesting in Florence's bell tower Workers carrying out checks on Giotto's Campanile in Florence found that they had company some 80 metres above the city: a nest of peregrine falcons. https://www.thelocal.it/20180510/peregrine-falcon-nest-giottos-bell-tower-florence-italy-video Thu, 10 May 2018 14:54:12 +0200 peregrine-falcon-nest-giottos-bell-tower-florence-italy-video Never rains but it pours for guano-hit Rome Weekend rain washed away the dangerous pollution that has afflicted Rome in recent weeks but left city authorities with a new headache: roads and pavements made treacherous by bird droppings. https://www.thelocal.it/20160104/never-rains-but-it-pours-for-guano-hit-rome Mon, 04 Jan 2016 09:12:36 +0100 never-rains-but-it-pours-for-guano-hit-rome Vatican hires hawk to protect Pope's doves A intrepid hawk has been taken on by the Vatican to protect the Pope's doves after two were killed in front of horrified crowds by a crow and seagull, according to a Catholic weekly. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/vatican-hires-hawk-to-protect-popes-doves-report Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:05:00 +0200 vatican-hires-hawk-to-protect-popes-doves-report