The Falcon eleonora’s

The Falcon eleonora’s owes its name to Eleonora d’Arborea, queen and Sardinian legislature of the fourteenth century, who introduced for the first time a ban on the hunting of this species of bird.

These hawks live in the high cliffs of the west coast and north-west of Lampedusa, arrive in the island in late spring and stays there until the end of the summer.

It is incredibly fast, its beaten ” supersonic ” and its ” shouts” can be easily seen and heard in the torrid summers Lampedusan directly from the sea, raising a little look into the sky and the coast, see photos.

On wikipedia it says, ” He lives on the shores of the Mediterranean, especially in Greece (where is the biggest colony ), but also in Spain, Croatia, Morocco, Algeria and the Canary Islands. In Italy there are colonies in Sardinia, in particular Island of San Pietro in the Gulf of Orosei and Lampedusa. “

This bird was used in the Middle Ages to the famous hunting falconry call. Its migrations are incredible and almost legendary. From Lampedusa part at the end of the summer to begin a journey that will last 10500 km, to reach out to another island, Madagascar.

It is a migratory bird that winters in Madagascar, following coastal routes through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa. The hawks who come from areas of the western Mediterranean during the migration, arriving on a journey of 10,500 km that you can follow in the virtual tour.