Here we are in Cervinia! Fig. 1. Mount Cervino seen from Cervinia Fig. 2. One of the working skilifts Fig. 3. Cervinia seen from a bar located in the upper part of the town In the last few days my colleague and I went to the study area in Cervinia (Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3) and our puropose was catching Alpine Choughs, of course. We found them on rooftops and flying over the town, looking for food in the streets where some tourists were present and ready to ski even though the snow cover was very thin. We counted at least 150 individuals that constantly moved from one side of Cervinia to the other, and back. For this reason it was difficult to decide where to place the traps but we opted for putting them in a small field that we found among houses and hotels: it was covered with a little snow but still grass and some shrubs were visible. As soon as we reached the field, a huge flock came flying over us, then it landed on the field and on rooftops of nearby bu
