Young Peregrine in flight

I hear unmistakable screams and turn around, trying to figure out where he is flying. A split second and I find him in front of me. The pilgrim suddenly emerges from behind the foliage of [...]

A nightjar in the oak-wood, Umbria Italy

The photo is a scan of a slide taken in the 1990s. I don't remember the exact year, but I do remember the situation very well and the great surprise when, turning around, I saw [...]

A winter evening, Abruzzo National Park, Italy

The sun is receding behind the high peaks of the Central Apennines and, below, a last beam of light lingers on the frozen, snow-covered surface of Lake Barrea in the Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise National Park. [...]

In the snowy boreal forest

Even the snow seems to shiver from the great cold and falls in minute flakes, thickly packed. Noises come muffled and are lost in the distance in the boreal forest caught in the grip of [...]