Editorial

Speaking to the birds

The eight-hundredth anniversary of the death of Saint Francis is a time to restate the message of ecology, especially in relation to the birds, and to reflect on the change in direction that environmentalism has brought to the world. It is a vision in which LIPU is deeply involved, inspired by the lessons of Franciscanism, one of solidarity, spirituality and nature.

It happened in 1219 or 1220, when Francis, then aged thirty-eight, was returning from Egypt after his meeting with the Sultan Al-Kamil. It was then, on a spring morning near Pindarca, on the road from Bevagna to Cannara, that Francis talked to the birds.

Contents

• Speaking to the Birds
• Black-winged Kite Protection
• Flamingos at Saline di Priolo
• A Restrospective Look

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