Washington, October 18 (ANI): Satellite tracking has allowed a research team to uncover the mysteries of the migration of Eleanora’s falcon for the first time.

Until recently, the scientific community had almost no knowledge of the biology and life strategies of Eleanora’s falcon, a migratory bird of prey with low population numbers that nests on marine islands.

However, researchers from the Universities of Valencia (UV) and Alicante (UA) tagged 11 individuals (7 adults and 4 chicks) in the colonies of the Balearic Islands between 2007 and 2008 and in the Columbretes Islands in the province of Castell