Birdwatcher's Log : 29.06.21

Oh, seriously? Has the every daily rains stopped? Finally, I was able to get out into nature. I visited the forest by the river.

Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola), also known as the rusty-rumped warbler
This interesting bird was sitting somewhere far from the shore in the bushes. I heard him singing, and lured him to the sound. By the way, in the Slavic countries this bird is simply called - cricket. For his voice is similar to that of an insect.

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
From the shore, in the distance, one could see how herons were flying. As I understand it, it was one adult and two young herons.

The great tit (Parus major)
Of course, there were many of these birds in the forest, and they were all with their children. In this photo, the mother gave the child some kind of insect.

The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
And these birds are no longer visible or audible. I accidentally bumped into her when I was making my way through the tall grass, and she jumped out and flew onto a branch.

The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
This fearless chaffinch sat on an open branch and sang a song. He was not afraid that I was literally 3 meters away from him, and he continued to sing the song. By the way, the chaffinches' spring and summer songs are distinguished by the ending.

The Oriental turtle dove or rufous turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
After passing the ravine, I met this bird right on the path. It's amazing! As soon as the turtledove was included in the Red Book as a rare species, I immediately began to meet them often, moreover, in different outskirts of the city.

Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
There are many low bushes along the coast, and these birds live there. I managed to catch the moment as she caught herself lunch.

The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
And this is a young thrush. He wandered lonely along the path. Strange, but his relatives were not around, he was completely alone.

The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Unlike the thrush, these birds flew in a family flock.
But only an adult bird flew to the sound. As you can see, her appearance is not very cute. Molting, and constant household chores to find food for fledglings.

The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Going into a small corner of the forest, I met this bird. She flew from branch to branch, often flapping her wings and screaming. It became clear that somewhere nearby she had a nest or fledglings.

The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
This friend was originally singing a song somewhere in the bushes. But as soon as I climbed the hill and come closer. He flew out of the bushes to the ground, grabbed some insect and began to eat it. It's funny that sometimes he would throw up his doycha to sing a song and then start eating again. Within 10 minutes, he managed to eat a flying insect and catch a long worm.

The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
But it was difficult, very difficult. I did not tell you that there were an incredibly large number of midges in the forest. It was pointless to fight off this huge cloud of small nasty insects. And so I heard this bird, turned on the sound on the speaker, she heard and flew from tree to tree. Somehow I endured and restrained myself while the midges clung to me and bit me, but I managed to take a photo of this wonderful bird.