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🦉 The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

• Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer
• trochilus trokhilos (Greek) is a small bird mentioned by Aristotle, later identified as "wren", but in Aldrovandus (1599) it is "a kinglet without a tuft"; trokhalos, trokhiscus (Greek) round, oval, curved, spherical; trochilus (lat.) semicircular, curved

In spring, when the snow has melted and the weather is warm, you can hear the melodic songs of these birds in the forests. The male sits in the crowns of trees or bushes, and if you turn on the voices of these birds on your phone, and especially the song, he immediately takes off and flies in to look at his competitor, sometimes even quickly fluttering his wings.

These birds are inhabitants of the lower forest tier, and are more drawn to bushes than trees. The nest is placed on the ground, in good cover with vegetation.