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🦉 The white wagtail (Motacilla alba)

• Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name)
• alba (lat.) white

These graceful birds arrive very early in the year, as soon as the weather warms up, the snow melts, and the ice on the rivers cracks. This is quite surprising, as the bird is insectivorous and not accustomed to cold weather.
It has long legs with long toes and short claws. The bird spends almost its entire life on flat surfaces, such as the ground or asphalt, rooftops, etc. And, frankly, I've rarely seen these birds in trees.

Their nest locations vary widely. They can be among rocks, in various cavities of human structures, in hollows, under roots, in brush piles, or in dense bushes.
The nest itself is cup-shaped. The materials used for the nest include small twigs, blades of grass, roots, moss, wool, feathers, and the like.