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🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

• Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and the nymph Echo, who possessed the magic of a love spell, but for this Hera, the wife of Zeus, turned her into a nondescript wryneck.
• torquilla torquere (lat.) to twist, bend, turn (name - for the snake twisting of the neck and head in a hollow in danger)

This typical insectivorous bird, despite all this, belongs to the woodpecker family. It arrives in late April or early May, depending on the weather. Unlike its relatives, it is unable to excavate tree hollows, so it takes over old woodpecker nests abandoned by other woodpeckers. You could say it "carries its older brother's things."

I often encounter them in old cemeteries where, in addition to tree cavities, there are birdhouses. They are also often found in meadows, in bushes, where they don't live but search for food and nesting material.