🦉 The redwing (Turdus iliacus) Turdus (Latin) thrush iliacus ilia (lat.) sides, iliacus with sides (i.e. with red sides) This species of thrush is migratory, and flies back to the nesting areas early,

🦉 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 common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Cuculus (lat.) cuckoo canorus (lat.) melodic, musical Despite the fact that cuckoos live in forests, I most often meet these birds in the meadow. The fact is that

🦉 The lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) curruca - is an unidentified bird name mentioned in poems by the ancient Roman poet Juvenal These birds live in bushes, and it doesn't matter where they are

🦉 Siberian chiffchaff (Phylloscopus (collybita) tristis) Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer ollybita collybista (lat.), kollybistēs, kollybos (Greek) money changer, small coin

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - BIG BIRDS Ural Owl These cute owls appear in the forests of my city from

🦉 The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Bombycilla bombux (Greek) silk, cilla (Latin) tail garrulus lat .: garrire to chatter, babble, chirp, garrulus chatty, chirping, noisy; ax prone to As soon

🦉 The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fringilla (lat.) - finch; fi nco (Old German), fi nc (Old English) coelebs coelebs (lat.) - single, idle, unmarried How I love to go

🦉 The Eurasian nuthatch or wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea asiatica) Sitta sittē (Greek) mentioned by Aristotle and other ancient Greek. by the authors of the bird, something similar to the woodpecker europaea

🦉 The willow tit (Poecile montanus) Poecile poikilis (Greek) an unidentified small bird mentioned in ancient texts montanus (lat .) : mōns, montis mountain, mountain range, montanus mountain These fidgety,

🦉 The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) Muscicapa lat .: musca fly, capere to catch striata (lat.) streaky, striped, speckled This is a bird that is hard to miss and pass by. It is not bright, not

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - SMALL BIRDS Long-tailed tit Yes, on the one hand, thanks to its very long

🦉 The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Carduelis carduus (Latin) thistle I almost always meet these birds in flocks, except in spring when they split into pairs. But I

🦉 The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting citrinella citrine (lat.) yellow; citrinella (Italian) yellow bird These birds are essentially wintering birds, but in my

🦉 The European greenfinch or simply the greenfinch (Chloris chloris) Chloris khlōros (Greek) green; yellow These birds are sedentary, wintering, but from my region they fly away for the winter to other

🦉 The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Mergus merganser) Mergus (Greek) unidentified waterfowl mentioned in the texts of Pliny, Horace, and other ancient Roman authors merganser Greek:

🦉 The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius brandtii ) Garrulus lat.: garrire to chat, babble, chirp, garrulus talkative, chirping, noisy; ax prone to.. glandarius glandis, glans (lat.) acorn brandtii brandti,

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat major (lat.) big The most recognizable and most numerous species of woodpeckers. You can meet it

🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) Aegithalos (Greek): tit caudatus (lat.): tailed These lovely birds were called differently in the old days, for example: taily, apolly,

🦉 The azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus hyperrhiphaeus) Cyanistes kyaneos (Greek), cyaneus (Latin) dark blue cyanus Greek: kyanos dark blue hyperrhiphaeus Greek: hyperrheō to overflow, phaios dark, dull This