As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FREE THEME I decided to make a selection of birds that I met on the river

🦉 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

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FREE THEME How about red birds? Bullfinch Of course, the first thing that

🦉 The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Ficedula fi cedulinus (medieval lat.): “A small bird that feeds on figs and turns into a black-headed warbler in winter ”(from: Jobling, 2010) hypoleuca

It's not easy to spot a chipmunk in the summer. I often hear them when I'm walking along a path; they make a characteristic sound, clearly signaling the approach of danger - me. But the animals themselves

🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range I don't often encounter these birds in the forests near

🦉 The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) Passer (lat.) sparrow montanus lat .: mōns, montis - mountain, mountain range, montanus - mountain This species of wild sparrow isn't often seen in the courtyards

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors. The Latin name spinus (from spin meaning to rotate) highlights this

🦉 Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) Acrocephalus Greek: acros upper, pointed, kephale head dumetorum lat .: dumetum thicket, thickets, dumus thorny bush This seemingly inconspicuous bird lives

🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail We call this bird the "bald burning tail," or the "garden burning tail." It got its name

It's amazing how, in 9 years, squirrels migrated 10 km from a remote place deep in the forest. Previously, they always lived in one place where coniferous trees grow, and gradually, year after year, they

🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal These birds arrive at the end of April, when the

🦉 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

🦉 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 These birds are among

🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) Aegithalos (Greek): tit caudatus (lat.): tailed These small, charming birds with a long tail are called "ladles" because of

🦉 The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird pratensis Latin: pratum meadow, pratensis meadowy This wagtail (and this is the family

🦉 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 lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - walker, stroller minor (Latin) - smaller I saw this female woodpecker

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FREE THEME How about Paridae family? In general, there are about 10 species

🦉 The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) flava flavus (lat.) yellow,