🦉 The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) 📚 Charadrius Greek: kharadra gorge, ravine, kharadrios nocturnal bird mentioned in the Bible 📚 dubius (lat.) doubtful, unclear These small near-water birds

The Siberian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), also called common chipmunk or Asian chipmunk In summer, this fluffy small animal does not come across to me often, I would even say rarely. Yes, I hear their

🦉 The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) 📚 Certhia (Greek): kerthios - a small bird crawling through the trees, mentioned by Aristotle 📚 familiaris (lat.): common, easily

🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) 📚 Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail These bright birds I met everywhere. In mixed forests, in forests near the river, in meadows in early

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

🦉 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.)

🦉 The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) 📚 Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale 📚 svecica suecicus (lat.) Swedish; the name svecica, according to the history of the description, is not a toponym, but is given for

🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 📚 Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) 📚 montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range These bright birds can already be seen at the end

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) 📚 Milvus (lat) - kite 📚 migrans (lat.) - migrating There are about 2 weeks left before the arrival of these birds. They always arrive at the very beginning of April,

Thanks to @nelinoeva for the new contest. You can find the announcement and rules here. And this week's theme is - BUSY BIRDS. The Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) I don’t understand what this

🦉 The white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) 📚 Dendrocopos (Greek): dendron - tree, coptō - to hit, beat 📚 leucotos (Greek): leukos - white, nōton - back This species of woodpecker is much rarer

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

🦉 The great tit (Parus major) 📚 Parus (lat.) Tit 📚 major (lat.) large Now is the time to watch how the mating season goes for these yellow birds. In every courtyard of streets, parks, groves and forests,

🦉 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 These

🦉 The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) 📚 Turdus (lat) - Thrush 📚 pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). However,

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 📚 Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant 📚 maurus (lat.): Moorish, black I observe the largest number of these birds in the

Thanks to @nelinoeva for the new contest. You can read the rules and announcement here. And this week's theme is - Free Theme. And I decided to share with you my photos of wild ducks. The mallard or wild

🦉 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

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) 📚 Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors. These photos were taken at the end of October, when it was almost

🦉 The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) 📚 Muscicapa lat .: musca fly, capere to catch 📚 striata (lat.) streaky, striped, speckled I met this unremarkable bird in the old cemetery. Moreover, I met