Yesterday I went to the forest which is not far from my house. The weather was hot and stuffy. Everything in the forest is already overgrown and green all around. Summer has come. Rosefinches have already

Yesterday I went to the forest which is not far from my house. The weather was hot and stuffy. Everything in the forest is already overgrown and green all around. Summer has come. Rosefinches have already

Thanks to @nelinoeva for the new contest! You can find the announcement and rules here. This week's theme is - Bird\s and Flowers. This common whitethroat was on a fallen tree in the middle of some flowers.

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) 📚 Milvus (lat) - kite 📚 migrans (lat.) - migrating These birds of prey live throughout the city. And in the forests, and in parks, and by the river, and in the yards

🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) 📚 Aegithalos (Greek): tit 📚 caudatus (lat.): tailed These photos show a young bird. Pay attention to the color of the head and eyelids.

🦉 The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea) 📚 Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned

🦉 The Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) 📚 Calliope (ancient Greek mythology) elder of the muses, goddess of chants, muse of epic poetry Very beautiful thin graceful nightingale. It's hard for me

🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 📚 Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red These fluffy plump birds are like the personification of winter. They like to draw on winter

Thank to @nelinoeva for the contest. You can find the announcement and rules here. And the theme of this week was - FLEDGLING/YOUNG BIRD A young goldfinch is not as colorful and handsome as an adult. The

🦉 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

🦉 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 famous

🦉 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) 📚

This is a post of #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay. Hello everyone!🖐️ It's been a long time since I've been to the coastal forest. It is located on the very outskirts of the city along the coastline.

This is a post of #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay. Hello everyone!🖐️ It's been a long time since I've been to the coastal forest. It is located on the very outskirts of the city along the coastline.

The Siberian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), also called common chipmunk or Asian chipmunk These fluffy guys live nearby in the forest, but just a few years ago they began to quietly appear in the old cemetery,

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 📚 Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat 📚 major (lat.) large At present, almost all of these woodpeckers have formed a pair, and are

🦉 The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) 📚 Carpodacus Greek: karpos fruit, daknō to bite 📚 erythrinus erythros (Greek, lat.) red These pink sparrows will arrive very soon. They are among the last

🦉 The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) 📚 Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer 📚 trochilus trokhilos (Greek) is a small bird mentioned by Aristotle, later identified as

🦉 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 green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 📚 Tringa (Greek) waterbird the size of a thrush in the texts of Aristotle 📚 ochropus Greek: ōkhros buffy, pous leg Honestly, I have no idea why this sandpiper