The Siberian chipmunk, The Asian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), also called common chipmunk I don't see these funny furry friends very often. Most likely their number is decreasing. In the forest live

🦉 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 azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) 📚 Cyanistes kyaneos (Greek), cyaneus (Latin) dark blue 📚 cyanus Greek: kyanos dark blue I am always very happy when I meet these beautiful birds. The thing is, they

🦉 The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) 📚 Muscicapa lat .: musca fly, capere to catch 📚 striata (lat.) streaky, striped, speckled These birds are among the last to arrive, around the middle of

🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 📚 Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast 📚 hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish These squeaky sandpipers live near the banks of rivers and lakes, but I also met

🦉 The little bunting (Emberiza pusilla) 📚 Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting 📚 pusilla pusillus (lat.) very small, tiny Not just because this bird is called small. She is one of the smallest in her

🦉 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 lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) 📚 curruca - is an unidentified bird name mentioned in poems by the ancient Roman poet Juvenal I always meet these birds in the bushes growing near the river.

🦉 The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin 📚 Riparia ripa (lat.) river bank, riparius coastal This sand swallow

Thanks @nelinoeva for the new competition. You can find the announcement and rules here. And the theme of this week was - in the sky. Black kite These birds are easy to spot in the sky. They fly all summer

🦉 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)

🦉 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 common tern (Sterna hirundo) 📚 Sterna stearn, starn (Old English) tern 📚 hirundo (Latin) swallow Although these graceful birds are similar in lifestyle to seagulls (I'm talking about wild birds,

🦉 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 Closer

🦉 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 Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 📚 Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant 📚 maurus (lat.): Moorish, black These birds live in open spaces such as fields, meadows,

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) 📚 Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat 📚 major (lat.) big Now is the time to watch how the youngling the birds grow. They are already

🦉 The Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) 📚 Calliope (ancient Greek mythology) Calliope - the eldest of the muses, the goddess of chants, the muse of epic poetry Very funny nightingale, as well as

🦉 The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) 📚 Carduelis carduus (Latin) thistle I am very happy when I meet these beautiful colorful birds. For some reason they don't show

🦉 The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) 📚 Oriolus oryolus (lat.) oriole [Old French. oryol oriole, aureolus gold] These birds return after wintering as one of the last waves. This happens around