There is one good place for walking in my city. There are paths in it, and there is a forest around. This grove is home to friendly birds and squirrels, accustomed to people. People love to hand feed

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moorish, black As I have said many times, these birds live in open spaces

🦉 The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Carduelis carduus (Latin) thistle What a pity that I don’t see these beautiful colorful birds so often, and I don’t often get to

🦉 The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Tringa tryngas (Greek) thrush-sized water bird in Aristotle's texts nebularia nebula (lat.) fog, haze (name - for foggy marshy habitats) I don't often see these

🦉 The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) Tetrastes Greek: tetraōn hunting bird, -astēs creator bonasia the etymology is unclear, one of the assumptions is "bonum" good, "assum" roast

Thanks to @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the announcement and rules here. The topic of this week is - FREE THEME I sometimes started visiting the forest park on weekends. Tame birds and squirrels

🦉 The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) Buteo lat .: buteo buzzard In the forest there is a certain area of territory where birds of prey and simply large birds live. This area is located in a remote, difficult

🦉 The Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) Picoides picus (lat.) woodpecker, -oides similar tridactylus tridaktylos (Greek) three-toed Something very strange. I haven't seen these woodpeckers

🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely; Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark These are very strange tits in my opinion. All birds of this family (Titmice) are sedentary,

Yesterday I again visited a forest that was new to me, but I was already taking a different path, exploring the unexplored. I had to reduce the size of the photos by half due to their size and weight.

🦉 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 (lat.)

🦉 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 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 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 less common

🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal If in cities we are accustomed to seeing white

Yesterday I decided to go to a forest that was new to me. So to speak, reconnaissance for future hikes and photo hunts. Yes, I’ve already been to these places when I, as a specialist and connoisseur of

🦉 The lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - walker, stroller minor (Latin) - smaller This cute little woodpecker

🦉 Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) Acrocephalus Greek: acros upper, pointed, kephale head dumetorum lat .: dumetum thicket, thickets, dumus thorny bush This noisy bird with a large head inhabits

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moorish, black In mid-spring, when there is no longer snow, it is warm,

🦉 The grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the grey-faced woodpecker Picus (lat.) woodpecker; in Romanesque mythology, Peak, or Picus, the Roman god of forests and the king of Latium,