Surprisingly, it’s already November 18th, it’s already like winter, but it’s +5C outside and there’s no snow. Usually it's already frosty at this time...It is amazing. I decided to take a walk through

🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal This bird belongs to the wagtail family (Motacillidae),

🦉 The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) Carpodacus Greek: karpos fruit, daknō to bite erythrinus erythros (Greek, lat.) red This bird is also called the "red sparrow", and yes, there

Thank you dear @nelinoeva for the new competition. You can find the rules and announcement here. This week's theme is - Long-legged birds The ruff (Calidris pugnax) I see these sandpipers only in mid-autumn,

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) In general, I rarely see squirrels in the forest. They are quite rare there, and since 2015 I have counted them in the amount of about 4 squirrels.

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat major (lat.) big These most numerous woodpeckers have to work hard in winter to get food for themselves.

🦉 The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Curruca communis) Curruca is an unidentified bird name mentioned in the poems of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal communis (lat.) ordinary, common. There

🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red This cute, plump bird is very conspicuous in winter. Such a bright torture in the middle of

🦉 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 color

🦉 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 I always look forward

🦉 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 Well, these are the

🦉 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,

Thank you dear @nelinoeva for the new competition. You can find the rules and announcement here. This week's theme is again - free theme Well, let's start with this meme 😄 It says here: Come to our

Now these fluffies are already sleeping. And they will sleep for a long time, until spring, until about the middle or end of April, depending on the weather. And in order to survive the cold winter, they

🦉 The European robin (Erithacus rubecula) Erithacus erithakos (Greek) unidentified small bird in the works of ancient authors; erythros (Greek, lat.) red rubecula ruber (lat.) red, reddish, rubeculus

🦉 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, since

🦉 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 This bird

Thanks to @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the announcement and rules here. The topic of this week is - SHOREBIRDS/SEABIRDS My city is located along a large river, and I like to visit the coastal

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) Milvus (lat) - kite migrans (lat.) - migrating The most famous birds of prey in my city. At the very beginning of April they begin to arrive, and at first they are in

🦉 The common starling or European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Sturnus lat.: sturnus starling, sturninus speckled, spotted vulgaris (lat.) well-known, ordinary With the arrival of spring, many are surprised