🦉 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

I would like to say thank you to dear @nelinoeva for the new competition. The announcement and rules can be found here. This week's theme is - Together. Great Tit A typical situation in the spring, at

🦉 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. This

🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail When spring is in full swing, it is already warm and there is no snow, while in the forest you can hear the

🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark This is one of the smallest birds of this family (Paridae). Moreover, its behavior is slightly

At the beginning of spring, around the 20th of April, when the snow had almost melted, I decided to visit the forest near the river. I saw a small chipmunk digging around a log and looking for something

🦉 The white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) Dendrocopos (Greek): dendron - tree, coptō - to hit, beat leucotos (Greek): leukos - white, nōton - back I see this species of woodpecker much less

🦉 The azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) Cyanistes kyaneos (Greek), cyaneus (Latin) dark blue cyanus Greek: kyanos dark blue I always rejoice when I meet these cute beautiful birds. They are quite rare. This

Thank you dear @nelinoeva for the competition. The announcement and rules can be found here. This week's theme is again - FREE THEME I was recently impressed by the etymology of the song thrush, and thought

🦉 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 In the spring, when

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors. I come across these yellow guys most often in the fall, when they fly

🦉 The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) Passer (lat.) sparrow montanus lat .: mōns, montis - mountain, mountain range, montanus - mountain These wild sparrows live in my city on the very outskirts.

🦉 The redwing (Turdus iliacus) Turdus (Latin) thrush iliacus ilia (lat.) sides, iliacus with sides (i.e. with red sides) I don’t often manage to photograph this species of thrushes. They are very shy,

We are all used to seeing red squirrels in summer and gray squirrels in winter. Depending on the time of year, they change their coat. But one day in August, in the summer, I met such a squirrel in the

🦉 The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting citrinella citrine (lat.) yellow; citrinella (Italian) yellow bird For some reason, these birds are few in number in my city,

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moorish, black These inhabitants of open spaces are easy to meet in early

🦉 The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) Dryocopus (Greek): drys, dendron - tree; kopos, koptō - hit martius (lat.) : warlike, fighting; March This tough guy is hard to miss in the forests. He has a

🦉 The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) Turdus (lat) - Thrush philomelos - Greek: phileo to love, melos song; philomela nightingale. According to ancient Greek mythology Philomela - the daughter of Pandion

🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large I have been studying these yellow-bellied guys for many years and I notice that they are very underestimated. Sometimes it seems to me

🦉 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