🦉 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 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

I would like to say thank you to dear @nelinoeva for this competition. You can find the announcement and rules here. This week's theme is - BIRDS AND TRASH BIN This weekend I went to visit my relatives

🦉 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 tits. In winter, unlike other species, it is nowhere to be seen;

🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal Everyone (or most) is well aware of the white wagtail,

🦉 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. These

🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red Charming plump birds. They live mainly in coniferous forests, away from civilization. However,

I would like to say thank you to dear @nelinoeva for this competition. You can find the announcement and rules here. This week's theme is - Free Theme I decided to show you birds in flight. A cuckoo flew

🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large Already now in the forests you can see the mating games of these (and not only) birds. Males sing songs to attract females, or to defend

🦉 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 black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) Dryocopus (Greek): drys, dendron - tree; kopos, koptō - hit martius (lat.) : warlike, fighting; March These noisy and loud woodpeckers can be heard from afar,

🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range In my opinion these are very strange birds. They appear

🦉 The spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, or just nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos) Nucifraga Latin: nux - walnut, frangere - to smash, crush caryocatactes Greek: karyon - walnut,

🦉 The Arctic redpoll or hoary redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni) Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned

🦉 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 beautiful forest

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat major (lat.) big Now the birds are actively mating season. Males perform courtship rituals for the

In the spring, at the end of April, when it is already warm and there is no snow (mostly), I often see something running quickly right under my feet and hiding under old leaves. And this turns out to be

🦉 The European greenfinch or simply the greenfinch (Chloris chloris) Chloris khlōros (Greek) green; yellow These birds are wintering and sedentary, but they fly away from my cold region. But with the

🦉 The redwing (Turdus iliacus) Turdus (Latin) thrush iliacus ilia (lat.) sides, iliacus with sides (i.e. with red sides) This species of thrush should, in theory, appear after winter later than its brother,

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) Milvus (lat) - kite migrans (lat.) - migrating These guys consistently arrive on April 2 or 4. And this year they were already in my city on the 2nd. And I even saw them