🦉 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 black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Chroicocephalus Greek: khroizō to paint, kephalē head ridibundus lat .: ridēre laugh, ridibundus laughing In my city, these birds are not often found;

Translated from Greek, "βουρου δουσης" means house manager, housekeeper. And this very accurately describes this cute animal. They spend almost all their time searching for various foods, which

🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) Aegithalos (Greek): tit caudatus (lat.): tailed These incredibly cute and charming birds are the true embodiment of friendship. They

🦉 The mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) Anas (lat.) Duck platyrhynchos Greek: platus wide, rhynkhos beak Everyone knows and everyone has seen these ducks. They literally live everywhere. however,

In the forests (as well as groves and parks) of my city there live squirrels of various colors. Mostly, of course, these are the usual red colors, the majority of them. And sometimes you come across squirrels

🦉 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 One spring, I organized

🦉 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 Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk Accipiter accipere (lat.) to grab nisus according to ancient Greek mythology Nisus (or Nisus), king of Megara, and

🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish This short-legged sandpiper appears on the outskirts of my city around the beginning

🦉 The Ural owl (Strix uralensis) Strix strigis (lat.) owl; strideo (lat.) to hiss, whistle uralensis Uralic Every year in mid-October, owls of various species begin migrating through the forests of my

🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail Despite their beautiful and bright appearance, these birds are not so easy to see. Even despite the fact

🦉 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 These birds

🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal White wagtails are familiar to everyone. and this

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 a photo of birds from my favorite

🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range For some reason, these close relatives of the Chaffinches

🦉 The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) Passer (lat.) sparrow montanus lat .: mōns, montis - mountain, mountain range, montanus - mountain This is the wild brother of the familiar house sparrow.

🦉 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 forest singers

🦉 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 white wagtail (Motacilla alba) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) alba (lat.) white These graceful,