🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red These plump and cute birds lead a secretive lifestyle, and only in mid-autumn do they slowly

🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal These birds arrive in the middle of spring, when

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

🦉 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 There is

🦉 The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) Carpodacus Greek: karpos fruit, daknō to bite erythrinus erythros (Greek, lat.) red These birds have beautiful and interesting coloring. Females are colored

🦉 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

🦉 The common tern (Sterna hirundo) Sterna stearn, starn (Old English) tern hirundo (Latin) swallow This graceful bird with sharp shapes arrives in mid-May, when there is no snow and it is warm. They fly

🦉 The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Ficedula fi cedulinus (medieval lat.): “A small bird that feeds on figs and turns into a black-headed warbler in winter ”(from: Jobling, 2010) hypoleuca

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 Now is the time when wintering birds already unite

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) Milvus (lat) - kite migrans (lat.) - migrating These birds arrive early in the spring, at about the same time as the finches. As a rule, this happens in the very first

🦉 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 famous and

🦉 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 yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting citrinella citrine (lat.) yellow; citrinella (Italian) yellow bird The color of these birds depends on their place of residence,

🦉 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 cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Cuculus (lat.) cuckoo canorus (lat.) melodic, musical These birds are very difficult to observe and photograph, at least for me. They are very shy and always prefer

🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large This morning I heard a great tit singing in my yard. And I wondered, why do they sing in autumn? After all, songs are used to mark and

🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish This short-legged sandpiper is about the size of a pigeon or starling. You can see them

There are squirrels living in the city parks of my city. They have already gotten used to people. Therefore, you can approach them closely, unlike wild forest squirrels. Moreover, they sometimes even approach

🦉 The little bunting (Emberiza pusilla) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting pusilla pusillus (lat.) very small, tiny These little birds (and they are the smallest of this family - bunting) are practically