🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) Milvus (lat) - kite migrans (lat.) - migrating It is difficult to confuse this predator with others - especially when it hovers over a yard or a river, spreading its

🦉 The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) Passer (lat.) sparrow montanus lat .: mōns, montis - mountain, mountain range, montanus - mountain These guys are close relatives of all the familiar house

🦉 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 little bunting (Emberiza pusilla) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting pusilla pusillus (lat.) very small, tiny This species of bunting is really small. We call this bird "bunting-crumb".

🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal The forest brother of the familiar to us white

🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range These birds, upon closer inspection, are very similar

🦉 The lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - walker, stroller minor (Latin) - smaller This woodpecker is a real tiny

Honestly, I'm not 100% sure if I identified the species of this bird correctly. But judging by the pattern on the wings, the colors of the head and the shapes, it is - 🦉 The European honey buzzard (Pernis

🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) Aegithalos (Greek): tit caudatus (lat.): tailed These cute little cuties are very friendly and social. They scurry around the forest

🦉 The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) Ardea (lat.) heron cinerea lat.: cineris ash, cinereus, cineraceus ash gray I meet these birds very rarely, usually in spring by the river or in autumn, in the same places.

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moorish, black You can find it in open spaces like fields or meadows,

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat major (lat.) big This species is often found in our forests at any time of the year; it is the most

🦉 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 In winter,

🦉 Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) Acrocephalus Greek: acros upper, pointed, kephale head dumetorum lat .: dumetum thicket, thickets, dumus thorny bush We call this bird "garden

🦉 The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) Dryocopus (Greek): drys, dendron - tree; kopos, koptō - hit martius (lat.) : warlike, fighting; March This big woodpecker looks very funny. Completely black

🦉 The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius brandtii ) Garrulus lat.: garrire to chat, babble, chirp, garrulus talkative, chirping, noisy; ax prone to.. glandarius glandis, glans (lat.) acorn brandtii brandti,

🦉 The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) Buteo lat .: buteo buzzard In some countries, these predators are often called "mousers", and for good reason: after all, their main prey is indeed small rodents.

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is FREE THEME I decided to show and tell a little about the birds that are the

🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large They are probably one of the most recognizable and beloved birds in our area. Their bright yellow belly with a black stripe and white