🦉 The European robin (Erithacus rubecula) Erithacus erithakos (Greek) unidentified small bird in the works of ancient authors; erythros (Greek, lat.) red rubecula ruber (lat.) red, reddish, rubeculus

🦉 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 willow tit (Poecile montanus) Poecile poikilis (Greek) an unidentified small bird mentioned in ancient texts montanus (lat .) : mōns, montis mountain, mountain range, montanus mountain This bird

Thanks to @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the announcement and rules here. The topic of this week is - SHOREBIRDS/SEABIRDS My city is located along a large river, and I like to visit the coastal

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) Milvus (lat) - kite migrans (lat.) - migrating The most famous birds of prey in my city. At the very beginning of April they begin to arrive, and at first they are in

🦉 The common starling or European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Sturnus lat.: sturnus starling, sturninus speckled, spotted vulgaris (lat.) well-known, ordinary With the arrival of spring, many are surprised

There is one good place for walking in my city. There are paths in it, and there is a forest around. This grove is home to friendly birds and squirrels, accustomed to people. People love to hand feed

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moorish, black As I have said many times, these birds live in open spaces

🦉 The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Carduelis carduus (Latin) thistle What a pity that I don’t see these beautiful colorful birds so often, and I don’t often get to

🦉 The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Tringa tryngas (Greek) thrush-sized water bird in Aristotle's texts nebularia nebula (lat.) fog, haze (name - for foggy marshy habitats) I don't often see these

🦉 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

Thanks to @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the announcement and rules here. The topic of this week is - FREE THEME I sometimes started visiting the forest park on weekends. Tame birds and squirrels

🦉 The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) Buteo lat .: buteo buzzard In the forest there is a certain area of territory where birds of prey and simply large birds live. This area is located in a remote, difficult

🦉 The Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) Picoides picus (lat.) woodpecker, -oides similar tridactylus tridaktylos (Greek) three-toed Something very strange. I haven't seen these woodpeckers

🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely; Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark These are very strange tits in my opinion. All birds of this family (Titmice) are sedentary,

Yesterday I again visited a forest that was new to me, but I was already taking a different path, exploring the unexplored. I had to reduce the size of the photos by half due to their size and weight.

🦉 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 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 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 white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) Dendrocopos (Greek): dendron - tree, coptō - to hit, beat leucotos (Greek): leukos - white, nōton - back This species of woodpecker is much less common