Wildlife : Birdwatching - 1143 馃惁

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馃 The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

馃摎 Turdus (lat) - Thrush
馃摎 pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). However, since lat. "pilus" hair, pilare to remove hair, but pila ball, pilaris anything related to ball, and pilarius is a juggler (and at the same time, the Greek "trikhos" is hair, and "trikhas" is a thrush!), all this puzzling. Two assumptions arise. First: when the fieldfare in summer, how usually pulls earthworms out of the ground, this can be associated with hair removal (pilare). Second: when in autumn and winter the fieldberry picks rowan berries and throws them up, swallows, it may resemble a juggler (pilarius).

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In the first photo you see a young growing thrush. He still has faded plumage, "baby" feathers stick out. We can say that this is a teenager, but he is already quite independent and already trained to independently obtain his own food.

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And their food is worms, this is their favorite food. But only from the middle of spring to autumn. In the autumn, they switch to eating berries containing seeds, namely rowan berries, which they swallow whole.

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