Wildlife : Birdwatching - 1340 馃惁

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馃 The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

馃摎 Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned her into a bird.
馃摎 flammea lat.: flamma flame, fire, fiery color flammeus

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Northern birds living in the very north of the countries of Eurasia, in the taiga and forest tundra. But with the advent of winter, these birds move far to the south in large flocks, from which they can be found in forests and occasionally city parks.

Like all birds of this family (finches), in summer and late spring they feed on insects, and in the rest of the year they feed on seeds. And late in autumn and winter you can see how these birds tumble and gut birch catkins.

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