Wildlife : Birdwatching - 1558 🐦

🦉 The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Sylvia /Curruca communis)

📚 Sylvia lat.: silva forest, sylvania forest nymph, sylvia forest fairy
📚 Curruca unidentified bird name mentioned in the poems of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal
📚 communis (lat.) ordinary, common, general

This bird arrives in early May. And it's not that hard to notice. Especially if you know where to look for it. The bird, in addition to bushes, for some reason, loves to be in the branches of fallen trees. There, the males sing actively.

In the photo above, the female, carefully look at her head, it is smooth, rounded. And the males constantly puff up the feathers on their heads, which makes their head seem large and angular.