Wildlife : Birdwatching - 1587 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

These variegated birds appear in the forests only with the arrival of late autumn, somewhere around the end of October. By their nature, they are northern, and live in the very north of the continents, and with the advent of cold weather they begin nomadize to south.
They have large noisy flocks. And they are very easy to lure to the sound. An interested bird may even fly very close to the source of the sound.

Sexual dimorphism is pronounced. Males have a red spot on the throat and below, females do not have such a spot.

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