Hello Feathered Friends Lovers,

Welcome to #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 65!

While walking in the park filled with bird songs, I thought that this would be a good prompt for round 65 - SONGBIRDS. But who are they? Let see what is the definition. It is more complex, than you may think. The songbirds are not just birds that sing nice melody.

All songbirds are perching birds, an order called passerines that share a distinct toe arrangement that helps them grasp branches. Passerines are separated into three suborders, the largest of which is Passeri. Birds in the Passeri suborder are called oscines, or songbirds. The suborder includes more than 4,000 species that range from the compact Golden-crowned Kinglet to the much larger Common Raven.
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The vocal organ of the birds is called syrinx that helps them create different songs and melodies. If you are more interested about the songbirds I recommend to read the article What Is a Songbird, Exactly? from which I quote the definition. Also you can check the Wikipedia if your bird is qualified, there is a list of the families that can help. Mind you with 4000 songbirds you have a huge variety to choose from.

And here it is the new theme:

SONGBIRDS

To give an example i choose the nightingale, one of the best singers among the birds.
Nightingales came back this spring and their songs bring so much joy. Not easy to spot as they have rather dull plumage.

For your entries there is no need the photo to show the bird singing, I know how hard it is to capture the moment. The point is to show your photo of the songbird/s and to tell us something about it.

Now is your turn and let me see your photos of birds, but first read carefully the rules below⬇️

Rules

Show me your photo of a bird, following these rules:

The photo must be your own.
Post in the community Feathered Friends
You may add more photos, but you should state which one is your entry, otherwise the first will be taken into account.
Tell us something about your photo/s.
Your photo must follow the weekly theme.
Please put the link of your entry in the comment section of the contest post here.
Put in the title of your post that this is an entry for the contest. (Optional)
Use #smap as a tag.

Last, but not least - have fun!

If you create quality post with more images and interesting story about them, making extra effort can give you bigger upvotes and attract curators. Keep that in mind.

Prizes

Five winners and each winner will receive 2 Hive or 2 HBD (it depends on the price of Hive) and 200 Ecency POINTS.

I would like to thank our judge @oks2crypto, who is doing such a great job and help choosing among all entries the winners.

Huge thank you Feathered Friends Community and @melinda010100 for sponsoring the contest. I should not miss to mention our most talented artist @barbara-orenya for her constant and creative support.

Each valid entry will receive 50 Ecency Points as a tip!

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