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This week's theme is again - free theme
Well, let's start with this meme 😄
It says here: Come to our ornithology, we have: (names of birds)
Agree, all these bird species are very similar to each other.
Siberian Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler
The first bird is distinguished by black legs and slightly brown plumage, and the second is yellowish, like its legs, light. This is about appearance. Of course they have different voices. The Siberian chiffchaff has a perky song, and the willow warbler has a whistling song similar to the song of a chaffinch.
The lesser whitethroat and The common whitethroat
These birds are also easiest to distinguish by the color of their legs. The first one is dark. Their voices are similar and you can even get confused, but the motive is different.
Apart from the gray color, these two can be distinguished from the rest of the birds in this post by the characteristic shape of the head, it is large and the males are very fond of raising their feathers, after which the head appears slightly angular and triangular.
Pallas's grasshopper warbler and Common grasshopper warbler
These two friends are distinguished from the others in this post by their mottled plumage and spots. We call the first one “song cricket.”
And as you can guess from their names, their voices are similar to the sounds of crickets,
On my own behalf, I can add that I managed to photograph an common grasshopper with great difficulty. It was really difficult. And the singing grasshopper ... I just saw it, walked up and took a photo while it was singing!
Blyth's reed warbler and Icterine warbler
The first bird can be confused with the chiffchaff, but what distinguishes it, in addition to its funny voice and songs, is its size. She is larger, stockier, she has a long beak that is thicker. And of course the characteristic triangular head like a whitethroat .
Regarding Icterine warbler. We call this bird the "green mocker". And I really don't understand why this brown bird is green, and why the mocking. Most likely because her voice is similar, as it seemed to me, to the sound of a squeaking dog toy or some kind of laughter. And what distinguishes it from the rest is its light, pointed beak. By the way, it is also a rather difficult bird; I only managed to take normal photos a couple of times.
| Camera | Lens |
|---|---|
| Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |