ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 1 hour agoSMaP 250 - Free Theme (Red Birds)As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FREE THEME How about red birds? Bullfinch Of course, the first thing thatratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • yesterdayBirdwatching - 3227🐦🦉 The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Ficedula fi cedulinus (medieval lat.): “A small bird that feeds on figs and turns into a black-headed warbler in winter ”(from: Jobling, 2010) hypoleucaratel (77)in #photo • 2 days agoChipmunk in the summer forestIt's not easy to spot a chipmunk in the summer. I often hear them when I'm walking along a path; they make a characteristic sound, clearly signaling the approach of danger - me. But the animals themselvesratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 3 days agoBirdwatching - 3226🐦🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range I don't often encounter these birds in the forests nearratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 4 days agoBirdwatching - 3225🐦🦉 The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) Passer (lat.) sparrow montanus lat .: mōns, montis - mountain, mountain range, montanus - mountain This species of wild sparrow isn't often seen in the courtyardsratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 7 days agoBirdwatching - 3224🐦🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors. The Latin name spinus (from spin meaning to rotate) highlights thisratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 8 days agoBirdwatching - 3223🐦🦉 Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) Acrocephalus Greek: acros upper, pointed, kephale head dumetorum lat .: dumetum thicket, thickets, dumus thorny bush This seemingly inconspicuous bird livesratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 9 days agoBirdwatching - 3222🐦🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail We call this bird the "bald burning tail," or the "garden burning tail." It got its nameratel (77)in #photo • 10 days agoSquirrel in the old cemetery 🐿️It's amazing how, in 9 years, squirrels migrated 10 km from a remote place deep in the forest. Previously, they always lived in one place where coniferous trees grow, and gradually, year after year, theyratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 11 days agoBirdwatching - 3221🐦🦉 The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird Trivialis (lat.) common, simple, banal These birds arrive at the end of April, when theratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 14 days agoBirdwatching - 3220🐦🦉 The Eurasian nuthatch or wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea asiatica ) Sitta sittē (Greek) mentioned by Aristotle and other ancient Greek. by the authors of the bird, something similar to the woodpeckerratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 15 days agoBirdwatching - 3219🐦🦉 The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fringilla (lat.) - finch; fi nco (Old German), fi nc (Old English) coelebs coelebs (lat.) - single, idle, unmarried These birds are amongratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 16 days agoBirdwatching - 3218🐦🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) Aegithalos (Greek): tit caudatus (lat.): tailed These small, charming birds with a long tail are called "ladles" because ofratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 17 days agoBirdwatching - 3217🐦🦉 The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) Anthus (ancient Greek mythology) Antus, son of Hippodamia, turned into a bird pratensis Latin: pratum meadow, pratensis meadowy This wagtail (and this is the familyratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 18 days agoBirdwatching - 3216🐦🦉 The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Mergus merganser) Mergus (Greek) unidentified waterfowl mentioned in the texts of Pliny, Horace, and other ancient Roman authors merganser Greek:ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 21 days agoBirdwatching - 3215🐦🦉 The lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - walker, stroller minor (Latin) - smaller I saw this female woodpeckerratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 22 days agoSMaP 247 - Free Theme (Paridae)As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FREE THEME How about Paridae family? In general, there are about 10 speciesratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 23 days agoBirdwatching - 3214🐦🦉 The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) flava flavus (lat.) yellow,ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 24 days agoBirdwatching - 3213🐦🦉 The Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane) Larvivora - Latin: larva caterpillar, vorare - to devour cyane - dark blue Siberian - yes, robin - no. We call this bird the "Blue Nightingale." Byratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 25 days agoBirdwatching - 3212🐦🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large It's quite amusing to watch these little fellows scurry through the fallen dry leaves, turning over the leaves in search of food. Besides
