ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 17 hours agoBirdwatching - 3328🐦🦉 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)memberin Feathered Friends • 5 days ago Birdwatching - 3327🐦🦉 The rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting rustica rusticus (lat.) rural, country This bird is listed in the regional Red Book as a rare and protected species. Indeed,ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 8 days agoBirdwatching - 3326🐦🦉 The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Curruca communis) Curruca is an unidentified bird name mentioned in the poems of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal communis (lat.) ordinary, common. Thisratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 11 days ago Birdwatching - 3325🐦🦉 The willow tit (Poecile montanus) Poecile poikilis (Greek) an unidentified small bird mentioned in ancient texts montanus (lat .) : mōns, montis mountain, mountain range, montanus mountain In earlyratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 18 days ago Birdwatching - 3324🐦🦉 The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) Oriolus oryolus (lat.) oriole [Old French. oryol oriole, aureolus gold] This beautiful, vibrant bird arrives late—in mid-May. I have just one week to photographratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 20 days agoBirdwatching - 3323🐦🦉 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 • 25 days agoBirdwatching - 3322🐦🦉 The Oriental cuckoo or Horsfield's cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) Cuculus (lat.) cuckoo optatus (Lat.) desired You have all likely seen—and certainly heard—the common cuckoo. But this is a different species,ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 29 days agoBirdwatching - 3321🐦🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red These cute, plump birds are a true ornament of the autumn and winter forests. They are alreadyratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3320🐦🦉 The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) Carpodacus Greek: karpos fruit, daknō to bite erythrinus erythros (Greek, lat.) red These bright, beautiful "sparrows" are seed-eaters (as suggestedratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last month Birdwatching - 3319 🐦🦉 The azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus hyperrhiphaeus) Cyanistes kyaneos (Greek), cyaneus (Latin) dark blue cyanus Greek: kyanos dark blue hyperrhiphaeus Greek: hyperrheō to overflow, phaios dark, dull I veryratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3318 🐦🦉 The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale svecica suecicus (lat.) Swedish; the name svecica, according to the history of the description, is not a toponym, but is given for the colorratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3317 🐦🦉 The Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane) Larvivora - Latin: larva caterpillar, vorare - to devour cyane - dark blue This blue nightingale is a rarity in my city. I've only encountered it twice. Andratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3316 🐦🦉 The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Carduelis carduus (Latin) thistle These colorful birds are winter residents and can be spotted year-round if you're looking. Theratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3315 🐦🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range I don't come across these guys very often due to theirratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3314 🐦🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large The most common and numerous forest birds, which, in addition to forests, also live in city parks, groves, and courtyards. They can beratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3313 🐦🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan andratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3312 🐦🦉 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 • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3311 🐦🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish These birds live near bodies of water, rivers, and lakes. Their dull calls can alreadyratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3310 🐦🦉 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 For me, the songsratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3309 🐦🦉 The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) Tetrastes Greek: tetraōn hunting bird, -astēs creator bonasia the etymology is unclear, one of the assumptions is "bonum" good, "assum" roast