ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 6 hours 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 • 3 days 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 • 7 days 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 • 10 days 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" roastratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 16 days agoBirdwatching - 3308 🐦🦉 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 • 20 days agoBirdwatching - 3307 🐦🦉 The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Alcedo alcedinis, alcyon, or halcedo, halcedinis (lat.) kingfisher; word "hals" in ancient Greek language meant "sea", along with the word thalassa.ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 22 days agoBirdwatching - 3306 🐦🦉 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 • 28 days agoBirdwatching - 3305 🐦🦉 The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) Falco phalcōn (Greek), falco (Lat.) falcon; the word falco is derived from falx (sickle, scythe) and means "curved in the form of a sickle", which is associatedratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3304 🐦🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors These yellow birds are true travelers. As soon as their young grow up,ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3303 🐦🦉 The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) Turdus (lat) - Thrush pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). However, sinceratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3302 🐦🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) Aegithalos (Greek): tit caudatus (lat.): tailed From a distance, these charming birds resemble a fluffy white ball with a long tail stickingratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3301 🐦🦉 The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) Certhia (Greek): kerthios - a small bird crawling through the trees, mentioned by Aristotle familiaris (lat.): common, easily recognizableratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • last monthBirdwatching - 3300 🐦🦉 Siberian chiffchaff (Phylloscopus (collybita) tristis) Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer collybita collybista (lat.), kollybistēs, kollybos (Greek) money changer, small coinratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3299🐦🦉 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 These greyratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3298🐦🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail A beautiful bird, isn't it? Would you be surprised to learn that this brightly colored bird (only the malesratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3297🐦🦉 The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) Carpodacus Greek: karpos fruit, daknō to bite erythrinus erythros (Greek, lat.) red No, this isn't a sparrow. It's a young male rosefinch. While still young,ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3296🐦🦉 The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) Turdus (lat) - Thrush pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). However, sinceratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3295🐦🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark These small birds appear in the forests as soon as spring begins. Yes, they are winteringratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3294🐦🦉 The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) cinerea lat.: cineris ash, cinereus,ratel (77)memberin Feathered Friends • 2 months agoBirdwatching - 3293🐦🦉 The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) Oriolus oryolus (lat.) oriole [Old French. oryol oriole, aureolus gold] This bird is one of the most coveted trophies for wildlife photographers. It's difficult
