🦉 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)
- hypoleuca hypoleucos Greek: hypo below, a little, leukos white, hypoleukos whitish
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This bird belongs to the “second wave” of birds arriving from wintering grounds. It arrives when the snow has almost melted, but the weather is not yet stable. Around the end of April.
At this time, the first insects already appear, but due to bad weather, most of them can hide back until warm days.
And such harsh days can only be survived by all sorts of stinking bugs such as bedbugs, which birds do not eat. Except for this flycatcher! She does not disdain them either, because there is no other food.
Birds fly away early and unnoticed, around August, to be honest, I don’t know, as I said, this happens unnoticed.
| Camera | Lens |
|---|---|
| Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |
Hello dear friend @ratel good morning
What a beautiful specimen, you show us this day, you always surprise us with beautiful birds.
I loved the video, this bird has a beautiful chirp
Thank you very much for letting us know this beauty
Have a wonderful day
Thank you for your kind words dear friend, have a nice day.😉