🔶The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
These birds are often seen in open spaces. In Russian this bird is called "Siberian black-headed minter". And on the rest slavik languages, as far as I know, he called "grasser". And both languages reflect the characteristics of this bird. These birds love to sit on the very tops of tall grass or low bushes. At the same time, making "check" sounds.
This gentleman himself flew closer to me, which surprised me at first. But then I got it. Nearby there was a female who was building a nest somewhere in the thickets of grass.
She found various stems and blades of grass and dragged them to the nest. This is her in the bottom photo.
A Siberian black-headed minter...
Wow!
It sure is a beauty!
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