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🔶The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
I meet these birds in early May on flooded meadows in the neighboring region. At this time, there may even be a little snow and the weather is cool, but these birds are already looking for a partner.
In my region, they appear a couple of weeks later when the trees start to grow.
By the way, his scientific Latin name is translated as "Swedish nightingale".
This nimble energetic nightingale sits on open branches of bushes and sings a song, sometimes flying up and smoothly floating down. This is the so-called "courtship display".
As for the songs, it consists of the voices of other birds heard nearby. Which allows you to find out what birds live in this area. Exactly because of this reason, this bird has a funny old Russian name - "Chatterbox" or "Nonsense/hooey/drivel talker".
