Birdwatching - 1643 🐦

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)

📚 Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors.

I don't see these birds very often. In winter, they are generally very rare, and I have seen them a couple of times in a flock of their closest relatives - redpolls. But when spring comes, this is the most favorable time to observe these birds and take pictures of them. They have a mating season, and the flocks break up into pairs. Males sit on trees and sing songs.

But by nature, the birds are shy and modest, and even if you lure the male to the sound, he will not fly close, he will prefer to hide at the top of the tree and see who disturbed him.
In summer, the birds disappear somewhere, only a few remain. And in the fall, they begin migrations. At this time, you can meet them in large flocks. They sit on birch and mountain ash trees and eat their seeds.