Show Me A Photo Contest Round - The Shortest Day Of The Year

28 days ago

This week's theme (ROUND 250)
SHOW ME A PICTURE OF BIRD. FREE THEME

Hey, @nelinoeva. How are you?
I haven't been home for 2 weeks. I traveled to Moscow, then I flew to Beijing, stayed there for 5 days, and then returned to Moscow, where I stayed for another 3 days. Interestingly, I was flying a plane high in the sky, almost above my house.
During my absence from home, big changes have taken place - there were heavy snowfalls, and last night the north wind blew, and today the air temperature dropped to -25 degrees Celsius.
Today, for the first time this month, I stayed at home working remotely. In the morning, I filled the bird feeders with seeds, and the birds had fun all day in a tree near my window. The snow clouds went south in the morning, the sky cleared, and the sun pleased my eyes with its light, but did not warm me. The cold winter Sun.

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I expected to see birds I didn't recognize in China, but they were just sparrows, crows, magpies, and pigeons. Maybe this is due to the fact that in the capital of Beijing, there are the usual familiar urban birds. And, by the way, almost all sparrows were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. The country's leadership said that sparrows were eating the grain harvest and ordered the sparrows to be killed. As you probably guessed, there are more various pests, and there are fewer crops. As a result, sparrows began to be imported from other countries, in particular, from the USSR.

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Ха, друзья, как вам нравится эта сойка?
The north wind continued to blow today, and its gusts were strong. It was he who made the bird so unusual.

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A sparrow is coming to visit me this season. One, not a flock, as sparrows usually live. By the way, Hawfinch also arrives alone. And Jay was alone today. There are a lot of tits and Greenfinches.

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Bullfinch also arrived alone in the afternoon.
Where are the Bullfinch's eyes? It seems that you need to direct a beam of light directly at this bird to see its black eyes on a completely black head.

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Today is one of the shortest days of the year. The sun appeared above the horizon at almost 9 o'clock. More precisely, it appeared above a residual band of clouds that had moved to the east-south side. The birds were illuminated by the yellow light of the "morning" Sun.

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