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🦉 The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

• Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer
• trochilus trokhilos (Greek) is a small bird mentioned by Aristotle, later identified as "wren", but in Aldrovandus (1599) it is "a kinglet without a tuft"; trokhalos, trokhiscus (Greek) round, oval, curved, spherical; trochilus (lat.) semicircular, curved

Willow warblers arrive early, when the buds on the birches are just beginning to appear. The forest is filled with their spring songs, which sound quite beautiful. At this time, these birds can be seen in the trees. However, after the mating season, the birds descend to their usual habitat - bushes.

It's also funny to watch a male sitting on a branch quickly fluttering his wings. This happens when someone wanders into his territory, some competitor in the form of another male. I once turned on the sounds of these birds, or rather the song, and a male flew in from somewhere, sat on a branch next to me and began to quickly twitch his wings, chasing me away. By the way, that's him in the 3rd photo.