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🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

• Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and the nymph Echo, who possessed the magic of a love spell, but for this Hera, the wife of Zeus, turned her into a nondescript wryneck.
• torquilla torquere (lat.) to twist, bend, turn (name - for the snake twisting of the neck and head in a hollow in danger)

This very strange bird belongs to the family of woodpeckers, but its behavior is completely different. It does not peck trees, it is migratory, in general, a typical insectivorous bird. In addition, its plumage masks it very strongly on the branches.
They arrive at the end of April, during the second wave, when there is no longer any snow and enough insects have appeared.

Nests are built in old abandoned woodpecker holes or in hollows inside trees. It drags various vegetation inside as a flooring.
And if a predator enters the hollow, the bird stretches out its neck, hisses and rotates it in different directions. For this reason it received its name.