Other winter birds

Last roamed in the middle lane only for the winter. Nest, they fly to more northern places. Wintering birds such call. Snowy owl, which we have already mentioned - wintering bird. We say that a few more. For example, bullfinch. They begin to arrive to us again in late autumn. In December, when snow falls, they become more and more such bright clothes are only males. The female is dressed modestly. Where the male red feathers in her brownish-gray, and a cap on her head is not as shiny. Bullfinch attention is drawn to his calm disposition, dense and strong addition and a thick, short beak. Quiet but melodious voice gives these birds, even when they are not visible. Interestingly, the singing of bullfinches not only males but females. In late February or early March, will start as soon as warm rays of the sun, flocks of bullfinches migrate northward to their homeland. Other wintering birds - Waxwing. It also flies in the autumn of more northern forests and keeps us up to mid-winter. Then disappears: flies farther south. Later, in late winter, waxwings can be seen again when they begin to return to the north. Sometimes they stay with us all winter, if they find enough food. Waxwing eats mainly berries. Mountain ash, rose hips, juniper, viburnum, euonymus and honeysuckle - this is her food. Eat it all day. Sometimes it eats up the fact that hardly can fly. Man she had little fear. In different trap, trap and network itself and climbs. Whoever has seen waxwings, he can not mix them with any other birds. Reddish-brown feathers of the back and chest, a red crest on his head, a beautiful bright red spot at the end of the wings, a yellow rim on the tail - this is their attire. He is still at a distance is evident. Voice of waxwings recalls a quiet whistling: something like that, what is obtained if we blow a hole in the key. For this voice, as can be seen, and they got his nickname. The third northern visitor - a tap dance. It's a little gray bird with a red temechkom, and the male with a red breast. In some years, they can be very small, and sometimes they appear in large numbers. Especially a lot of flies in the years of famine in the north of the seeds of birch and alder. Birch and alder seeds - the main food chechetok, although they also feed on seeds and other plants - thistle, goosefoot, nettle, etc.