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🦉 The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

• Turdus (lat) - Thrush
• pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). However, since lat. "pilus" hair, pilare to remove hair, but pila ball, pilaris anything related to ball, and pilarius is a juggler (and at the same time, the Greek "trikhos" is hair, and "trikhas" is a thrush!), all this puzzling. Two assumptions arise. First: when the fieldfare in summer, how usually pulls earthworms out of the ground, this can be associated with hair removal (pilare). Second: when in autumn and winter the fieldberry picks rowan berries and throws them up, swallows, it may resemble a juggler (pilarius).

These birds' behavior changes dramatically with the changing seasons. In simple terms, this is due to the melatonin levels in their bodies.
In the spring, they are bold and fearless. They calmly walk a few meters away from you, minding their own business.

With the arrival of summer, they become very shy and inconspicuous, and they also have young.
And in the fall, they form small flocks and visit parks or other places where rowan berries grow, which they feed on in the fall and winter.