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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 berrie

This bird clearly demonstrates how behavior changes with the seasons. In the spring, during the mating season, circadian rhythms signal the bird that it's time to breed, and males experience increased testosterone levels. It's at this time that these birds are bold; they can walk around you without fear.

But when they have offspring, testosterone drops and vasopressin rises. The bird becomes very cautious, scared by the slightest rustle. And if a predator flies into their territory, they immediately attack. Have you ever seen kites flying in the summer with tattered wings and tails? That's the work of thrushes.