Birdwatching - 2008 🐦

🦉 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

These small, unremarkable birds arrive in the midst of spring. And then the forest will be filled not only with the songs of chaffinches and tits, but also with the gentle whistling songs of these birds.

Males sing actively to attract females and defend their territory. You can conduct a fun experiment: turn on the voices of these birds on your phone speaker, the male will fly to the nearest tree or bush and flutter his wings. So he scares away and drives away a competitor on his territory.
I saw something similar when a cuckoo appeared in the forest and this little bird tried to drive it away.
I completely forgot! I even have a video about it, I shot it 5 years ago.

Here you can see how a small brave warbler chases away a huge cuckoo.