birds of Siberia - brambling

The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae
This bird just had a chance to watch only once. Initially, it seemed to me that this is a finch. If no season and a good opportunity to observe, I would not be sure. It was in the year 2013 in December. The bird hopped from branch to branch arborvitae growing next to the house every now and then hiding inside. I watched him closely, ie. approximately 3m. for at least 5 minutes. Siberia is its breeding territory.

birds of Siberia and beyond - Willow tit

Willow tit (Poecile montanus) The Marsh tit and the Willow tit little different. This first rather not visit the gardens of human settlements as the marsh tit. Sikora poor are amateurs sunflower seeds. Here it easiest to observe and photograph. After the season lost in the woods. Willow Tit seen in the forest, but I'm not sure if this was not the second. I could not look at her carefully. Siberia population of this species as the other remaining affects us in Podlasie.In the first row we have photos of the willow tits and in the second row are photos of the marsh tits.

birds of Siberia and beyond - coal tit

Coal tit (Periparus ater)

This is one of 6 tits present with us in the Podlasie region, where it has not yet encountered in nature. The area is expanding its occurrence, as it says in Wikipedia. I hope I can manage to see and photograph. Now I can only use the photos I Czernatkina from Chelyabinsk. There is tit is common, like many others tits did not occur in our area. Well, there are a lot more forests and a lot less people.

birds of Siberia and beyond - siskin

Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus). In Poland, even in the north-eastern part of it here, where I reside, it is breeding areas . I could not meet him during breeding season, but only in the winter as a migrant bird. Not very often I see this year a large herd siskins gay, loudly calling crowns alders. The greenish coloration makes it easy to distinguish them. A few years ago, during the cold winter siskins watched over the hedge of arborvitae. Allowed to approach a few meters feeding on their seeds. Western Siberia is inhabited by wile species of birds north and is it is common here.

birds of Siberia - bearded tit

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) In Poland there occasionally, but not in my area and so I have not seen it in nature. Just beyond the Urals is the large number of lakes and there are places where this species can be called common. Beautiful coloration and shape do not cause difficulties in its diagnosis.

birds of Siberia - Bohemian waxwing

Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) This is a typical bird of the north, who comes to us in November to spend the winter here. These birds migrate in large flocks stopping at fruit,rowans, shrubs on wintering fruit. while foraging often quarrel with each other and fight. They have a quick flight, but most of all the wonderful plumage that best describe these photos. I managed several times to shoot on apples and on the ground.