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🦉 The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

• Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned her into a bird.
• flammea lat.: flamma flame, fire, fiery color flammeus

Like bullfinches, these birds appear in the forests of my city in late autumn, when the weather is already quite cool. They are easy to spot, as they roam in large, noisy flocks. Incidentally, they are very easily attracted by sound.

During this time, they feed on plant matter and can often be seen perched on birch trees, where they eat the seeds from birch catkins. They also descend to feast on wormwood. In spring and summer, they eat small insects.