Birds of Russian cities: names, photos, brief description

The most interesting thing about the birds of Russian cities.

Birds are permanent companions of mankind. With the formation of cities, birds were divided into those who love the silence of forests and meadows, and those who get along well in an intense urban rhythm, like a bonus, facilitate their lives with a slight food. In this article we will talk about the birds of Russian cities, about how they eat, where other interesting facts nest.

Where do the birds of Russian cities live?

Birds of Russian cities for the most part nest in two places:

• Residential buildings and buildings, under the roofs, balconies and loggias, in general, it is convenient to nest in any cracks in any cracks, and food can be found in feeders and nearest garbage cans;
• City parks and alleys. It is there that caring city residents demolish delicious bird treats. And you can nest on the nearest trees.

Pigeons - birds of Russian cities

The most common, sung and often discussed by the Russians of the bird of Russian cities is pigeons. On the one hand, she manages to “mark” all monuments and city squares with fountains, on the other hand, a beloved bird, especially trained rare specimens, produced on embankments and near children's parks, with crests and lace tails.

Pigeons are more than 300, so you can see for hours the various colors of these urban residents. They are white, blue, black, multi -colored with the same smooth and fluffy wavy plumage.

A medium -sized bird among Russian birds, but for a city bird it is considered one of the large ones. In the Middle Ages, pigeons were domesticated, and the meat was considered very original on the tables of Europe and Asia. Today, despite the fact that the dovecot has become many times less, nevertheless, a dovecot can be found on the tables of the Russians. But at the same time, pigeons did not fall into mass production, remaining a delicacy for lovers.

Pigeons nest in cracks, in the attics of multi -storey buildings, scoring the nests in depth, away from human eyes. That is why we never see small pigeons, especially chicks in nests. A dove's nest looks like a flat platform lined with branches. In the middle of the platform, eggs are hatched, and subsequently, patent babies grow up.

If you notice a blue brood, leave the territory as quickly as possible so that adult pigeons do not smell your presence and do not leave the nest with defenseless chicks. Even the unstable smell of a person can push the pigeons from his offspring, as this will be a signal of the danger and destruction of the nest, as a result, the bird believes that it is better to reduce the new nest and give new offspring, without risking itself.

When the pigeons leave the nests, they are fully formed, albeit smaller in size from parents. That is why we do not see the chicks of pigeons on the streets of cities. In fact, we see them every day, just some seem to us large and “pot -bellied”, while others are small and thin. The latter and there are recently operated chicks.

It is also worth noting that pigeons do not nest at the same time. They have long been adapted in the city jungle and create a offspring when the pairs and nests are formed, and not synchronously, according to the season. The same pair of pigeons can lead to 3-4 offspring per year.

In food, pigeons are omnivorous, and eat what comes across in the city. It can be insects, a variety of cereals, bread crumbs, as well as the remains of food in garbage tanks. In fact, the bird easily adapts to both conditions and climate and diet. The enemies of pigeons are most often people, cats and dogs.

Sparrows - birds of Russian cities

Everyone knows the sparrow. It is with the feeding of the Vorozhushkov that the child’s acquaintance with birds begins. Unlike pigeons, the sparrow wingspan does not scare the kids, and the children with pleasure throw seeds and crumbs of bread to birds. Sparrow is considered the same common bird of Russian cities as the pigeon. It also holds flocks and occupies huge areas with its population.

In our Russian cities, house sparrows are most often common, but other species of birds can be seen. They feed on a plant fauna, such as cereals and cereals, crumbs of bread, leaves and small berries. An adult is a very strong short beak, which it can break even some types of nuts to get to the grains. Also, sparrows can “steal” food in pets. Often, cats are caught on this trick.

Vorozhushki love to swim in the snow, puddles and dust, cleaning feathers and protecting themselves from parasites. In adulthood, they practically do not fly, preferring walking and choosing food on surfaces. But if necessary or dangers, they easily take off and stay in flight for up to 10 minutes.

Sparrows nest in pairs and mass colonies, occupying all free places in the area. It can be cracks of houses, cracks under the roofs, as well as holes and any free nooks are located near the habitat of a person. Nests are created from small branches, blades of grass, straw and mud/clay for fastening. Then they lay eggs and hatch for several weeks (11-13 days). Both parents feed the chicks, delivering food to the beaks.

After the chicks flew into adulthood, the couple lays new eggs and hatch them again. Up to 3 broods per year. The most dangerous enemies of the Vorozhushkov are cats. Behind them are dogs and people, and only then birds of prey.

Swift - bird of Russian cities

Everyone and everyone knows cutting, since it can be found in almost every city park in Russia. A population of cuts goes immediately behind pigeons and sparrows, and are considered one of the common birds of Russian cities.

The haircut differs from other birds in that it practically does not walk and cannot swim, it can only fly. Also, if the haircut falls into tall grass, it becomes easy prey for the predator, as he cannot quickly rise into the sky due to grass, which prevents the wings.

Part of the haircuts are sedentary birds, and some are migratory. At the same time, settled birds live south, and migratory in the summer fly towards the northern cities. Swifts eat insects, which they catch in flight. Also soaring, the bird can fall asleep for a while, as it spends most of the day in flight.

Swifts nest in holes, hollows and other holes that will find. Further, once in the season, they make the masonry that the female hatches, and her male insures her. While eggs are stacked, the female and the male eat in turn, and so they pass their next 17-27 days. After the appearance of the chicks, they feed them in the nest for up to 40 days, and later they still teach to fly and catch insects. It is also worth noting that the cuts are not only long -lived, but also create a couple for many years, more often for life.

Swallows - birds of Russian cities

The literature taught us that with the arrival of swallows, a real spring begins - warm, flowering, fragrant. In today's realities - swallows are not so frequent birds of Russian cities, and more and more often meet south, even abandoning the middle lane.

A separate species live in cities - city swallows. Small individuals who stay in pairs or small flocks live closer to the parks, and almost never fly among the heights. Also, swallows feel well among the private sector, having chosen their places on trees or under the roofs.

In August-September, swallows fly south, wintering in warm countries. From May to August, the birds manage to make a nest and give up to two clutches, behind which the female looks. The male actively builds a nest, and participates until the laying of the eggs is ready, after which he can fly to both his nest and the neighboring ones. Also, the male can leave his masonry with the female, and go build a new nest with another female. The female hatches the eggs, but when she flies to stretch the wings and find food, she is replaced by a male, while not always the one who was responsible for laying eggs.

Swallows are at insects that are caught in flight. In good clear weather, swallows circle in search of food at an altitude of 10-20 m above the ground, in windy weather, before the rain, etc. Swallows are looking for food below, going down and circling almost above the ground. It was from this feature that people went a sign - swallows circle over the ground to the rain.

The enemies of the swallows are falcons - predators that catch them during the flight, and the parasites of the fleas and ticks, actively breeding on the bird, kill it, and having entered the nest, can also destroy young offspring.

Strvorets - bird of Russian cities

Squorses - birds of which schoolchildren are best cared about in the cold season. At the lessons of the works, birdhouses are built, and the dads climb higher on wood to nail the finished birdhouse for the favorite cunning people. And a little lower necessarily hang a feeder and a drinker, which is regularly replenished with a new provision.

Squorses are beautiful birds, with green overflowing plumage and black shiny wings. Medium -sized birds reaching 100 g of weight. In birdhouses, cracks, in attics, etc. The starlings drive their nests from straw, small twigs, moss and fresh leaves. Then make the layout of the eggs and the chicks are hatched by both parents. The starlings eat in turn to maintain a constant temperature in the nest on the eggs and not be exhausted from hunger for two weeks. After that, both parents are responsible for feeding the chicks.

It is worth noting that the starlings constantly communicate with their other relatives with their tweeters, maintaining contact and reporting food, predator, weather change, etc. That is why the starlings are considered the most noisy city birds.

In the diet of starlings there are insects, especially for feeding young chicks. Later, for more adult individuals, interspersing of grains, seeds, leaves and grass is also present. Grass and leaves often act as a medicine for diseases that birds use intuitively. The enemies of city starlings are cats and dogs, as well as birds of predators, which periodically fly into cities.

Bird of Russian cities

Tall legs cleverly and quickly running along the lawns of parks, gray breasts and a long black tail - this is all about a wagtail, which, albeit a rare, but bird of Russian cities. By the way, the wagtail was seen in all the corners of our planet and it can be seen both in the north and in the south of the country.

As soon as the male and the female are combined in a couple, they nest for the formation of offspring. A female selects a place for a nest and starts construction, while the male is present and helps, but is not the key in creating a place for the future offspring. After creating the nest - the female lays eggs and hatches them alone, and the male is responsible for the supply of food for the female, but not always. If the male does not support the female when hatching eggs, the female is forced to leave the nest in order to find food, and returns to the eggs again. Sometimes, the male can insure her in the hatching of eggs, but this is an exception to the rules. During the season, one pair of birds hatches 2-4 broods.

As soon as the chicks appear, both parents are connected to feeding and feed the kids for about two to three weeks. The wagtail practically does not fly, doing this exclusively to move to a new place of food or in case of danger. Almost never sits on trees, remaining on the ground in search of food. Birds feed on both insects and cereals and other flora selected from the ground. In the cities of wagons, there are several enemies: a person with a desire to catch a beautiful bird, cats and dogs, as well as all flying predators. That is why the bird population was rapidly reduced and is now guarded all over the world.

Gorikhvost - a bird of Russian cities

In the shady parks of Russia, one of the most popular birds of Russian cities can be found - a burning station. Her singing captivates and calms, giving comfort and peace of walking.

The mountainousness is an unpretentious bird, with a light abdomen and a dark back, with a gray, almost black head and a fabulously beautiful voice. When she flies, her brown-reddish tail resembles the rattling of the flame. The bird flies to Russia with the first signs of warming and flies to the south in September.

At arrival in the spring, the bird nests in any shallow cracks, in abandoned hollows, so that the nest is not visible outside. Next, the female and the male make the layout of the eggs, and the female hatches future chicks for 15 days. After that, the chicks are feeding for another 15 days and only after that they fly out into adulthood. The first week after departure, the female and the male fly with the chicks and teach them to eat, move away from danger, etc., after which the birds become independent adults.

The bird feeds on beetles, mosquitoes, flies and other animals, and is exclusively a predator. At the same time, it itself becomes prey for the hawk, falcon, stray cats, etc.

Birds of Russian cities: tips and recommendations

Mia: Mom from the virginity taught me that birds are very important in nature, and at the same time defenseless. We always fed them, and never drove them away from our house and garden. Now my inquisitive son is growing. Together we keep crumbs, the remains of seeds, cereals, etc., and when the time comes in evening walks in the park, we pour the birds. The kid still does not go to school, but already knows all local birds, their habits and even learned to distinguish pigeons-patents from adults.

Alexander: The psychologist advised on the porch of the house to hang a feeder, and feed our younger brothers. Each time, coming from work, I went to the feeder and poured a new portion of food. Caring for others began to gradually return me to life. And unexpectedly in my yard, the burners settled, which delight their singing day after day. Only a couple of months have passed, and life gained paint! The birds helped me return the desire for life.

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