Winter - it's certainly a nice time of the year.But nature is even more elegant when the trees covered with snow, there are our winter guests - Krasnogruda handsome bullfinches!Males - a bird with a scarlet breast, whose bluish-gray back and head - black.Females seem to be more modest.Let's find out where winter bullfinches, what they eat and how to live in general.
Days Snegirev ...
Hold these birds are usually not too large flocks (about ten animals each).It sounds paradoxical, but the frost is stronger, the more calm and flocks.They are almost motionless, only occasionally "come to life" for the sake of some frozen berries and buds on the tree, and then freeze again, sitting on the trees for some time still.So are Snegirev days ... When it's dark, a gaggle of hiding in the bushes or tree branches to the rooming house.
One - for all and all - for one!
Bullfinches - birds sociable, quite trusting and friendly.They never throw in the lurch of his kinsman.If any of their bird flocks suddenly trapped, the other in a hurry to the rescue!
family life ...
When it is March, bullfinches, a photo of which is shown below, fly jacks pairs.In April, as a female in a hurry to build a nest.It looks like this: freely composed twigs, roots and lichens wool form a free construction.She usually lays about five eggs.While the female incubates them, the male feeds her and protected against any trouble.Within a month after the birth of the fledglings leave the nest safely.And now let's see what there is edible in places where winter bullfinches?
Bon appetit!
Of course, my mother-winter is not known for its bounties of relative provisions.Therefore, the birds have to eat a monotonous diet.Where winter bullfinches selection "menu" is usually not very large.But even so, the range of food is particularly active individuals may be wide enough!This is due to the constant search for food.If you watch the same active bullfinch all day, then we get tired of doing it, as his place of feeding - a variety!Generally bullfinches - it granivorous birds eating seeds of trees and their buds, berries.His thick beaks they select only the seeds of fruits and pulp discarded!They are not averse to try and nuts.Very fond of mountain ash.Its fruits are attracted not only by the birds, but many other forest dwellers, including mammals.Rowan to eat these birds begin to clean the beak, as the seeds of its berries are constantly stick to it.The funny thing about this is that during the cleaning beak rowan seeds fall to the ground, germinating in spring.So bullfinches - it is also a useful "gardeners"!
Habitat
these birds are common in most of Europe, except for the southern and northern regions as well as in Asia (north of the Himalayas to Japan).Where the climate is more or less temperate birds live or permanently, or fly, but not very far away from their nesting places.South, where the winter with northern bullfinches character - the paradise for these birds.They settle in broad mixed breeds rich in branched shrub thickets and coniferous forests and mountains.Although some individuals prefer the conventional and dense vegetation, located along the common streams.
