All birds lead a different lifestyle. The main characteristic by which they are divided into several types is migration. Scientists call 3 species: sedentary birds - live in the same territory, migratory birds - fly away to cold lands with cold, nomad birds - move from place to place depending on the amount of provisions. We will focus on the latter.
Let's figure it out!
So which birds are migrating? These birds, regardless of the egg-laying season, fly from one place to another all the time in search of food.
Birds fly over short distances and each time on different routes. The time between flights completely depends on the amount of food in the new place.
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Due to this characteristic biological feature, nomadic birds inhabit all forests, and they are also the first inhabitants of new plantations. They consider their homeland to be the place where they breed. From year to year they try to return to continue offspring to where they hatched and grew themselves. Nomadic birds do not correspond to the well-known phrase: "A bird, where it wants, there will pop its own nest."
This principle of nesting is very appropriate for foresters. After all, they are terribly voracious and are in constant search for new food. Thus, the number of pests that are in the forest where they live is reduced. In addition to protecting the forest, nomadic birds take care of the agricultural crop. In winter, they eat weeds and their seeds in the fields.
Nomadic birds. List:
- Goldfinch. The forehead, cheeks, and throat are bright red; crown of head, nape, wings — in black with a yellow speck; the cheeks at the nape and the ends of the wings are white. Carduelis are the biggest lovers of weed seeds, and their offspring are fed with insects.
- Siskin. It does not leave its nest until large frosts. At the end of December, gathered in a flock, siskins fly south, but as soon as it gets warmer they return. Mostly settled in the spruce forest, sometimes in a pine or deciduous. The siskin lifestyle is similar to carduelis.
- Crossbill. It settles in a coniferous forest in the thick of branches. It has a bright red color, which turns into a reddish-brown, wings and tail are brown. His diet includes coniferous seeds.
- Bullfinch. As soon as snow fell, you can see this bird outside the window. They settle everywhere: forests, parks, gardens, boulevards. They are easy to spot because of the brilliant black and bright red color. The bullfinch eats seeds of hardwood, grains of weeds and berries.
- Waxwing. Many call this bird beautiful. It is painted in ash gray with a reddish tint. The main difference is a large crest on the head. Eats different berries. It is characterized by great voracity, per day it can eat berries with a total weight greater than its body weight.
- Woodpecker. The large and small spotted woodpecker are outwardly identical in coloring, they only differ in size. Their difference is the red cap on the crown of the head.
- Nuthatch. This bird is a fan of quickly running along the tree trunk both up and down. Very noisy, in her repertoire there are a lot of loud sounds.
- Jay. Reddish-brown color of the body, long tail, wings blue with black stripes, wide crest. Grow to the size of daws.
- White stork. It is painted white, only the ends of the wings are black. Long neck and legs, thin beak. Storks live for about 20 years.
- Quail. It has a buffy plumage, and there are dark and light brown spots in stripes.
- Puffer. The bird is medium in size. Short neck and big head. The plumage is gray-brown. Bill is dark brown, legs are dark gray.
- Reel. The songbird flies very often. Stature with a simple sparrow. In winter, the color is brownish-gray, and in summer - black.
- Tie. A little larger than a sparrow. It lives on the banks of rivers, lakes, seas. The top of the body is brownish-gray, the lower part is white. On the inner side of the wing there is a white strip, it is visible even in flight. Beak is orange-yellow. The nest is knocked out in the sand itself.
Birds flying away to warm lands
With the onset of autumn, we see flocks in the sky that fly away to winter in warmer climes. This is the migratory bird, every year they leave their nests, but with the onset of spring they return to them again. Their number is one third of the total number of all birds.
As for the specific answer to the question about which birds are migratory, we can name the following: swallow, thrush, duck, crane, lapwing, Oriole, finch and others. They remain wintering hardy: crow, pigeon, sparrow, tit. The reason for their flights is quite simple - because of the cold weather, the amount of food decreases sharply, and the birds are at risk of extinction. If they want to survive, they fly away to the south to winter. Despite the long and difficult flight, instinct tells them that in this way they will survive more than after a cold winter.
Important Notice
The flight time is always different, it is regulated by the weather. Wind direction and strength are taken into account more than air temperature. Birds flying to warmer climes are well-guided by the stars and the sun, which is why they fly easily.
Most of them return to their nest after winter. This was proved by scientists who ringed birds and watched them for several years.
