For the first time since 1996, the bird’s honor has been awarded to a bird whose main habitat is human settlements – towns and villages. Ornithologists call on the public to learn to live with birds that have chosen human housing as their own.
The bars are easy to spot, as they often stay in flocks and make loud shouts in the flight. In appearance, the swarm may resemble a swallow or a house swallow, but the swarm is larger than those with a dark underside of the body, whereas a swallow and a swallow have a white belly. The bar has longer, sickle-shaped wings compared to swallows and squirrels.
Most of the time the fly spends on the flight – it can feed, collect material for the nest, mate and sleep during the flight.
Nesting begins at the age of four and pairs form a lifespan that can last up to more than 20 years, although data suggest that the average lifespan of this bird is much shorter. The most common nests are in various gaps in buildings, but bird cages and tree cavities can also be used. The litter contains one to three white eggs. There is one brood per year.
Photo: Latvian Ornithological Society
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Although it was once believed that short legs and long wings could not take off from the ground, this was not true – a healthy bird usually has no difficulty getting off the ground. The dormitories lying on the ground can be raised with outstretched arms and may fly away. However, if the bird is exhausted or injured, it will not help. The barn is a migratory bird that chooses Africa south of the equator as its wintering grounds. In Latvia, squirrels are usually found from mid-May to mid-September.
“Data from bird censuses carried out by the Latvian Ornithological Society show that the number of birds in Latvia has increased since 2005. In Latvia, where the juvenile is not considered an endangered bird species, 64-154 thousand pairs of terns nest. However, in Europe as a whole, the capercaillie population is declining, so the latest European Red List of Birds, published by BirdLife International in the autumn, classifies the capercaillie as almost endangered on a European scale. The number of pendulums is also declining in several countries in our region – Sweden, Finland, Lithuania and Russia (part of Europe), ”explained the ornithologist Dr. biol. Viesturs Ķerus.
It is believed that scraping in Europe is threatened by the renovation of buildings, which reduces the nesting space available for this bird. Renovation of buildings is a necessary and often – environmentally friendly – action, but rubbish and other occupants of the building can become unwanted victims of this action. In order to renovate the buildings in a swarm-friendly way, the Latvian Ornithological Society encourages you to take into account some practical tips. First of all, in attic and roof repairs, the attic and roof should not be repaired during the nesting period, ie from the beginning of June to the middle of August. Secondly, if gaps suitable for nesting are closed after or during the renovation of the building, it is desirable to install bird cages suitable for the nest. As the hive nests in colonies, such cages can be put together. In addition to nesting sites, barnacles also need feeding opportunities, so cities need to provide suitable conditions for a variety of flying insects.
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Photo: Edgars Smislovs
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The Latvian Ornithological Society invites everyone to report sightings of lizards on the portal or in the mobile app Dabasdati.lv, as they will be valuable data for the new Latvian nesting atlas.
The Latvian Ornithological Society is organizing the annual bird action for the 27th time. Previously chosen as the birds of the year: corncrake (1996), evening whale (1997), green crow (1998), little eagle (1999), woodpecker (2000), heron (2001), great gull (2002), black grouse (2003), white stork (2004), whooper swan (2005), falcon (2006), black woodpecker (2007), black stork (2008), cormorant (2009), capercaillie (2010), owl (2011), sea eagle (2012) . .
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