Birdwatching - 1763 🐦

🦉 The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)

• Falco phalcōn (Greek), falco (Lat.) falcon; the word falco is derived from falx (sickle, scythe) and means "curved in the form of a sickle", which is associated with the shape of a falcon's wing in flight or its powerful sickle-shaped claws (Gotch, 1981)
• subbuteo lat.: sub below, under, close to.., partly, buteo buzzard

These small birds of prey are very rare in the forests of my city. I meet them every year in only one place, in the forest near a big river. But it’s not always possible to take a photo. The bird loves to fly high in the sky and rarely descends.

I was lucky that day. I spent a lot of time watching them. The adult bird hunted, and dragonflies became its prey. She took these dragonflies to her children, who sat quietly on the tree.