Ratel's photos #235 Forest Birds-182

The white wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Honestly, I doubted for a long time how to call this post. Simply this bird is unusual for its habitat. However, I met her in the forest, so I ranked her in the "forest birds".

In my opinion, this usual and common bird is very interesting.
They come to us early in the spring, when the snow is still and it's pretty cool.

Oddity of her behavior. This is the only white wagtail that lives in cities. The rest of the family of wagtails live outside the city, and near the water! They walk in shallow water in search of insects.

Very very long ago, in Russia these birds were called something like "ice breaker". Of course, they do not break the ice. The point is in their behavior.

Wagtails are constantly shaking their long tail. And in the early spring, people saw them, and in those distant times they understood that spring was coming, everything was melting, and with its wiggling tail it seemed to break the last ice left from the winter.

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• Nikon D5200
• Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD

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