How do birds live without us? They started families and got chicks!

And now, when the forest has very few visitors, sometimes nests can be seen even in recreational and landscaped areas. In the photo below you can get acquainted with the chicks of the Ruby Thrush, which built a nest on a young pine.

These birds are found everywhere in the city - they have a yellow beak, motley breasts and gray back. Rubberbirds are a little smaller than a pigeon and are more likely to be seen on the ground than on trees: birds like to look for food in the ground, actively loosening the leaves with their paws and beak, and their searches are accompanied by a characteristic crackle, communicating with each other.

In May you can hear many birds singing both in the yards and in specially protected areas, where the birds' trills are particularly diverse. One of the most recognizable and best "singers" of the bird world is the bright finch, whose songs amaze with variety and melody. Bucks' chest is painted with a brownish red color, wings are motley and the head is bluish-gray.

Many birds have already started breeding long ago - starlings were among the first chicks. Not always these dark birds with shimmering motley plumage settle in special houses, which are prepared for them by people. The starlings gladly occupy old and empty hollows of woodpeckers, laying eggs there and then raising noisy chicks.

Most often starlings notice a man before he discovers the hollow with their chicks, and begin to crackle and squeak discontentedly, sitting on the neighbouring branches and trying to attract the attention of an unwelcome guest. Such sounds are not at all similar to the usual singing of starlings, and if the guest is standing still, then after a while parents calm down and continue to feed their constantly hungry offspring.

Most small forest birds are singers. These include the black-headed glory, a rather shy pichug, but with a lovely voice. The male is distinguished by the presence of a black hat on his head, and the females have a red color.

Another bird that's hard to confuse with someone else is the white wagtail. Its characteristic long tail wagtail wiggle is familiar to many people from childhood - it migrates to warmer places for the winter, like many other birds, and returns to urban parks and squares when spring comes.

A large number of birds and their nests, in which chicks can already be found, were noted during the survey. This means that the biological diversity of Moscow parks thrives in the absence of noise and leash-free dogs in specially protected natural areas and recovers its strength.

Therefore, during the brooding and nesting period, it is important not to make noise in the parks and to observe the rules of visit for the sake of the inhabitants of the city forests, who will soon grow their offspring and will delight us when it is possible to walk among the fresh greenery listening to the singing of numerous birds.