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🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

• Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and the nymph Echo, who possessed the magic of a love spell, but for this Hera, the wife of Zeus, turned her into a nondescript wryneck.
• torquilla torquere (lat.) to twist, bend, turn (name - for the snake twisting of the neck and head in a hollow in danger)

I encounter these inconspicuous birds of the woodpecker family in early May or late April at an old cemetery. The cemetery has a few birdhouses, which attract these birds greatly. Their songs, somewhat reminiscent of those of birds of prey, are clearly audible there.

Although the bird is related to woodpeckers, its lifestyle and behavior are completely different; it is simply a typical insectivorous bird. It catches insects from the surface of leaves or trees, rather than digging them out and extracting them from under bark like other woodpeckers.