Birds

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Wren - My house is my castle!

7 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

The Wren (Troglodytes) is one of the smallest European birds. It can be seen during winter walks. He is often accompanied by tits, woodpeckers, and blacksmiths. Strzyżyk (Troglodytes) to jeden z najmniejszych europejskich ptaków. Można go dost...

To feed you must first hunt - the Blackbird family - five hungry blackbird babies

2 Dec 2021 3 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a soot black bird with a yellow, yellow-orange or even orange beak. There is also an orange border around the eye. This is what adult males look like. Females and cubs are brown in color. Its body length can reach 27 cm....

Lark - a sure harbinger of spring, and certainly early spring

21 Nov 2021 2 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

This is one of the first birds that we can meet in early spring in Europe. When the grass is still yellow after winter snows, it already appears among small tufts. To jeden z pierwszych ptaków którego możemy spotkać wczesną wiosną w Europie. Gdy je...

Golden Oriole - so colorful and so invisible

11 Nov 2021 4 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Singing Orioli Śpiewy Wilgi On hot summer days, you can hear his characteristic whistling and singing that sounds as if we were pronouncing the word "Zofija". Mainly male orioles sing. W letnie upalne dni można usłyszeć jego charakterystycz...

European Robin - the personification of grace, delicacy, a singer and a killer in one.

4 Nov 2021 3 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

Rudzik - uosobienie wdzięku, delikatności, pieśniarz i zabójca w jednym. Robins live actively from early spring to summer, very often in autumn and even warm winter. Often you can hear the nice and sweet singing of the robin coming out of the bushes...

European penduline tit, little bird, great builder

30 Oct 2021 3 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

This small, beautiful bird has an ashen-colored head, with a black stripe crossing the eye, looking like a Zorro mask. The back is chestnut in color. Ten mały, przepiękny ptaszek ma popielato ubarwioną główkę, z czarną pręgą, przechodzącą przez ok...

Waxwing - an extravagant bird with an addiction?

26 Oct 2021 4 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Fruit diet Owocowa dieta Waxwing mainly feeds on fruit, insects only enrich their diet during the breeding season, when the demand for protein is higher. They consume the fruit with adoration from summer to winter. Jemiołuszki żywią się głów...

I am an African marabou, my name is Marek and I am probably 48 years old - Silesian ZOO

22 Oct 2021 5 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

The story of Marek's marabou Historia marabuta Marka Marek is the oldest resident of the Silesian Zoo. Nobody knows the exact date of his birth, but it is believed that he was born between 1972 and 1988, and he came to our zoo in 1989. Marek to n...

A visit to the Silesian Zoo - Flamingos in the autumn sun rays

19 Oct 2021 4 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

You may wonder which bird is the most beautiful in the world, but there is no doubt that the Flamingo is one of the elite beauties in the world of birds on earth. Można się zastanawiać na tym, który ptak jest najpiękniejszy na świecie, ale nie...

Bearded reedling camouflage master

6 Oct 2021 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

This bird loves coastal grasses and reeds. It nests mainly on the banks of rivers. Ten ptaszek uwielbia nabrzeżne trawy i trzciny. Gniazda zakłada głównie nad brzegami rzek. It is similar to a titmouse, body length up to 18 cm. It has a cha...