15 January 13:46
Employees “Krasnoyarsk Pillars» showed the most beautiful birds that winter in the park. They did it for the environmental holiday “Day of wintering birds»which has been celebrated in Russia since 2003.
In total, 228 species of birds live in the national park. Of these, about 60 species remain with us for the winter.
In addition to bullfinches (which, contrary to popular belief, do not fly away for the summer, but live in Siberia all year round), great tits, tits, ducks, nutcrackers and nuthatches, in winter in the national park you can find uragus, bee-eaters, goldfinches, blue tits, cuckoos and Siberian lenticels. Also, with some luck, you can see the gray shrike and several species of owls: the great owl and the great owl, the short-eared, long-eared and hawk owls, the eagle owl, the scops owl, the great gray owl and the great owl.
“Only in the cold season on Stolby you can see the rough-legged owl, polar owl, tap dancer and waxwing. And the crossbill, which lives in the national park all year round, is also capable of hatching chicks in January frosts – an exceptional rarity for birds. A brownish-white dipper spins around on ice-free ice holes, demonstrating aerobatics and diving abilities at the same time.», — explained the press service of the park.
Another wintering species — woodpeckers In winter, their number increases to six.
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