Hoopoe

Among the hundreds of bird species is difficult to choose a bird that could be due to some features combined with the hoopoe, so it is original and unusual. Rural residents of the southern regions of Russia, up to Ryazan, this bird, show clearly attracted to human settlements, perfectly familiar. The broad wings, contrasting combination of red, black and white stripes in the color of plumage and peculiar way during the flight involuntarily "to dangle in the air attached hoopoe resemblance to a giant butterfly, or a miniature flying carpet. Walking in the land hoopoe least amusing: He kept nodding his head and continually expands its magnificent red crest, recalling the little rooster, grew disproportionately large crest.

Hoopoe song - loud and sad "at-pu-navel", repeated endlessly - also with what can not be confused, if only someone would dream to entertain tapping on the bottom of a large wooden barrels. This is singing the lapwing, and in all sorts of exciting situations, such as quarrels, they emit a loud hissing of a drawn. Quarrels in the life Udodoff happen often and usually occur on the basis of competition for nest-seekers, which does not happen much. Besides hoopoes tend to hermit life and not too welcome the desire of relatives to be close neighbors.