Garrulus glandarius

300_6971 [Garrulus glandarius]

 

This impressive bird is usually found in wooded areas and sometimes parks and large gardens throughout most of Europe. Surprisingly, however, this morning it came to our small home garden where I grabbed the opportunity to take the picture.

 

It feeds on insects, seeds and especially acorns that it seems to like most. In Autumn it collects as many acorns as it can find and buries then in the ground to eat them in harsh winter days and perhaps in Spring!

 

Mature birds vary in length from 32 to 37 cm.

 

Photographed from the balcony of our apartment in Holargos on March 6, 2021.