Snow buntings flew into a nature reserve in the Odessa region – UNIAN
More than 30 of these birds were seen in the national park, living alone or in groups of 2-3 individuals.
Snow buntings have flown to the Tuzlovsky Estuaries National Natural Park, in the Odessa region.
According to Doctor of Biological Sciences, park employee Ivan Rusev, amazing birds flew to Ukraine from distant Siberia for the winter. According to him, he discovered the birds in the reserve while walking along the route along the Black Sea coast.
“In different places I saw a bird – the snow bunting, which has a circumpolar distribution – the extreme north of Eurasia and North America. The distribution is very uneven. In the south of the forest zone, in the forest-steppe and steppe, they are regularly or occasionally found on migrations throughout the winter. And here in the national park These wonderful birds recently appeared, having flown to us for…