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Publication in the community "What day is today?"

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More recently, an unusual holiday has appeared in the ecological calendar of Russia - Sinichkin Day. The date was established at the initiative of the Russian Bird Conservation Union and is celebrated on November 12. On this day, residents of different settlements of the country are preparing for a meeting of "winter guests" - birds staying for the winter: tits, goldfinches, bullfinches, jays, tapas, waxwings. For them, zoo defenders and caring people procure various top dressings, including “Sinichkin delicacies” - unsalted lard, unroasted pumpkin, sunflower and peanut seeds. Goodies are laid out in pre-made feeders, which are hung and installed in crowded places of wintering birds.

Despite the fact that Sinichkin Day is celebrated relatively recently as an environmental holiday, its history is rooted in the distant past. In the national calendar, November 12 is listed as the day of memory of the Orthodox Saint Zinovy the Titmouse. According to popular beliefs, it was by this time that the tits, foreseeing imminent cold, flew from the forests closer to human habitation and were waiting for help from people. Feeding the birds, they watched their behavior: if the titmouse appeared in full flocks at the house, it means that frost is about to break out; if a tit is whistling - be a clear day; if squeaks - be in the night frost; many tits are going to feed - to a snowstorm and snowfall.

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