Tawny Straightbill

The only crested tit in most of its range. Black front with yellow cheek and yellow eyebrow. Yellowish-green upperparts, white-spotted wings, and yellow-and-black underparts. Females and juveniles are duller, with shorter crests, central stripe thinner and incomplete, and yellowish parts becoming dull white. A bird of the hills, it is most abundant between 500 meters and 1800 meters of elevation, but rarely descends to lower elevations. Seen in pairs or family groups, often joining mixed-species foraging flocks in the non-breeding season. Forages in the canopy, emitting loud whistles and harsh chatters.

Large, robust gamebird of high mountains from Turkey east to Iran. Gray-brown overall, with white-and-rust streaking on the back and wings. Also note white-and-brown-striped face. Inhabits high, rocky mountains reaches from the forest’s upper limit up to the snowline; sometimes descends to lower elevations in response to severe snowstorms. Song is a loonlike whistling cry that rises and clips off at the end. Also gives high-pitched, somewhat raptor-like calls.

Large gray goose. Rather bulky and overall brownish gray with a big pinkish-orange bill and pinkish legs. In flight shows extensively pale gray leading edge to upperwings, rather pale underwing coverts, and broad white tail tip. Compare to other gray geese, which differ in details of bill pattern and color, head and neck pattern, and have dark underwings. Inhabits lakes, marshes, and wetlands, and even urban parks in parts of its European range.