Today, according to the folk calendar, Zinovy the titmouse day is celebrated. On this day winter birds fly to the cities, and people make feeders and feed the birds. In the Irkutsk Regional Museum, Titmouse Day will be marked with games and contests for children, then the children and staff will go to the Angara embankment to feed the birds. Also, today the fur season begins for hunters.
According to the folk calendar, today is Zinovy - Titmouse Day.This day is marked by the arrival of winter birds - goldfinches, bullfinches, and waxwings.
"The titmouse is a small bird, yet even it remembers its holiday!" people used to say, and together with children they made bird feeders.
"Titmouse Day" is being celebrated today in the nature department of the Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. Games and contests will be organized for children. Together with the museum staff, the children will go out to the Angara embankment to feed the birds.
Today is also a holiday for hunters - the fur season opens.