| English | Russian |
| do the rain call | рюмить (О зяблике / Chaffinch / Fringilla coelebs: I was (...) listening to one doing the rain call – just before it started raining! But the other day there were plenty of rain calls and not a cloud in the sky. Alexander Oshis) |
| eagle of the rain | орлан-белохвост (Haliaeetus albicilla Супру) |
| eagle of the rain | сероватень (Haliaeetus albicilla Супру) |
| make the rain call | рюмить (О зяблике / Chaffinch / Fringilla coelebs: I've now found out what this is – it's a chaffinch making what is known as the 'rain call'. • По народной примете, зяблики "рюмят" к дождю. Действительно, они кричат так перед дождём, но лишь тогда, когда тучи затянут небо и в лесу станет темно, так что уже и без них ясно: лучше из дому не выходить.  youtube.com Alexander Oshis) |
| rain call | рюмение ("Грустная" песня зяблика: (1) One of these male breeding season signals is concerned with aggression, two with courtship, and two are specialized alarm calls; one is for aerial predators, and the other is the so-called 'Regenruf', or 'rain call', thought among other things to forecast bad weather. (2) Другие сигналы — короткое «ррю» («рюмение»), звонкое «пиньк» (похожее на голос большой синицы); в полете слышны негромкие крики «тюв, тюв». youtube.com Alexander Oshis) |
| rain goose | краснозобая гагара (the behaviour of the red-throated loon was used to forecast the weather; birds flying inland or giving short cries predicted good weather, while those flying out to sea or giving long, wailing cries predicted rain. In the Orkney and Shetland islands of Scotland, the species is still known as the "rain goose" in deference to its supposed weather-predicting capabilities. Wiki inyazserg) |
| rain song | рюмение (Англ. вариант мне встречался реже, чем "rain call".: The Chaffinch is also known for having a so-called 'rain-song. ' It has been considered to predict impending rain, though you may not want to use it as an alternative to the weather forecast. • Short and fast descending song that ends with 'diddieoo', or repetitive, insistent single notes known as the chaffinch's rain song. Alexander Oshis) |
