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I took my first photos of the crested lark in winter. The bird wasn’t very skittish. I was approaching it slowly, while it was observing me from the corner of its eye, always keeping a distance of about 10 meters, but never moving away too far. It does not belong to colorful birds, but it can be easily distinguished by the crest on its head. It is a little bigger than a sparrow. Its body mass is about 50 grams, with a wingspan not exceeding 30 cm.
Last minute news - Turkey2 - 08/2014
Crested larks could be seen just in front of the lookouts mostly in the morning. They were photographed from a distance of 5-7 meters, and of course when there were no other predators in sight. The existing modest gallery in the winter scenery is greatly enhanced and expanded.
Last minute news- 03/2021
This year, near Poznań, it was often possible to observe a few preying crested larks. Leaving the market, packing my groceries, I saw birds feeding among the cars in the parking. I wonder if there were so many of them this year, did they remember the times when a few years ago there was a field where they were feeding? Driving down the unpaved dirt roads, you could also see crested larks. Such an opportunity to improve the gallery shouldn’t be missed, especially since the gallery hasn’t been modified for almost 7 years and left a lot to be desired. This time I photographed almost in front of the house. In a field a few hundred meters from the house, I decided to try to take more interesting photos of them. The first hour was a disappointment as there was not a single bird. But as it happens in nature photography, it is worth being patient and waiting a bit. Several birds arrived in the second hour and they weren’t timid. Of course, they kept a distance of 5-10 meters, but it was enough to take my best photos of crested larks so far. The gallery has been radically rebuilt. There is not much left of the old content.
Last minute news-12/2021
The Crested Lark are doing fine! In the same place where I photographed them in March, I met many Crested Lark. This time I took pictures in winter scenery, which I have added at the end of the gallery.
Last minute news-09/2022
Last minute news-03/2023-Morocco

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Morocco- introduktory text- Desert Sparrow
News galleries:
BIRDS:

1.Desert Sparrow(T). 2.Trumpeter Finch. 3.Pharaoh Eagle-Owl. 4.Lanner Falcon(T). 5.Thick-billed Lark. 6.African Desert Warbler(V). 7.Greater Hoopoe-Lark(V). 8.Temminck's Lark. 9.Moussier's Redstart. 10.Eastern Crimson-winged Finch. 11.Western Mourning Wheatear. 12.Red-rumped Wheatear. 13.Crowned Sandgrouse(V). 14.House Bunting. 15.Bar-tailed Lark. 16.Tristram's Warbler. 17.Fulvous Chatterer(V). 18.Egyptian Nightjar. 19.Levaillant's Woodpecker. 20.Maghreb Magpie. 21.Seebohm's Wheatear.
MAMMALS: 1.Barbary sheep 2.Val’s gundi.
REPITILES: Duméril's fringe-fingered lizard
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:

1.White-tailed Wheatear(T). 2. Desert Wheatear. 3.Black wheatear.. 4.Grey Wagtail. 5.Horned Lark. 6.Little Owl. 7.Common Kestrel. 8.Thekla Lark. 9.Crested Lark. 10.African Blue Tit. 11.Short-toed Lark. 12.Red-billed Chough. 13.Yellow-billed Chough. 14.Barbary partridge. 15.Great Tit. 16.Eurasian Collared Dove. 17.Serin. 18.Black Redstart. 19.Eurasian Sparrowhawk. 20.Garden Bulbul. 21.The common chaffinch. 22.White Wagtail. 23.Rock bunting. 24.House Sparrow. 25.Brown-necked Raven. 26.Spanish sparrow. 27.Ruddy shelduck. 28.Rock pigeon. 29.Little Swift.30.Desert Lark.31.Peregrine Falcon.

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