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It is the "canary" of our forests and shrubs. Its yellowish coloration and sound certainly make this classification. It can be seen sitting in dense bushes, where it feels safe. It is similar to the size of a sparrow. Its weight is about 30 grams, with a wingspan of less than 30 centimeters.
Last minutes news – 05-2014
I added some pictures to the documentary, incomplete gallery of the Yellowhammer.
Last minute news – 02/2015
Sometimes, you can find little information about the species itself or background of creating pictures of animals presented in the gallery on my site, simply because nothing interesting happened or I could not find any curiosities of the animal photographed. This time, however, I had to describe the circumstances in which I took the new images for existing galleries of yellowhammers, long-tailed tits and nuthatches. In the vicinity of the Slovak border, in a small village on the Polish side, at the turn of rural road there was a place where I could safely stop my car. Just out the window of the car I could observe treetops which were at about eye-level in front of me at a distance of several meters, there was a steep slope, and rural buildings below. I could watch there yellowhammers, long-tailed tits, nuthatches and a great spotted woodpecker slightly further to the left. I took several interesting photos of all three of them, but the great spotted woodpecker, and they enriched the existing galleries. I could not presume, however, that my observations would arouse concern among villagers. Although I noticed an old man who watched me with a pair of binoculars, but it did not come to my mind that my presence there could be so disturbing that somebody could report this to the police. For me it was the first time when I was stopped by the police while shooting, and where it was - in the middle of the village, on the road in broad daylight. Two police officers arrived, they were really alarmed by my 600-lens covered with the masking material. "Slowly put it off" said the policeman. But after a while, after my explanation what I was doing there, their fears and emotions came down. A resident of a nearby house was reassured by cops’ intervention and everything went back to normal state. But now after the police action and a visit of a noisy quad driver intrigued by my presence I could only shoot canopies. This is how ended the second attempt to take photos from this place. The vast majority of images were taken during the first day of shooting there. This description relates commonly to news from 02-2015, to yellowhammers, long-tailed tits and the Eurasian nuthatch.
Last minute news 05/2015
When in the eagles hides all the time I was accompanied by a yellowhammer. In the morning and afternoon it was singing passionately. It was only interfered by the cuckoo, which always sat around chasing him and interrupting the song. A better sound recording was made so I has changed it in my gallery. On my way back from hides I also managed to take pictures of this bird. The gallery was rebuilt.
Last minute news - 04/2017
Every now and then it was appearing in front of the lens while I was waiting for the marsh-harrier. I took some interesting photos that made rebuild the gallery.
Last minute news- 05/2020
What’s incredible in nature photography is taking pictures unexpectedly and replacing old pictures with new ones. That’s what happened this time with pictures of Yellowhammer, despite of being a bad foreground actor. My evaluation of pictures has changed over time and what is presented on my website is has changed too. Something that was graded as good receives only a 2 star grade now. The galery of Yellowhammer keeps 5 star status. Although it doesn’t really deserve it. Its content has been radically changed with new better and more interesting pictures. These changes have to be noted in informations and posted in news.
Last minute news-06/2023