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Less than a 3-meter wingspan, a weight that might exceed 12 kg. A powerful, magnificent bird. Cinereous vultures were very skittish and they would sit  on the left side of the hide, at quite a long distance, observing the hide and its vicinity for hours. They would become more courageous with each day, making the distance shorter, and allowing for better photos at the same time.  Of course, vultures are vultures and they feed on carrion. The carrion was initially used by other animals as well, but it was to be hidden for the night.

Well, I have already had opportunities to photograph birds in various places and strange circumstances, but having been protected by a security guard equipped with a kalashnikov - not so far. But everything has to happen for the first time. This situation took place in Tanzania. We came to the campsite, which this time turned out to be a small lawn located among trees at an altitude of about 2,600 meters. Well, except for grass and beautiful greenery there was no tourist infrastructure.

Photographing hummingbirds in Mexico was a huge disappointment for me. The fauna of Mexico includes 58 species of hummingbirds, 13 of which are endemic. In total, there are over 350 species of hummingbirds in the world. It was not a typical birding trip, but I hoped that in a country with such a large number of hummingbird species, there would be a place where they are fed from special drinkers bird feeder and only there good photos could be taken, like in Cuba or Costa Rica.

It was difficult to photograph birds in Greece in August. There were few birds and they were very skittish and such situation was with the cirl bunting. It appeared literally for a moment, and this was at this point that my first photo of this bird was taken. It was easier to record its voice than to take another picture. But that bird belongs to the Polish fauna so its gallery had to be created ...
Last minute news- Italy-SARDINIA – 04/2018

Photos from two encounters with the citrine wagtail in Mongolia have initiated a gallery of this bird on my website. There were no more opportunities during our two-week stay in Mongolia, so it is not a commonly occurring bird there. What is important for me is the fact that it belongs to the fauna of Poland. The pictures were taken from approach, without camouflage.

A little surprise that this modest medium-sized bird is called the national bird of Costa Rica, a small country where you can find nearly 900 species of birds including those beautiful ones, often rare, fascinating by their colorful plumage (hummingbirds, toucans, trogons and many other). And all this thanks to the convergence of the beginning of the rainy season (April) with the start of the mating season for thrushes and accompanying, apparently, beautiful singing of those birds.