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An amazing bird. In flight it resembles an eagle, anyway the predator rather than a representative of family Charadriiformes. Only up close webs can be seen between the toes. The nesting place of the great skua is also interesting. Endless areas covered in black sand and gravel are the sites of great skua nests. Amazing gallery, how different from any others. I've added some pictures with the skua in the background to show its natural environment. Once, while driving I saw its nest in the vicinity of the road.

Tanzania-12/2017
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It is perhaps the most commonly occurring woodpecker in our country. It can be found everywhere, from city parks to all kinds of forests. It is easy to photograph, but unfortunately it is rarely seen in lower parts of the forest, so lenses with bigger focal lengths are welcome. The bird will especially give us quite a lot of time if we find it pecking at a cone, stuck in a tree hole, for seeds. This activity absorbs it to such an extent that if we are quiet, such a photo session can last even a dozen-plus minutes.

It is most likely the biggest of the tits and probably the most numerously occuring. In the winter it is almost certain it will appear in your bird feeders, especially if we put some sunflower seeds or hang a piece of speck. It is a grateful object to photograph because of its coloring. Among Tits it only can not be surpassed by a Blue Tit. Excluded from this ranking is, rarely seen in our country and undoubtly the most beautiful of Tits, the Azure Tit, seen only in the winter. Great Tit matches a Sparrow with its size.

Once I watched the great white pelican over a fairly large lake in South Africa. The pictures were taken from a hide built for bird watchers. It was not a lookout point for photographers, because there was a lack of places with better view for taking pictures, not to mention the great distance from the animals. Pelicans were in a large group accompanied by yellow-billed storks, African openbills, Caspian terns and crocodiles. The fourth species of pelican goes to my gallery, and what is more important, this species belongs to fauna of Poland.