Alphabetical list

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.

If I managed to avoid mistakes in identification, seven species of francolines were photographed in Tanzania (handsome francolin, red-necked spurfowl, crested francolin, coqui francolin, Hildebrandt's francolin, grey-breasted spurfowl and yellow-necked spurfowl - a passage common to all these galleries). We joked that a day without a francolin was a lost day. They were appearing every so often and were quite skittish. Sometimes patience paid off as the birds came out of the thicket and better photos were taken.

In the Dominican Republic you can take pictures of three species of hummingbirds and the following text refers to all of them. I don’t recommend the Dominican Republic for those of you who want to photograph hummingbirds The beautiful pictures of hummingbirds on the Internet are taken at special feeders where the birds are used to the sight of people. This is the place to try to take a good photo of a flying hummingbird. I said “try” because everyone knows how fast they fly and how fast they can change direction.