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A winter expedition to the Hel Peninsula ended with capturing several species, and taking first pictures of the smew. Unfortunately this bird can be found in our country only in winter, when it comes here to escape harsh winters of Scandinavia and Siberia. There it raises its young in tree hollows, like the mandarin duck. The observed flock of smews was unusually skittish, and it felt best in the company of goosanders, dozens of which could be seen there.

Another representative of the Cuculidae family finds its space in my gallery. Sadly it was photographed in a rather documentary manner. I had only one encounter with a smooth-billed ani, it was near the Iguazu waterfall and therefore only a few pictures were taken. Smooth-billed anis occur in Argentina, Brazil, Latin America, Ecuador, Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. They weigh up to 120 gram with a wingspan of up to 45 cm.
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When you go to the seaside during the period of birds’ migration you always get a lot of excitement about what you will manage to photograph  this time, especially that this season gives you a lot of opportunities in this regard. The birds that live in the cold Arctic or Siberia, would be difficult to photograph without a costly and time-consuming expedition. And here, on a Polish beach, you can see them. On my way to the sea I was intending to take pictures of stints, and perhaps to photograph some new species of this bird.