Tough object to photograph for high dynamics of its movement. On one hand long telephotos enable close ups and taking a satisfying picture, not to mention the quicker AF, but on the other hand, so what, if often the photographed bird disappears in the frame. Shorter telephoto gives a chance to watch the flying tern easier, but the AF works much slower as the object is smaller and you have to frame it insistently, therefore worsen the quality. There are no ideal solutions…As you can see I managed to take few picture, enough of them to create this gallery. White-winged Terns live in colonies and what’s important they are not particularly skittish. They do not require night steak outs, like other species. If, within dozen or so meters distance, we sit and cover ourselves with at least a masking net, terns will accept us and keep on behaving naturally. After 20 minutes one of the terns sat so close to the lense that you couldn’t focus and take an “anatomical” picture. To follow fast moving terns is quite a blind man’s bluff. Luckily, every now and then they suspend above water surface and seek their prey. Unfortunately, so high that you have an offsetting sky, so the least attractive of options. They rarely came down enough to have a green behind their backs. Terns are a beautiful object to photograph, especially in their mating apparel. You need to have sufficient time and patience to choose, among thousands of shots of flying terns, the ones worthy of presenting them. White-winged Tern weighs around 60 grams with a wingspan of around 60 centimeters.
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Mongolia - introductory text - Pallas's sandgrouse
Birds-new galleries:
1. Pallas's Sandgrouse (T,V),2.Himalayan Vulture (T)3.Pallas's Sea-Eagle.(T)4.Demoiselle Crane(T).5.Upland Buzzard (T). 6.Siberian Scoter (T).7.Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (T).8.Saker falcon.9.Golden Eagle.10.Azure Tit (T,V).11.Horned Lark  (T,V).12.Red-billed Chough (T,V).13.Mongolian Lark (T).14.Mongolian Herring Gull (T,G).15.Bar-headed Goose (T, V).16.Amur Falcon (T,V).17.Rock Sparrow (T,V).18.Pine Bunting (T,V).19.Desert Wheatear (T,V).20. Merlin (T).21.Isabelline Shrike (T).22.White-crowned Penduline-Tit (T,V). 23.Oriental plover (T). 24.Citrine wagtail (T). 25.Greater Sand Plover (T).26.Red-crested pochard (T).27.Daurian redstart (T).28.Eastern marsh harrier (T).29.Swan Goose (T).30.Dusky Warbler.31.Taiga Flycatcher.32.Pacific Swift.33.Thick-billed warbler. 34.Asian brown flycatcher.35.Daurian jackdaw.36. Richard's Pipit. 37.Garganey. 38..Asian Short-toed Lark.
Mamals-new galleries:
1. Przewalski's Horse (T). 2.Long-tailed ground squirrel (T,V). 3.Mongolian gazelle (T).4. Corsac fox (T).5.Bactrian camel (T).6.Yak (T).7.Bobak Marmot (T).8.Mongolian Pika.
Reptile-new galleries: 
1. Variegated toadhead agama. 2. Steppes Ratsnakes (T).
Amphibian : Mongolian toad
Changes in birds galleries: 
1.Cinereous Vulture (T) 2.Black Kite (T,V).3.Buff-browed Warbler(T,G).4.Olive-backed Pipit (T,V).5.Litle Stint (T).6.Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (T).7.Eurasian Hobby(T).8.Siberian Rubythroat (T,V).9.Carrion Crow (T,V).10.Pallas's Leaf Warbler (T).11.Black-winged Stilt. 12.Ruddy Shelduck (T).13.Kentish Plover (T).14.Grey Heron (T).15.Eurasian Hoopoe(T).16.Griffon vulture (T).17.Arctic Warbler.18.Common swift.19.Common Shelduck.20.Whooper swan.21.Bearded vulture(T).22.Steppe eagle.23. Horned grebe.24.White-winged Tern.25.Pied avocet. 26.Isabelline wheatear. 27.Ruddy turnstone.28.Cormorant. 29.Northern Wheatear.30.Common goldeneye.31.Common redshank. 32.Eurasian Tree Sparrow. 33.Eurasian skylark.
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Botswana 11/12-2022 - introducing text - Rufous-bellied Lark (T,G)
Newly created galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Rufous-bellied Lark (T,G). 2.Giant Kingfisher. 3.Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (T,G). 4.Crimson-breasted Shrike (G). 5.Rufous-naped Lark (G). 6.Wattled Crane. 7.Southern Carmine Bee-eater (G). 8. Eurasian Golden Oriole. 9.White-backed Vulture. 10.Bearded Woodpecker. 11.Long-tailed Paradise Whydah. 12.Great Sparrow. 13.White-browed Lark. 14.Kittlitz's Plover. 15.Violet-eared Waxbill. 16.Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. 17.Chestnut-banded Plover(T). 18.Crombec (G). 19.Kalahari Sandgrouse. 20.Arnot's Chat. 21.Greater Kestrel. 22.African Crake. 23.White-faced Scops Owl. 24.Red-billed Quelea. 25.Grey Waxbill. 26.Lesser Waxbill. 27.Lesser Spotted Eagle. 28.Black-backed Puffback. 29.White-fronted Plover. 30.African Snipe. 31.African Skimmer. 32.White-fronted Bee-eater. 33.Yellow-fronted Canary. 34.Violet-backed Starling. 35.African Pied Wagtail. 36.Rufous-bellied Heron.37.Natal Spurfowl. 38.Double-banded Sandgrouse. 39.Glossy Starling. 40.Southern Black Tit. 41.Red-headed Weaver. 42Bradfield's Hornbill (G). 43.Pied Babbler. 44Lizard Buzzard. 45.Brubru. 46.Little Bittern. 47.African Scops Owl (G). 48.Saddle-billed Stork. 49.Black Cuckoo (G). 50.Coppery-tailed Coucal. 51.Southern Masked Weaver. 52.Acacia Woodpecker. 53.Ashy Tit. 54.African Hawk-Eagle. 55.Greater Honeyguide. 56.Arrow-marked Babbler (G). 57.Southern White-crowned Shrike (G). 58.White-bellied Lark.(G) 59.Pearl-spotted Owlet (G). 60.Red-billed Spurfowl. 61Chinspot Batis. 62.Ashy Flycatcher. 63.Quail Finch. 64.Racket-tailed Roller (G).... 65.Pririt Batis. 66.Stark's Lark. 67.White-crowned Wheatear. 68.Rufous-bellied Heron.
MAMMALS:
1.African Wild Dog (T). 2.Common Duiker. 3.Caracal. 4.Lechwe. 5.Greater Kudu. 6.Sable Antelope. 7.Gemsbok. 8. Tree Squirrel (G). 9.Selous's Mongoose. 10.Scrub Hare. 11.Burchell's Zebra (G).12.Side-striped Jackal.
REPTILES: Ground Agama.
FLORA: 1.Baobab (T). 2.Mopane. 3.Kigelia africana- Sausage Tree.
Changes in galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Purple-crested Turaco (G), 2.Yellow-billed Oxpecker (G). 3.Crested Barbet (G). 4.Southern Ground Hornbill (G). 5.Black-chested Prinia. 6.Short-toed Rock Thrush (G). 7.African White-backed Vulture (G). 8.Abdim's Stork. 9.Common Ostrich. 10.Anteater Chat. 11.African Fish Eagle. 12.Lilac-breasted Roller. 13.Crested Francolin. 14.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 15.Helmeted Guineafowl. 16.Kori Bustard (T). 17.Spotted Thick-knee. 18. Burchell's Sandgrouse. 19.Pied Kingfisher. 20.Green-backed Heron. 21.Hamerkop. 22.Green-backed Heron. 23.African Sacred Ibis. 24.Red-billed Oxpecker. 25.African Barred Owlet (T,G). 26.Grey Crowned Crane. 27.Pied Plover (G). 28.Laughing Dove. 29.Scarlet-chested Sunbird. 30.Richard's Pipit (G). 31.Rufous-naped Lark. 32.Crowned Lapwing. 33.Dark Chanting Goshawk. 34.African Rail. 35.Pale-winged Starling (T). 36.Fawn-colored Lark. 37.Pied Crow. 38.Black-shouldered Kite. 39.Lappet-faced Vulture. 40.Great Reed Warbler. 41.Garganey. 42.Little Stint. 43.Pied Avocet. 44.Chestnut-banded Plover. 45.Curlew Sandpiper. 46.Greater Flamingo. 47.Amur Falcon.... 48.Lilac-breasted Roller. 49.Magpie Shrike (V). 50.Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (G). 51.Marabou Stork. 52.Rüppell's Vulture. 53.Egyptian Goose. 54.Hamerkop. 55.Laughing Dove.56.African Darter. 57.Great Egret. 58.Purple Heron. 59.Intermediate Egret. 60.Gabar Goshawk (G). 61.White-faced Whistling Duck. 62.Water Thick-knee. 63.Long-tailed Cormorant. 64.Egyptian Goose. 65.Cape Glossy Starling. 66.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver. 67.Red-eyed Dove. 68.Lesser Flamingo (T). 69.Fork-tailed Drongo. 70.African Spoonbill. 71.Glossy Ibis. 72.African Jacana. 73.Kittlitz's Plover. 74.Black-winged Stilt. 75.Yellow-billed Kite. 76.Red-backed Shrike. 77.White-browed Coucal. 78.Northern Fiscal. 79.Red-billed Oxpecker. 80.Tawny Eagle. 81.Brown Snake Eagle. 82.Golden-breasted Bunting. 83.Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 84.Black-backed Puffback. 85.African Mourning Dove. 86.Paradise Whydah. 87.European Roller. 88.Southern White-crowned Shrike. 89.Blue Waxbill. 90.Little Bee-eater. 91.Hottentot Buttonquail. 92.Double-banded Courser. 93.Silverbill. 94.Goliath Heron. 95.Grey Go-away-bird. 96.Cut-throat Finch. 97.Pale Flycatcher. 98.White-crowned Lapwing. 99.Red-faced Mousebird. 100.Jacobin Cuckoo. 101.Red-billed Firefinch. 102.Long-crested Eagle. 103.Red-billed Firefinch. 104.Chirping Cisticola. 105.Montagu's Harrier. 106.Anteater Chat. 107.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 108.Woolly-necked Stork. 109.Greater Painted-snipe. 110.Secretarybird. 111.Temminck's Courser. 112.White-winged Tern. 113.Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (G). 114.Bateleur. 115.Southern Red-billed Hornbill. 116.Grey Heron. 117.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver.... 118.Blacksmith Lapwing. 119.Acacia Pied Barbet. 120.Emerald-spotted Wood Dove. 121.White-browed Scrub-Robin. 122.African Stonechat. 123.Red-breasted Swallow. 124.Groundscraper Thrush. 125.Chat Flycatcher. 126.African Hoopoe. 127.Zitting Cisticola. 128.Red-eyed Dove.129.African Yellow White-eye.130.African Pygmy Goose.131.Great Spotted Cuckoo. 132.Black Cuckoo. 133.Intermediate Egret. 134.Plain-backed Pipit. 135.Tawny-flanked Prinia.
MAMMALS:
1.African savanna elefant (T,G). 2.Southern Giraffe (T) 3.Blue Wildebeest. 4.Common Dwarf Mangoose. 5.Springbok. 6.Cheetah (T). 7.Waterbuck. 8.Lion. 9.Leopard. 10.Impala. 11.Common Warthog. 12.Chacma baboon. 13.African Buffalo. 14.Black-backed Jackal. 15.Common Hippopotamus. 16.Banded Mongoose.
REPTILES:1.Nile Crocodile. 2.Savannah Monitor. 3.Nile Monitor.

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Kazakhstan – 05/2024- introductory text – Black Lark
NEWS galery
BIRDS:
1.Black Lark(T). 2.White-winged lark(V). 3.Bimacula  ted lark. 4. Oriental Turtle-Dove. 5. Booted Warbler.(V) 6.Paddyfield Warbler(V). 7.Red-headed Bunting(V). 8.Terek Sandpiper. 9.Turkestan Shrike. 10.Macqueen's Bustard. 11.Magellanic Plover. 12.Sykes's Warbler(V). 13.Brown Dipper(T).14.Pallid Scops-Owl 15.Grey-necked Bunting. 16.Saxaul Sparrow(V) 17.White-winged Woodpecker(V). 18.Pale-backed Pigeon. 19.Hume's Whitethroat.
MAMMALS : 1.Great gerbil. 2.Goitered gazelle.
REPTILES : 1.Russian tortoise. 2.Steppe agama. 3.Secret toadhead agama.

CHANGES in Galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Black-bellied sandgrouse(V). 2.Pallas's gull(V). 3.Calandra Lark. 4.Lesser Grey Shrike (V). 5.Red-footed Falcon. 6. Eurasian Sparrowhawk. 7.Eurasian hobby. 8.Long-legged buzzard. 9.Marsh harrier. 10.Pallid Harrier. 11.Montagu's Harrier. 12.Black Kite. 13.Northern Wheatear. 14.Isabelline wheatear. 15.Pied Wheatear.16.Temminck's Stint. 17.Barn Swallow. 18.Blue Whistling-Thrush. 19.Rosy Starling(T,V). 20.Ruddy shelduck. 21.Demoiselle Crane. 22.Brown-necked Raven. 23.Eurasian Tree Sparrow. 24.Bluethroat. 25.Common Cuckoo. 26.Common Myna. 27.Spotted Flycatcher. 28.Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush. 29.White Wagtail. 30.Western Yellow Wagtail. 31.Citrine wagtail. 32.White-throated dipper. 33.Redstart. 34.Common Tern. 35.Caspian Tern. 36.White-winged Tern. 37.Black-tailed Godwit. 38.Greater Sand Plove. 39. Azure Tit. 40.Short-toed Lark. 41.Mediterranean Short-toed Lark. 42.Tawny Pipit. 43.Buff-browed Warbler. 44.Ortolan Bunting.... 45.Eurasian skylark. 46.Crested Lark. 47.Siberian Stonechat. 48.Wood Sandpiper. 49.Caspian Gull. 50.Red-crested pochard. 51.House Sparrow. 52.White-tailed eagle. 53.Great Tit. 54.Western Jackdaw. 55.European Roller. 56.Egyptian vulture. 57.Chukar patridge.58.Shikra(V).

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