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 11/12-20222 -Introduktory text- White-quilled Bustard
News galery:
BIRDS:
1. White-quilled Bustard (T,V). 2.Giant Kingfisher. 3.Southern Red-billed Hornbill (T,V). 4.Crimson-breasted Gonolek (V). 5.Red-crested Bustard (V). 6.Wattled Crane. 7.Southern Carmine Bee-eater (V). 8.African Golden-Oriole. 9.White-headed Vulture. 10.Bearded Woodpecker. 11.Queen Whydah. 12.Southern Rufous-Sparrow. 13.Sabota Lark. 14.Caspian Plover. 15.Common Grenadier. 16.Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. 17. Chestnut-banded Plover (T). 18.Rufous-vented Warbler (V). 19.Burchell's Sandgrousea. 20.Kalahari Scrub-Robin. 21.Greater Kestrel. 22.Meyer's Parrot. 23.Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark. 24.Southern Brown-throated Weaver. 25.Brown Firefinch. 26.Jameson's Firefinch. 27.Ayres's Hawk-Eagle. 28.Gabon Boubou. 29.White-headed Lapwing. 30.African Snipe. 31.African Skimmer. 32.White-fronted Bee-eater. 33.Yellow-rumped Seedeater. 34.Wattled Starling. 35.Cape Wagtail. 36.Slaty Egret.. 37.Swainson's Spurfowl. 38.Double-banded Sandgrouse. 39.Burchell's Glossy-Starling. 40. Black Tit. 41.Red-headed Weaver. 42.Bradfield's Hornbill (V). 43.Southern Pied-Babbler. 44.Lizard Buzzard. 45.White-crowned Shrike. 46.Dwarf Bittern. 47.African Scops-Owl (V). 48.Saddle-billed Stork. 49.Black Cuckoo (V). 50.Coppery-tailed Coucal. 51.Southern Masked-Weaver. 52.Bennett's Woodpecker. 53.Burnt-neck Eremomela. 54.Dickinson's Kestrel. 55.Greater Honeyguide. 56.Angola Babbler (V). 57.Southern White-faced Owl (V). 58.Fawn-colored or Abyssinian Lark.(V) 59.African Barred Owlet (V). 60.Red-billed Francolin. 61.Scaly Weaver. 62.Chat Flycatcher. 63.Small Buttonquail 64.Racket-tailed Roller(V). 65.White-backed Duck. 66.Eastern Clapper Lark. 67.Arnot's Chat. 68.Rufous-bellied Heron.
MAMMALS:
1.African wild dog (T) . 2.Steenbok. 3. Caracal. 4.Southern lechwe 5.Greater kudu. 6.Sable antelope. 7.Southern Oryx. 8.Smith's bush squirrel (V). 9.Yellow mongoose. 10.African savanna hare. 11.Plains zebra (V).12.Side-striped jackal.
REPTILES: Ground Agama
FLORA : 1.Baobab(T). 2.Mopanie. 3.Kigelia - Sausage Tree  
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.Schalow’s Turaco (V). 2. Yellow-billed Oxpecker (V). 3.Crested Barbet (V). 4.Southern Ground-Hornbil (V). 5.Chinspot Batis. 6.Arrow-marked Babbler (V). 7.White-backed Vulture (V). 8.Abdim’s Stork. 9.Common Ostrich. 10.Southern Anteater-Chat. 11.African Fish-Eagle. 12.Broad-billed Roller. 13.Crested Francolin. 14.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 15.Helmeted Guineafowl. 16.Kori Bustard (T). 17.Spotted Thick-knee. 18.Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse. 19.Pied Kingfisher. 20.Striated Heron. 21.Squacco Heron. 22.Green-backed Camaroptera. 23.Sacred Ibis. 24.African Openbill. 25.Pearl-spotted Owlet (T,V). 26.Grey Crowned-Crane. 27.Blacksmith Lapwing (V). 28.Ring-necked Dove. 29.Mariqua Sunbird. 30.African Pipit (V). 31.Red-capped Lark. 32.Crowned Lapwing. 33.Dark Chanting-Goshawk. 34.Temminck’s Courser. 35.Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark.(T) 36.Rufous-naped Lark. 37.Pied Crow. 38.Black-winged Kite. 39.Lappet-faced Vulture. 40.Wood Sandpiper. 41.Cape Teal. 42.Little stint. 43.Pied Avocet. 44.Kittlitz’s Plover. 45.Curlew Sandpiper. 46.Greater Flamingo. 47.Amur Falcon. 48.Lilac-brested Roller. 49.Magpie Shrike(V). 50.Yellow-throated Sandgruse. 51.Marabou Stork. 52.Hooded Vulture. 53.Spur-winged Goose. 54.Yellow-billed Stork. 55.Laughing Dove. 56.African Darter. 57.Great Egret. 58.Purple Heron. 59.Little Egret. 60.Woodland Kingfisher. 61.White-faced Whistling Duck. 62.Water Thick-knee. 63.Long-tailed Cormorant. 64.Egyptian Goose. 65.Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling. 66.White-browed Robin-Chat. 67.Mourning Collared-Dove. 68.Lesser Flamingo (T). 69.Fork-tailed Drongo. 70.African Spoonbill. 71.Glossy Ibis. 72.African Jacana. 73.Three-banded Plover. 74.Black-winged Stilt. 75.Yellow-billed Kite. 76.Red-backed Shrike. 77.White-browed Coucal. 78.Lesser Grey Shrike. 79.Red-billed Oxpecker. 80.Twany Eagle. 81.Brown Snake-Eagle. 82.Golden-brested Bunting. 83.Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 84.Ethiopian Boubou. 85.Namaqua Dove. 86.Estern Paradiese-Whydah. 87. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. 88.Southern Fiscal. 89.Blue-brested Cordonbleu. 90.Little Bee-eater. 91.Hamerkop. 92.Black-winged Patricole. 93.Hottentot Teal. 94.Goliath Heron. 95.Gray Go-away-Bird. 96.Cut-Throat. 97.Southern Gray-headed Sparrow. 98.Long-toed Lapwing. 99.Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill. 100.Dideric Cuckoo. 101.Red-billed Teal. 102.Wahlberg’s Eagle. 103.Red-billed Firefinch. 104.Rattling Cisticola. 105.Montagu’s Harier. 106.Capped Wheatear. 107.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 108.Woolly-necked Stork. 109.Common Greater Painted-snipe. 110.Knob-billed Duck. 111.Collared Patricole. 112.White-winged Tern. 113.Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl (V). 114.Batelur. 115.African Gray Hornbill. 116.Grey Heron. 117.Yellow-throated Petronia. 118.Martial Eagle. 119.Black-collared Barbet. 120.Emerald-spotted Wood Dove. 121.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver. 122.African Stonechat. 123.Rufous-chested Swallow. 124.Red-backed Scrub-Robin. 125.African Paradise-Flycatcher. 126.African Hoopoe. 127.Zitting Cisticola. 128.Red-eyed Dove. 129.Yellow-bellied Greenbul.130.African Pygmy-Goose.131.Great Spotted Cuckoo 132.Levaillant's Cuckoo.133.Intermediate Egret. 134.Plain-backed Pipit. 135.Tawny-flanked Prinia.
MAMMALS:
1.African savanna elefant (T,V). 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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