Returning from unsuccessful outdoor session (spotter crake), I stopped for a moment at the power line, on which sat a lot of Swallows. Among them there was the Sand Martin, which I had not photographed. Unfortunately, the lack of light and the overwhelming drizzle did not allow me to perform better pictures. Again, another start gallery of the new species is initiated with a number of documentary photographs. The weight of these birds is a few grams and a wingspan is less than 30 cm.
Last minute news-05/2014
I’ve added one picture of the Sand Martin I took while waiting for the European Bee-eater. I lasted some time. Finally, it turned out that underground tunnels belong not to the European Bee-eater, but to the Sand Martin.
Last minute news - 01/2015 - Argentina
In Poland I haven’t managed to take such close-ups of a sand martin as I did in Argentina. Sadly I had only one encounter with sand martin and unfortunately it sat down on a concrete post. I hope the contents of this gallery will change as even the few photos taken in Argentina introduce much difference to the so far mostly documentary gallery.
Last minute news 06/2015
It was quite a big surprise to me when I  found a colony of sand martins literally 3 meters from the fairly busy sidewalk full of pedestrians. 2-3 meters down towards the river, on a slope, just in the vertical sandy walls some holes bored in sand could be seen where at the end of the tunnels sand martins have their nests. Everything is in miniature because these vertical walls were teen, sometimes twenty or so centimeters high and  I could watch it within a few meters. When I sat on the bank of the river, the 600 lens turned out to be too long to capture the nearest hole-nests. There was no way to take dynamic shots but directing the lens at some distant places  such an opportunity arose. I saw the colony in the evening but there were quite many walkers and I decided to try again in the morning. As for  the light conditions it did not really matter because there the day lasted almost round the clock (northern Finland in June). The intensity of the light was decreasing slightly in the evening and in the morning. The session began at 5 am with recording the sound of the birds when they were coming flying. It is a pity that the sound of splashing water could not be removed and it is a bit tedious when listening. But that is how it was. I have so many images  and in term s of quality better enough to  rebuild the gallery, which is also complimented with my own sound recording.

Argentyna wykaz gatunków - jezyk angielski

ARGENTINA - Toco toucan- introductory text
List of newly gallery birds:
1.Toco Toucan 2.Imperial Shag 3.Crested Caracara. 4.Blue Manakin.5.Black-Throated Mango. 6.Upland Goose.7.Patagonian Sierra-Finch. 8.Southern Lapwing. 9.Austral thrush.10.Field Flicker. 11.White-Throated Caracara. 12.Red-Crested Cardinal.13.Rock Cormorant. 14.Dolphin Gull. 15. Violaceous Euphonia.16.Chestnut-Bellied Euphonia.17.Thorn-Tailed Rayadito.18.Rufous-collared Sparrow.19.South American Tern.20.Black Vulture.21.Chestnut-eared Aracari. 22.Swallow-tailed hummingbird. 23.Chimango Caracara.24.Surucua Trogon.25.Violet-Capped Woodnymph. 26.Great kiskadee 27.Tufted tit-tyrant. 28.Hooded Siskin. 29.Wattled Jacana. 30.Ochre-Collared Piculet. 31.Green-Barred Woodpecker. 32.Magellanic Woodpecker. 33.Blond-Crested Woodpecker.34.Picazuro Pigeon. 35.Guira Cuckoo.36.Bare-Faced Ibis. 37.Black-faced-ibis. 38.Chilean Swallow. 39. Yellow-billed cardinal.40.Black-Hooded Parakeet. 41.Tropical Parula.42.Kelp Goose. 43.Black Jacobin.44.Chalk-Browed Mockingbird.45.House Wren.46.Gilded Hummingbird.47.Versicoloured Emerald. 48.Dark-Bellied Cinclodes. 49.Golden-Billed Saltator. 50.Crested duck.51.Black-and-rufous warbling-finch. 52.Rufous-Bellied Thrush.53.Black-Banded Woodcreeper.54.Lineated Woodpecker. 55.Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker. 56.Rufous Hornero. 57.Plain-Breasted Ground-Dove.58.Black-Necked Swan. 59.Ruddy-Heded Goose. 60.Least Grebe. 61.Scaly-headed parrot. 62.Magpie Tanager. 63.White-winged parakeet. 64.Baywing. 65.Saffron Finch. 66.Eared Pygmy-Tyrant. 67.South American Snipe. 68.Ringed Teal. 69.Chequered woodpecker.70.Yellow-bellied elaenia.71.Plumbeous Kite. 72.Red-Crested Finch. 73.Roadside hawk. 74.Swallow-Tailed Hummingbird.75Turkey Vulture. 76. Austral Blackbird.77.Sayaca Tanager.78.Bananaquit.79.Swallow-tailed kite.80.Straight-billed hermit. 81.Andean Condor. 82.White-eyed Parakeet. 83.Pied-billed Grebe. 84.Austral Pigmy-Owl.85.Double-Collared Seedeater. 86.Blackish Oystercatcher. 87. Austral negrito.88.Ruddy ground dove. 89.Speckled Teal.90.Grey-rumped Swift. 91.Fuegian steamer duck.92.Chilean Skua. 93.Greenish Elaenia. 94.Black-baked gull.95.Common Gallinule.
List of mammals newly gallery: 1.South American coati. 2.South American sea lion. 3.Brazilian guinea pig.
List of reptiles newly gallery:  Argentine gigant tegu.
Changes in the galleries birds: 1.Monk parakeet. 2.Sand martin.
Changes in the galleries insect: 1.Butterflies. 2. Other insects.
Go to the gallery: A R G E N T I N A   F A U N A

W drodze na nordcapp- j.ANGIELSKI

On the way to Nordkapp  –introductionary text - Grey-headed chickadee
Nevs galleries:1. Grey-headed chickadee.  2. Arctic redpoll. 3. Ring ouzel.
Changes in galeries: 1. Pied Flycatcher. 2.Sand Martin. 3.Brambling. 4.Black Guillemot.5. White-tailed Eagle. 6.Eurasian Oystercatcher. 7. Black-legged kittiwake. 8.Great Black-backed Gull. 9.Eurasian Wigeon. 10.Eurasian Teal. 11.Common Goldeneye. 12. Eurasian iskin. 13.Common Chiffchaff. 14. European Shag. 15. Atlantic Puffin. 16. Razorbill. 17. Guillemot. 18. Grey seal. 19.Reindeer. 20. Red squirrel.