Alphabetical list

I had to write about this triple luck in informations about this species. First lick was for Tadeusz. He saw Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse while we were in a car next to the road. Maybe it wasn’t luck. Maybe it was only a good eyesight that helped him see Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse. We couldn’t photograph it without him. Thanks! I hope that all other birds will cooperate like this. Male and female accepted our presence from few meters distance. We took many photos. Normally Sandrouses didn’t let us come so close and we photographed them while flying.

Albatrosses, fulmars, shearwaters, storm petrels…

Tanzania-12/2017
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Cuba
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My attempts to capture Asian barbets in Thailand ended in a complete failure. I didn’t manage to take a single satisfactory picture of any of the 4 barbet species which I photographed. They would always appear on tops of tall trees, what is more, there was always sky in the background and even converters and framing did not help. The distance was so huge that I wasn’t able to take good quality photos. Asian barbets do not belong to large birds. The length of their body is about 20-30 cm. They live in Asia south of the Himalayas.

In the afternoon when I was in the rainforest I could not find anything but butterflies. A few birds in the treepots, but too far from me to take an interesting picture. After such an “explosion” of numerous species I had watched near Iguazu Falls in the morning, then I had the impression that it was a bird desert. Fortunately, a lineated woodpecker arrived for a moment. Unluckily I could see it sitting on top of a dried tree, with the sky in the background. But after a few hours of fruitless searching that made me feel like I was wasting time, I was glad of that.

The trip to Tanzania was successful in many aspects. I managed to take pictures of the remaining species which belong to the Big Five. Although it was not difficult to see lions, a lion standing during the day was a real sensation. Lions usually hunt at night and many times we could hear their roar when we were in our tent. During the day, conversely, they lay in the shadow of a tree and we could approach them in our car even at a distance of several meters. And so what if I didn’t manage to take a good picture.