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Serendib Scops-Owl

Owls

No doubt, without the help of guides this bird cannot be found in the forest by ourselves, as it is very difficult, almost impossible. It is estimated that the entire population of serendib scops owl is only few hundred individuals. The birds live in a forest like a jungle. It is densely overgrown with plants that make it difficult to pass through, and in addition the terrain is mountainous. Every now and then one has to climb and after a while slide down a wet, clayey slope.

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Serin

Passerine

The serin let me photograph it in allotment gardens. As the bird was used to human’s presence, I was able to take a few pictures of it without special preparation. It is a tiny bird with a yellowish tint. Its weight is about 10 g, which makes it almost three times smaller than the sparrow. It has a wingspan of around 20 centimeters.
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Serrated Hinged Terrapin

Reptiles

Dokumentacyjne

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipitriformes

Appears only in Northern America. Its size is similar to our hawk. Its wingspan is around 60 centimeters with a weight of around 100 grams. Females are slightly heavier as their weight can even reach 150 grams. I think they are quite common as I was able to photograph them twice in one day, without any masking, in the suburbian area of Montreal. Its attention was caught by much smaller birds, which gathered near the winter feeders. After its arrival and taking the position you could observe the sudden “stillness” of the place.

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Sharp-tailed sandpiper

Charadriiformes

Australia surprised me many times with the wealth of fauna and flora or broad areas so that it makes me feel I have to come back there. Meeting with the Sharp-tailed sandpiper was another nice surprise. When we were driving almost the whole day through the bush we passed at most some small ponds, lakes, but more often we saw kangaroos and parrots than a representative of waterfowl. And suddenly came out a large lake where stilts and sandpipers were feeding on the shore, and in the distance we could see another flocks of waterfowl.

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Shelley's Starling