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I had an occasion to watch a Corn Bunting on an open terrains and meadows. It sits on a branch of a bush or dried pigweed from which it observes the area. It is definitely larger than a Sparrow. Its body mass is around 50 grams with a wingspan of around 0.3 meter. I did not manage to spot it many times so the enlargement of the gallery will not be an easy matter.

The fact that I managed to photograph the corncrake is, yet again, a pure coincidence. In fact I was looking for colonies of the Eurasian penduline tit. Walking along a ditch, where penduline tits were supposed to occur, suddenly, somewhere in the high grass, I heard a strange krek-krek sound. At the beginning both I and my father-in-law wondered what this sound could be, as such a noise, even for our experience of communing with nature, seemed rare and uncommon. I sat down a dozen-plus meters from the high grass, unfolded the camouflage mesh, and waited.

In case of Cory’s shearwater I failed. My encounter with this bird was documented by only few photos. That is a pity, as in my opinion this is the most beautiful of those shearwaters photographed during my cruises, and the greatest. Its wingspan can reach up to 130 cm and it weighs less than one kilogram.
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The Cotton Pygmy Goose occurs in Africa, Asia and Australia. Its Polish diminutive name (in Polish means “ducling”, in English “pygmy” – liliputian) comes from the extremely small size of the duck. The weight of this bird does not exceed 200 grams. It nests in tree holes and is a herbivorous bird.

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I photographed them only near Ushuaia, but several times. In the vicinity of the port in Ushuaia I even managed to take some photos of this species with their young. They were quite leery and they always kept a great distance. Any attempts to approach them ended up in their take-off. A crested duck’s weight does not exceed one kilogram.