plain Horse Fly

    I photographed among other unknown insects fly. I sent a photo of the photographic portal and had quite a lot of interest. Even got such a comparison. Wings is like chiffon straight princessa. On another site my friend identified the name of this fly - the Common Horse Fly (Haematopota pluvialis)
    It's only surprise. I've never watched carefully Horse Fly closely. If you noticed, they either ran away or died. Here below is the photo this one..Really, that nice. By the way, even other the tiny fly.

two new butterflies this summer

     I want to introduce two species of the butterflies that recently I've taken about Mikaszewo lake. The first is quite similar to another butterfly shown in the previous post, It's Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia). This species is Meadow Fritillary (Melitaea parthenoides) . The latter, a butterfly bigger and very beautiful High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe) - is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family

the butterflies from my countryside

Such butterflies I managed to take today. The day was quite warm even hot and without wind.In this place weren't many species and high plants disturbed to take photos.If you to know the name of the species click link on the left to my site "Site of Nature"

the afternoon excursion to the river

The late afternoon is a good time for taking photos of insects, if weather isn't bad.The butterlies, the beetles and other insects aren't so active as in midday and you can easily take a picture.It's true that lightis quite poor but with tripod it's taking of photos no problem.These photos were taken almost in 8.00 p.m.

so ends a long day in May

     May is one of most the beautiful months in the year for nature lovers. The days are very long and the greenish is fresh and many of the trees and the shrubs are in the bloom. In the late evening after warm a rain light is especially good for fotography. These photos were taken near my home.

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Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

     I want to introduce a bird that is not widely known as many others around us.This species I met quite late. I like his quiet gentle singing.

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The Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Asia and Europe. is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

Description
The Common Rosefinch is larger than a sparrow. It has a stout and conical bill. The mature male has brilliant rosy-carmine head, breast and rump; heavy bill; dark brown wings with two indistinct bars, and a white belly. Females and young males are dull-colored with yellowish-brown above, brighter on the rump and greyer on head; buff below.

Habitat
It has spread westward through Europe in recent decades, even breeding in England once. Common Rosefinches breed from the Danube valley, Sweden, and Siberia to the Bering Sea; the Caucasus, northern Iran and Afghanistan, the western Himalayas, Tibet and China; to Japan between latitudes 25° and 68°. In winter they are found from southern Iran to south-east China India, Burma, and Indochina. They are found in summer in thickets, woodland and forest edges near rivers and in winter in gardens and orchards, wetlands and locally in dry oak woods.

Behaviour
The nest is placed low in a bush. The eggs are dark blue with coarse dark brown spots, and a typical clutch contains five eggs.