Monday could be a good day too! Our begun at 4:30 AM, nearly 2 hours before sunrise, but I think it was worth sleeping shortly.
After small breakfast we moved to the Orlowka Protected Area in BNP to have a guided tour there.
We met our guide just at the sunrise, and soon after it we saw great grey shrike. With the first sun beams we crossed the gate of the protected area. After it we could hear woodpeckers from all directions drumming in the tree crowns. But still there was no threetoed woodpecker...
Sightseeing was very nice besides very slippy track. Mistle Trushes, jays, and crossbills were very active for all the time! Close to the tombs of some partisans we heared and observed pygmy owl. At the begining we could hear it from distance and than it was getting closer and closer and finally it landed on the tree just above our heads. It was a great reward for waking up so early.
Later we had a possibility to see some forges of greater spotted woodpecker (the cone of spruce at the bark of a tree, mainly oak, sticked there by woodpeckers to eat some seeds from it). After it we had one more possibility to learn about significance of dead wood in a forest and the forest life cycle.
After leaving that protected area on bushes in nearby fields we found o vole which was hanged there probably by a great grey shrike. It was very interesting observation, especially because the prey was very fresh!
Than we travelled to the park close to the forestry school in Bialowieza. We could hear greyheaded woodpecker there, three lesser spotted woodpeckers, some hawfinches and lots of tits. After it wy moved back for a branch to our hostel.
During afternoon we visited once again Braszcza river (another place) where we spotted two roe deers and another whitebacked woodpecker - but we already get used to that.
After dinner we made one more attempt to find some owls or wolves.
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