On the first Saturday of July (5:09) I participated as one of the four members of the famous

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On the first Saturday of July (5:09) I participated as one of the four members of the famous "Dream Team" ("dreamteam") in the Belarusian championship sports ornitalogii a nine-hour race for the birds. 2 weeks later (19:09) I was back at the starting line of the race for the birds, but this time in Sweden. Another name was and my team - "170". Name is explained very simply fit - for so many years we, and four members of the team members - held in bird watching. In Belarus, we competed in the vicinity of Grodno, whereas in Sweden fit we spent the whole 9 hours on my home island of Oland (Öland). It is the second largest island in Sweden (area 1300 km2), which is located in the Baltic Sea at the southern edge of the country. Both competitions gathered 10 teams. If we turn to the rules, we find some differences, fit but indiscriminately race for birds in both countries are very similar: they start at 6.00 and finish at 15.00; all team members must see or hear the view to add it to your list. But in Sweden, all teams start in one place. This year, as in most cases, we began to compete on the home, which is representative of the Swedish Society for Protection of Birds SOF and bookshop with a corresponding range in Stenuzy (Stenåsa). This is a small village with about a hundred inhabitants in the south-east coast of the island. In Belarus, the teams start in different places across the country. This year we were lucky - we had very good weather, despite the fact that the forecasts were the darkest. Instead of the promised heavy rain throughout the day, nozzles ended half an hour at the beginning fit of the race and started again only at the very end - that is, just when we went to the first place of observation and forth with the latter. Before the start in Sweden all the teams will get a list of the 60 most common species that were noted during the race all the teams. Those who could not make it, could be fined. Topographical and biological two areas are very different. Öland - island with a very flat lanshafty fit where we always have contact fit with the Baltic Sea, and it is on the coast you can see many ducks, waders, swans, laugh, Kovran, geese and lyurykav. Whereas around Grodno, of course, the sea is not, and to find waterfowl must verify lakes, rivers and ponds. Climatic conditions are not very different. Perhaps it was colder in Grodno, especially in the morning. On Ölande we did not have even a drop of rain - only sunny calm weather. Our strategy was almost identical in both countries. Most important to note there are as many passerine birds until 9am. So we spent those first hours of the race in the woods or zagaynikah that are near lakes or ponds. It is equally important to be where migrating passerines or suspended for rest. On Ölande we spent the noon hour on the Baltic coast, fit trying to note how many species of waterfowl, and in open places we stopped to see various birds of prey. Belarus was also predators, fit but instead we were looking for the sea gulls, krychak and ducks on the lake. During the Swedish race we noted already 9 species of birds of prey, and among them, the falcon-boots, kasmatanogaga grooms, fit Red Kite and even steppe eagle! However, missed marsh and field Lunev, merlin falcon. We turned and woodpeckers. But here waders clearly "pumped up" - we saw only fourteen species. fit As in Belarus, Sweden team must return to where we started the race. It is clear that at Eland returned to Stenuzu. The race slowly drew to a close, and we still remained unfilled one graph in the list of 60 most common species. It was a pigeon-klintuha, indicate that we were able to only 40 minutes to 15.00. At 14:52 we were back in Stenuzu to the starting point, however, and is not allowed fit themselves to the liberation of others waiting minutes. One of our team members saw departing circles hawk-pigeon, and it became our last 117m overlooking the race. And if in Belarus with a score of 102 species, we could expect to win - and really - to win! - So in Sweden, we felt that our result was not quite good. Conditions were not the best, but a list of about 130 species could be achieved. The absolute record was similar bёdreysav 144 species over 9 hours. However, when the competition was held on August 20. The official results are announced at Eland only 19 hours, when members of all teams get together to check the list and one