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In June at the Baikal Lake, one evening when we finished in the terrain early, I took my high rubber boots, art stuff, birch staff, camera, google, gps, radio transmitter and warm clothes, waded across the channel back to the bogs, sat down and tried to do a small plain air painting of the beautiful landscape there. I tried to find a dry piece of turf, but still got my butt all soaked. I also checked the gps and paid special attention not to sit near any nesting birds so that I wouldn't disturb them. Twice during my 3-hour evening painting, a Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata orientalis) flew over, landed near me, and started walking in half a circle around me, only about 20 meters far and was making loud sounds every few seconds. Never before did I have such an encounter with this beautiful bird. Luckily I brought the camera with me and took many pictures. We were there, looking at each other from a close distance, seemingly alone in the Siberian plains, only with other birds calling nearby. It was a very beautiful and intense experience.

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In June at the Baikal Lake, one evening when we finished in the terrain early, I took my high rubber boots, art stuff, birch staff, camera, google, gps, radio transmitter and warm clothes, waded across the channel back to the bogs, sat down and tried to do a small plain air painting of the beautiful landscape there. I tried to find a dry piece of turf, but still got my butt all soaked. I also checked the gps and paid special attention not to sit near any nesting birds so that I wouldn't disturb them. Twice during my 3-hour evening painting, a Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata orientalis) flew over, landed near me, and started walking in half a circle around me, only about 20 meters far and was making loud sounds every few seconds. Never before did I have such an encounter with this beautiful bird. Luckily I brought the camera with me and took many pictures. We were there, looking at each other from a close distance, seemingly alone in the Siberian plains, only with other birds calling nearby. It was a very beautiful and intense experience.