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Ficedula hypoleuca
The male (Pics 1 & 2) is striking black-and-white sparrow-sized bird. Female (pics 3-5) is more discreet, and predominantly greyish above.
Here, seen feasting on exposed insects after the grass and flowers were cut (against my wishes...) on terraces in our garden. Located at outskirts of Dubrovnik, on lower slopes of Srdj mountain, the garden is terraced and covered in Mediterranean fruit trees and spontaneous vegetation. In spring, these terraces are overgrown in beautiful dense carpet of spontaneous Mediterranean herbs and melliferous flowers.
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