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OP pawian 222 | 24,060
20 Jul 2019 #2,881
Hint: I mentioned I saw several churches with a donation request and postcards around. Most of these churches were shut when we visited them, we could only enter the lobby (whatever it is called in the church in English) and peek through the stained glass of the closed door. Postcards were in the lobby.



Chemikiem
20 Jul 2019 #2,882
My guess is that the postcards can be bought for people to send to their family/friends etc, or perhaps kept as a souvenir, and there is a donation box for people to leave their money in when the church is closed.

What public institution is housed in that structure?

Strażnica w Ustrzykach Górnych.
Border guard building in Ustrzyki Górne.
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
20 Jul 2019 #2,883
Yes, border guard headquarters. Good. No hints necessary.

Postcards are for people who spare a donation - you can take a postcard if you throw sth into the slot.

What is this place?



Chemikiem
20 Jul 2019 #2,884
Some type of memorial gardens?
cms neuf 1 | 1,812
21 Jul 2019 #2,885
Roof of the Biblioteka Narodowy ?
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
21 Jul 2019 #2,886
Memorial, but not gardens. Hint: There is a square concrete block in each "box." When you enlarge, what can you see on the foreground one?

Sorry, cms, we are talking Bieszczady Mountains, not Warsaw. :):)
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
21 Jul 2019 #2,887
In the meantime

Can you see that shadow in the air? What was it?



Chemikiem
21 Jul 2019 #2,888
I did wonder if it was part of a cemetery as I can see a star ( Soviet ?) on that first box. I don't think the star has 6 points from what I can see, but I'm on a mobile and it's not that clear when I enlarge picture. A bird in the second picture ? Eagle? Or am I supposed to be looking in the clouds?
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
21 Jul 2019 #2,889
Yes, Soviet and Polish cemetery in Baligród, for soldiers killed in the war against UPA.

Not eagle but yes, that`s the shadow in the riddle.
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
21 Jul 2019 #2,891
Sorry, no vulture. I would have been extremely lucky if it was cause vultures rarely appear in Poland.
johnny reb 47 | 7,216
21 Jul 2019 #2,892
That's because they taste just like chicken.
How about a hawk
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
21 Jul 2019 #2,893
No, hawk, either, Nor a falcon or a condor.
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
21 Jul 2019 #2,897
Sorry, no. But I will reward your efforts which are greatly appreciated.
Hint - it is not a bird at all.
Chemikiem
22 Jul 2019 #2,898
I can't see it that well on my phone, but it doesn't look to be a kite or a hang glider.........
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
22 Jul 2019 #2,899
Hint - it is a living creature.
mafketis 36 | 10,975
22 Jul 2019 #2,900
Can you see that shadow in the air? What was it?

It looks like the tail fluke of a giant whale preparing to dive deep back into the forested mountain after coming up for air....
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
22 Jul 2019 #2,901
I like it, sounds so poetic. And whales are such romantic animals. Thanks.
Unfortunately, that was another, quite common representative of animal kingdom.
On second thoughts and a hint - its exact species isn`t so common in Poland. So far I have taken pics of only 3 of them since the beginning of digital photography. In my case, 2005.
Chemikiem
24 Jul 2019 #2,902
If it's not a bird, then there is only bats or insects which fly. Bats aren't usually out in the day, plus it looks too large to be a bat. Wrong part of the world for large bats e.g fruit bats
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
24 Jul 2019 #2,903
If not a bat, what is left then?
mafketis 36 | 10,975
24 Jul 2019 #2,904
some kind of flying bug very close to the lens? Don't ask me about the species, I'm not a varmint specialist
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
24 Jul 2019 #2,905
A kind of flying object but not close, about 2,3 meters from the camera. Exact species is not required. General one is enough.

In the meantime:

This species is requred:



mafketis 36 | 10,975
24 Jul 2019 #2,906
Exact species is not required. General one is enough.

A skunk jumping in fright?
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
24 Jul 2019 #2,907
By skunk you mean this stinking one?
But we have already established that only two flying animals are possible - bats and insects. And we already excluded bats.
OP pawian 222 | 24,060
24 Jul 2019 #2,909
The family is Boletaceae, indeed. But which one? There are different species in the family.
TheOther 6 | 3,674
24 Jul 2019 #2,910
I'm not familiar with European species, but as a wild guess: Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum).

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