TIRANA, Feb. 7 – A birds’ photo exhibition titled Hostel will be brought by Kalo Gallery on Feb. 10, at 6pm. Advertised with a poster of reed beds – the oasis of migration birds – the exhibition will display photos from an acrocephalus exhibition until Feb. 25.
The exhibition is titled Hostel to convey that birds can build their nests everywhere, and use them to get shelter for food or protection. In Albania, reeds serve as nests for birds and they are extremely important for the thousands of birds presented in the exhibition.
There are about 10,400 feathered species, completely distinguished from other animals. More than 1,000 extinct species have been identified by fossil remains.
Many birds can run, jump, swim and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost their ability to fly but have retained their feathers for improved swimming.
Birds are found worldwide, and they even occupy urban areas. The largest is the nine-foot-tall ostrich. The smallest is the two-inch-long bee hummingbird.
Almost everything about the anatomy of the bird reflects its ability to fly and this anatomy has been mirrored in technology for generations – airplane wings are modeled after birds’ wings.
Migration of birds is a regular seasonal movement, serving food availability, habitat or weather. Approximately 1,800 out of the world’s 10,000 bird species are long-distance migrants.
The pictures displayed in this exhibition have been taken by ornithologists Taulant Bino, àkos Nà©meth and photographer Eno Gaà§e. Representatives of the gallery said that apart from its value as a documentary, the exhibition also holds an artistic element, as the birds have been photographed in an aesthetic manner.
