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Podlaskie: A region for birds and small businesses

By Jan Cienski in Bialystok

Published: November 17 2009 17:11 | Last updated: November 17 2009 17:11

A dragonfly landed on a boy’s hand, causing a flurry of excitement from two nearby Dutch tourists. When it whirred off to land on a nearby tuft of grass, the Dutch couple crawled closer on their hands and knees, cameras at the ready.

“That’s a really rare one. That’s the kind of thing that makes us come up to Biebrza every year,” said the Dutchman after the dragonfly had gone.

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