On the commemorative stamps’ issue: “Fauna” there is a grey eagle with the face value of 0,50 € and grey gull with the face value of 0.25€. Grey gull (larus argentatus) is a kind of gull which is widespread on the Adriatic Sea. Apart form the sea coast, Skadar Lake in Montenegro is also the habitat of the grey gull where there are small islands inhabited by this bird. The biggest habitat of the grey gull in Montenegro is “Galebovo ostrvo” (The Gull’s Island) on the Skadar Lake. It is curious that this bird has a nest on the fresh water island. Although they have leather membrane between their toes, they don’t belong to the real sea birds and never go away too much from the coast. Therefore, in the past, they were giving signs to the seamen when they approached the land during their maritime travels. Gulls easily adjust to the surroundings and influence it. They are loud and aggressive, they steal plunder and eggs belonging to other birds. They even attack the young of the other kinds of gulls.
They are very skillful in their seeking for the food. When they find the shell they fly somewhat higher and throw the shell onto the rocks. They keep repeating it until the shell is broken.Grey eagle (Aquila chrysaetus) is the protected animal specie which can also be found in Montenegro. It is among the biggest the all eagles. It is up to 90 cm long with the wings span up to 220 cm. In Montenegro there are very few of them. They live at Prokletije Mountain. As other predators, eagles are very clumsy on the ground but they can fly for hours without making any movements with their wings. They catch everything they can fight in the air and on the ground. They make their nests in the mountain areas, on the rocks in the woods, on the high trees. In the plain, they make their nests on the bare ground. They are very bad parents and they leave their young if they are endangered. The author of the stamps is Esad Bazdulj from Nikšić.
