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Last year, a few friends and I flew off to Minnesota to visit with the various owls found in Sax-Zim Bog. We donned our heaviest of jackets, warm boots, gloves, and head gear ... braving temperatures of minus 45 degrees with the wind chill. Lucky for us, it was an irruption year, meaning higher numbers of these amazing creatures. Yes, it was absolutely frigid, but I sure warmed up when we encountered them. This absolute cutie is the Boreal Owl, a small, but chunky owl, normally very difficult to find in the daylight hours, but this one just made my day! Still warms my heart even just looking at this image. LOL. In all, we spotted 6 different species of owls, but none as special as this one. :-)
Happy New Year everyone!!
Bog laurel has brilliant pink flowers and narrow leaves on a diminutive shrub. The flowers brighten up bogs in mid-summer.
It is beautiful, but deadly, its poisonous foliage and nectar filled with toxic resins called grayanotoxins.Every part of Kalmia polifolia is highly toxic and poisonous to animals and persons and caribou only can safely digest it.
Mer Bleue Conservation Area. Ont.
Een mooie toevalstreffer vanuit de fietsenstalling: 4073+4214 en 4080+4057 op 8 augustus 2025 in de boog van Harderwijk. De treinstellen van het type ICMm worden de komende jaren buiten dienst gesteld door NS.
Deze foto staat ook (in bijgesneden vorm) in de Op de Rails van NVBS (2025-09)
Op donderdag 23 januari kreeg ik de vraag of ik zin had om op zondag een dagje langs de Betuweroute te gaan vertoeven. Dit sumiere plan bleef tot de zondagochtend staan. Op deze ochtend kwam namelijk een tip binnen over de overbrenging van de Nightjet Neue Generation. Ik paste 's ochtends het plan aan en informeerde mijn medefotograaf over het plan. Hij vond dit een goed idee en zo werd vol goede moed naar Teuge gereden.
Hoe meer we in de buurt van de stek met de boog kwamen, hoe meer wolken er waren. Bij aankomst bleek het een spannende wolkenlotto te gaan worden. Schaduw en zon wisselden veel af en dat maakte een goede foto erg onzeker. Op het moment dat de trein zijn aantrede deed, verscheen de volgende fotowolk ten tonele en werd de wereld tot aan het eerste portaal voorzien van een portie schaduw.
Hopend op een goede afloop en omdat rennen in een drassig grasveld met een ladder doorgaans niet succesvol is, bleven we staan. Achteraf wellicht een slechte keuze, want de wolk maakte niet op tijd ruimte voor de zon en op het klikmoment reed de loc in een dikke sluierwolk. Achteraf hadden we, doordat we geen poging hadden gedaan om naar voren te rennen wel een plaatje, maar geen volledig zonnetje. En daar werd op dat moment stevig van gebaald.
Digitaal werd er nog een redelijk succesvolle operatie verricht om de foto toch toonbaar(der) te maken. Uiteraard blijf je de overgang van wolk naar zon zien, maar niet zo storend als eerst. De zure nasmaak blijft nog wel.
Genoeg gezeikt over het weer; we hebben een plaatje, met wolkenlucht! Enkele minuten voor Ă©Ă©n trekt de voor NS International rijdende 193 737 de Vectrain met nummer 8091 714 voorbij het vijftal fotografen. De trein is onderweg naar de Zaanstraat en zal daar staan ten behoeve van de opleiding van het personeel voor deze trein.
Zie ook de Vectron-Vectrain-koppeling hieronder in de reacties.
"Cors Caron National Nature Reserve is a vast area of wetland filling the broad valley of the River Teifi near Tregaron.
The three raised peat bogs are surrounded by reedbeds, fen, wet grassland, woodland, waterways and ponds, and these varied habitats support a wealth of wildlife.
The fully accessible boardwalk goes over the south-east bog and to the large bog hide where you can enjoy a peaceful view of the landscape and wildlife." (Natural Resources Wales)
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As the long, hot summer continues, it is important to find some cooler spots where I can take Fara for a walk. These woods near Fochabers in Morayshire, Scotland were the perfect solution after a swim in the sea. I was surprised to find this patch of Bog Cotton growing amongst the trees so took advantage of the situation and grabbed my camera whilst there was nice, dappled light moving through the forest.
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This was a permission visit after sunrise.
A revisit to a local scrapyard that had loads of barn finds and salvage vehicles. Due to the council and environmental changes, a lot of the stuff had to be removed but there were some bits n pieces left in the buildings.
Murnauer Moos, Lange Filze
Grafenaschau, Germany
I keep fotographing this path, because I like it so much and there is always a different mood here, whenever I visit the place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDNvu3RYmU8 Just heard this and it is hauntingly beautiful and fits the scenery.
Each pool is different. The pools sparkle in the sunshine.
Love is...
Driving someone 90 miles to walk around an 8 sq. miles mosquito infested bog, to find a plant you cannot see properly without a magnifying glass. YES! I found it. I have wanted to see this since I was a kid. There were a few flys caught too and flower stems.
We saw amazing things today.
Whixall Moss Shropshire UK 8th August 2019
Deceivingly solid looking ground beside the trail. A step or two that way would leave you up to your knees in the boggy earth.
DMC-G80 - ISO 200 - 1/40sec - Olympus M.ZUIKO 60 mm DIGITAL ED @ f/8
Close up of a bog star, Alaska grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris L. var. palustris) with pink central ovule (seed pod) and stigma tip, surrounded by pollen-bearing anthers, and tiny hairs tipped with nectariferous, honey-like droplets, a scent attractive to pollinators.
My recent postings have (surprisingly) been crowd pleasers, so I thought I'd restore a bit of balance with an abstract...
Taken on the ridge south of Bleaklow Stones, Peak District National Park. Some of the best blanket bog in my neighbourhood :-)
Landscape and Nature -the subtle tones of native plants in early winter.
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Home of PDX Toxic. I was here a long time ago and didn't realize it was the same place as it's been totally redone. I dug up this old pic and realized I got an invite 16 months ago and never saw. Who knew ??
A northbound CN manifest zooms past the intersection of Hwy 7 and Co. Hwy 133 along the former DM&N/DM&IR mainline through northeastern Minnesota on the southeastern fringe of the world-famous Sax-Zim Bog (in the world of nature photography, anyway). Taken on the CN Munger Subdivision on 3/11/24.
I want to smell a turf fire. I have no open fire in my house any more, but I do love the smell of burning peat.
This is a bog that was cut just today. The turfs will lie in the sun to dry for several weeks and then they will be turned, and stacked.
They will be brought home later in the Summer and burned in the winter.
For ODC - I want to
Picnic bench at Griston Bog Nature Reserve, Ballylanders in Co. Limerick. The hexagonal information board behind details many of the species of birds, insects, animals, grasses, sedges & flowers that can be found in the wetlands, peat bogs, ponds & fens that make up the reserve. Common Lizards can often be seen basking on the boardwalks. HBM & HFF!