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Cliff Swallows have taken over areas of Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge's boardwalk.
Equally delightful as messy...
I love the landscape around this area and its usually not that busy. But with limited parking Me and Rebecca waited until Tuesday to avoid the bank holiday Monday crowds and traffic.
The walk starts with a bit of an assent but once you are on top of the cliffs its fairly flat. The fun bit is dropping down and following one of the multiple paths that run along the scalloped cliffs back the way you came to create a loop.
After a nice 2.5 mile hike, this is the reward at the end of the Raven Cliff Falls Trail. In actuality this is only a portion of the falls that drop through the steep cliffs, but it's about all I could shoot without completely blowing out the highlights. These falls end in a deep (COLD) pool and then feed into Dodd Creek.
Explore #61
April 26, 2012
Surely one of the most dramatic cliff top views in Europe ? Five miles of stunning sea rock stacks and caves
I thought when I shot this image it was a Barn Swallow, which there are several of them around. It turns out it was a Cliff Swallow, part of the flock gathering mud for building nests.
..and when the tide came in, the water was a memory of the paths that I didn't wanted to walk.
From the project:
"Anhedonia. The abyss mirrors"
Lads will be lads. This bunch of lads were having a whale of a time jumping into the sea at Manarola. Quite surprisingly a couple of spectators tried to stop them, but as you would imagine the lads knew best. Thankfully they all seemed well as they retired for the night.
Standing 214m (702 feet) at their highest point they stretch for 8 kilometres (5 miles) along the Atlantic coast of County Clare in the west of Ireland. From the Cliffs of Moher on a clear day one can see the Aran Islands and Galway Bay, as well as the Twelve Pins and the Maum Turk mountains in Connemara, Loop Head to the south and the Dingle Peninsula and Blasket Islands in Kerry. O’Brien’s Tower stands near the highest point and has served as a viewing point for visitors for hundreds of years.