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This snowy egret was seen half-hopping and half-flying over Crissy Field Marsh in San Francisco, while hunting for food.
A view at high tide of the partially submerged trees and barn on Porlock Salt Marsh.
Not a particularly long walk to get to the location and back but a bagful of gear and a half hour of high intensity photography in well over 30°C meant a long cold one was very welcome once we got back to the pub.
Growing in a disused quarry in Norfolk is a fabulous population of Marsh Helleborines. When I said I will only be taking photos of orchids if I see them on walks from now on, I lied! When in Norfolk! A very slight detour from our intended destination but worth it! I must admit that loosing the obsession of going to see the same plants in the same places every year at the same time has freed me up, I have hung up my anorak, now refraining from being a train or should I say an orchid spotter, but I needed one more photo for my up and coming book of the Marsh Helleborine. Cheating a bit I know, although last year I did hire a bike in Norfolk and cycled from Horning to this hush-hush site and they do grow on another site close to the sea in Kent that I have also cycled too many, many times, so a little bit of artistic licence I am sure is acceptable! Anyway, my second favourite orchid, or is it third, the wonderful Marsh Helleborine, from Norfolkent!!!!
Neston Marshes on the River Dee just before sunrise.
Love flying the drone around this area. Nothing to hit and the marsh looks a lot more interesting from above :)
Horicon Marsh is the largest freshwater marsh for cattails in the US. It makes a nice backdrop for fall although most of the cattails are gone by now.
Normally marsh wrens are heard and not seen, except during the spring breeding season, when they positively seek attention.
Las Gallinas Wetlands, San Rafael, Ca. March, 2022.
Iris spuria is a species of the genus Iris, part of the subgenus Limniris and the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Europe, Asia and Africa. It has purple or lilac flowers, and slender, elongated leaves. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions and hybridized for use in the garden.
Due to the wide distribution of the species, it has many different common names, including; 'Spurious Iris', ‘false iris', ‘bastard iris', 'blue iris' (in England), ‘butterfly iris' (also in England), ‘meadow marsh iris', ‘iris steppe', ‘iris des steppes' (in France), ‘Steppen-Schwertlilie' (in Germany), and 'dansk iris' (in Sweden). and 'salt iris' (also in Sweden).
Another is 'seashore iris', but this probably applies to Iris spuria subsp. maritima. Also 'salt iris', and 'salt marsh iris', but this applies to Iris halophila (formerly a subspecies).
Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours.
Despite the foggy weather hawks and other animals are always out on the hunt. I liked this image for the change in density of the fog as you went further into the marsh.
Interesting thing about a Marsh Rabbit is that they do not have a tail. No fluffy bunny-puff on their bum bum.
These are such happy little birds. I love to hear them chittering in the reeds. I always feel lucky when one pops up into view long enough for a photo. A friend of mine describes their vocalization as a "sewing machine" sound.
Image taken in the Toledo region of Spain.
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