Saturday, December 26, 2015

German grass snake in December

We found this lady while hiking in Chemnitz, Germany on a very unusually warm day in December, just after Christmas. I just had to pick her up and she was released a minute later. Hope she didn't freeze as the temperature dropped in the next days. The picture was not taken by me.

Grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Nov 29 2015, Leuven, Belgium

The great egret (Ardea alba) and the grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Swan (Cygnus olor) picking up leaves

The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)

The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Washington State, USA, 2015

The Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla)

The brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis)

A plunging pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Just a dove in Seattle

A grouse. A sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)maybe.

Cute cuties. No idea waht they are.

Another generic looking bird. Possibly the American pipit (Anthus rubescens)

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

The Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)