Wildlife - Summer, Autumn 2008

[ashley]

Send 'em south Mark after you've finished admiring them.  Waxwings only appear for twitchers in these parts

[mark smyth]

Ashley do they never get to the south?

Here is a fantastic web site for bird photography
http://www.birdpix.nl/

[ashley]

Ashley do they never get to the south?

Oh they do Mark, but usually only in very small numbers south of Dublin/Wicklow.  Because I don't follow real-time twitcher news I hear about sightings in Munster only a month or two later through 'Wings' magazine

Thanks for the URL.

[illingworth]

Before this thread dies and we drift into winter I wanted to post these two pictures of the woodland caribou. I went kayaking in August at the Slate Islands located in Lake Superior. The caribou herd is isolated on the islands, and their numbers are in decline as they appear to be eating themselves out of a home. A large part of the forest floor is bare and the animals have made trails everywhere.  There are  no large predators currently on the islands - no bears, and the small wolf population died out. Sagina nodosa was common at the water's edge, but there were few other interesting plants. The islands were created by a meteor impact and have been given park status.

Seasons greetings from Sharon and myself and best wishes to all forum members and their families in the new year.

-Rob

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images of remarkable creatures, Rob.   Many thanks for posting.
Please note : We never sleep in Lancashire!  Nearly 3am and still posting (and completely sober).

[mark smyth]

I went to see the waxwings again at 9.30am this morning and they were still there. I'm just in from going again and they have stripped the tree. The Sorbus is a cashmeriana type that has been grafted about shoulder height on another ?Sorbus.