Photo of the Day!

[Levina de Ruijter]

What are you putting in?

My birding gear: R5m2 with 100-500 mounted. An extender, a wide angle lens, batteries etc. And it really is a great bag, just too narrow.

And Green - must be the Irish in you . Nice !

LOL But I don't have anything Irish in me!

I chose the green one because it blends so nicely when out in the field! Right, like the birds wouldn't see me!

 

[NixEre]

My birding gear: R5m2 with 100-500 mounted. An extender, a wide angle lens, batteries etc. And it really is a great bag, just too narrow.


LOL But I don't have anything Irish in me!

I chose the green one because it blends so nicely when out in the field! Right, like the birds wouldn't see me!

Well there are an estimated 80 million of us outside Ireland with some Irish ancestry …

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Well there are an estimated 80 million of us outside Ireland with some Irish ancestry …

80 million? That's a lot.
I've thought about doing one of those DNA tests. Who knows, I might be a Viking!
Actually, I think my DNA would show southern Europe ancestry. Spain most likely.

 

[NixEre]

Waiting patiently

 

[inphoto]

Hanging around

 

[NixEre]

Fluffy stuff

 

[RichardB]

Fluffy stuff

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What tree is this?

 

[NixEre]

What tree is this?

I can’t claim to be a botanical expert - hence the precision title !
But I think the fluff is the result of last year’s Old Man’s Beard , ( a creeper weed ) , and the tree behind is a hazel.

Hah - did some googling :
Clematis vitalba (also known as old man's beard and traveller's joy) is a shrub of the family Ranunculaceae.

 

[Stiga]

Just 10km from home

 

[Blackbird]

Just 10km from home

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Seems like a good place to contemplate life! A lovely photograph and wonderful landscape.