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WINTER SCENE IN THE GLENCOE march 12th
March 13th, 2010
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The winter finally arrived../L’hiver est enfin arrivé..
March 4th, 2010
admin And I promised I’ll try to get so nice pictures in the snow. When I tried to do so, I tried to focus on snow bunting which have finally arrived down-town with the snow. When I did that, I could not stop to think about Dave from “Birds from behind” because this nice bunting would simply not turn in the right direction and will show me his butt!!! All the time!!! I gave up after twenty minutes getting only these two pictures:
Et j’ai promis que j’essaierai de faire des photos avec la neige en fond. Quand je me suis concentré sur mon objectif, je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher de penser à Dave de “Birds from behind“, car les bruants n’ont tout simplement jamais voulu me montrer leur bon côté.. J’ai donc arrêté après 20 minutes de tentatives infructueuses, et ai seulement deux photos de ceux-ci:
Snow bunting/Bruant des neiges.

I was not going to stop taking pictures because of that and I tried several other species. Sorry if they are the same as the ones I published before, but we do not have that many species around nowadays.
J’ai quand même pris d’autres sujets, je n’allais pas m’arrêter là. Désolé si ce sont les mêmes espèces, encore une fois, mais nous n’avons que très peu d’oiseaux en ce moment.
Turnstone/Tournepierre à collier.

Whooper swan/Cygne chanteur.

These pictures were taken at Bakkatjörn, and as promised a bit of the landscape.
J’ai pris ces photos à Bakkatjörn, chose promise chose due, une petite photo de paysage.
Now, I wanted to get something new in my blog for those who are interested about bird life around here. So I decided to add a “Rare birds news” over here, just to tell you which rare species have been spotted in Iceland. Just quickly, a velvet-scoter was spotted on the southeast coast, lots of king eiders in the southern area, not even one hour from home (might go to see some), some common goldeneye on the southeast coast too, 3 bohemian waxwings have been spending the whole winter in Husavik on the Northeast coast as well as a blackcap, a robin and a brambling, and to make it short, ring-billed gulls are spotted everywhere around the country.
Maintenant, je voulais rajouter quelque chose de nouveau sur mon blog. J’ai donc décidé de vous donner des infos sur les espèces rares observées ces derniers jours en Islande. Une macreuse brune a été vue le long des côtes du sud-ouest, beaucoup d’eiders à tête grise ont été vus dans le sud-ouest (j’irai peut être en voir, ils ne sont pas si loin), un garrot à œil d’or se promène sur les côtes à l’est, 3 jaseurs boréaux ont passés l’hiver à Husavík au nord-est, tout comme un pinson du nord et une fauvette à tête noire, et pour faire court, des goélands à bec cerclés ont été observés tout autour du pays!
Here we are. Enjoy your spring time while we enjoy snow. Have a good birding day.
Cheers,Chris.
Voilà voilà. Apprécier le début du printemps pendant que nous profitons de notre hiver tardif, et bonnes observations de dame nature à tous.
A bientôt,
Chris.
WINTER SCENE IN THE PASS OF GLENCOE
March 3rd, 2010
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After
February 14th, 2010
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Salt Lake Wedding Photographer {Bridals}
February 10th, 2010
admin I’m reeeeeeally starting to ache for summer. Even though the winter hasn’t been much of a winter {where’s the snow???} I’m ready to move on to a new season. As much as I whine about being cold, I don’t think I’d actually like to live somewhere where there’s no winter. I like change. I like freshly fallen snow, and how it makes the bare tree branches sparkle with white glitter. I love seasons. I love winter weddings. But I really love weddings in the summer. All that green….










A Cold Winter Day
January 5th, 2010
admin In town and in the trees of Ballard Park it was just a cold day that I had no problems with, but Hazard Rd. at Gooseneck Cove is wide open to the wind, and it was downright frigid there. There was still some snow falling, and in that wind it was coming down almost horizontally. Still, I got some decent shots before my fingers threatened to freeze and fall off after being exposed in order to work the camera; five minutes was all they could stand. Anyhow, here are today’s frigid photos.
A female Downy Woodpecker in the reeds along Hazard Rd. She was pecking away at the reed stems and I caught sight of something in her beak once or twice. Either she stored things in these hollow stems earlier in the Fall, or there were frozen bugs in there.
A Red-breasted Merganser couple on Gooseneck Cove. Yes, those streaks are the snow in that wind. You can see why I only lasted 5 minutes there!
A Hooded Merganser drake on Gooseneck Cove. There were several out there, but he stayed the closest.


Seasonal Scenes
December 24th, 2009
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One Year to the Day
December 22nd, 2009
admin There were differences between the storms. Last year’s storm happened in warmer temperatures and the snow was heavy and wet, so while it was heavy as all get-out to shovel it was also very scenic because it stuck to everything and it was warm enough for me to cover a lot of territory in comfort. This year it was much colder and the snow was lighter and drier, so while it was a joy to shovel, I couldn’t stay out in certain places because the wind and cold were more than I was willing to put up with. I pretty much stuck to Ballard Park because the wind whipping across Hazard Rd. made it to tough to photograph due to frozen fingers. So here’s Ballard Park in the snow again this year, and on the same date as last year.
The path down to the small stream that runs through the middle of the park. I loved the lacy look of the snow on the shrubs.
The Southwest Trail. Still no footprints. I was all alone in the park with ALL THAT SNOW! This is called Roy-Heaven.
There were a whole flock of Robins feeding on the berries in this tree on the fringes of the Quarry.
The Quarry face in snow. If you look closely you can even see icicles hanging from the rocks.
But walking in snow that deep (O how I wish now that I’d bought those snowshoes 5 years ago!) got to me; my back hurts (I have the heating pad back there as I type this) and I have no legs at this point. But I was well-dusted in snow and breathing nice, crisp, clean air. I’m tired and sore, but boy howdy am I happy!
© 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger


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