August 30, 2009: Plants in Our Yard

Here are some plant shots from our yard

 Bottle Campion

 Bladder Campion

 Yellow World Sorel

 Joe Pyeweed

 Jewelweed

 Ground Ivy

 The grass / sedge growing everywhere!

 Above and Below: Japanese Day Flower

 Above and below: not sure what these bushes are



August 29, 2009: Birding at Montezuma NWR

We spent a little time at Montezuma NWR in Central New York. The highlight was an American Avocet, our first New York State sighting...

 American Avocet

 Great Egret

Lesser Yellowlegs

August 24, 2009: Kilkee, Shannon Airport, and flight home

We took a few photos at Nature Quest and near the Shannon Airport before our trip back home today...

Nature Quest:

Whimberel

a variety of shorebirds

Above and Below: Eurasian Oystercatcher

Goodbye Nature Quest!

At the Airport

Blue Tit

Reed Bunting

Eurasian Wren

the way home

Hooded Crow

The Shannon River

The Irish Coast between Kilkee and Doonbeg

Plum Island, New York

Jamaica Bay near JFK Airport

August 23, 2009: Galway, Cliffs of Moher, and Burren, Ireland

Today saw very rainy weather, so we drove north an hour and a half to tour the city of Galway. To start I have some pictures from the road - then Galway itself...

Now from the Nimmo's Pier area in Galway

Black-Headed Gull

Common Gull

Mute Swan

Hooded Crow

Ruddy Turnstone

Above and Below: Redshank

Eurasian Oystercatchers

Scenes from around Central Galway

Inside the Galway Mall

Leaving Galway and heading towards the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren

The Burren area was beautiful

The Poulnabrone Dolmen

A Chaffinch at the Dolmen

A Bullfinch at the Dolmen

A flying Eurasian Kestrel

At the Cliffs of Moher

Rook (above and below)

Fulmars along the cliffs

This Peregrine Falcon flew over

flyover Fulmar

Rook

White Wagtail (above and below)

On the way back to the hotel...

Jackdaws on a wire near Lisdeen

A Blue Tit at the B&B