Short-billed Dowitcher
Potter Marsh, Alaska (August 2023)
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Látrabjarg cliff birds
Látrabjarg, Iceland (June 2019)
This was one of the most remarkable places I’ve ever been to. Birds were everywhere. I was looking for puffins when I took today’s photo. There are some in the photo, but they aren’t very easy to see. I think the birds that are easy to see are black-legged kittiwake. Correct me if I’m wrong.
After taking this photo I turned around to find these two just 10 feet or so from me.
Yellow-bellied marmot
Brighton, Utah (Silver Lake to Twin Lake Loop Trail – June 2025)
Turtle in the wild
Yellow-bellied Slider (New Orleans – April 2025)
Czech Bear
Brown bear in Hrad Český Krumlov moat
You probably thought the title of today’s photo (assuming you saw the title before seeing the photo) was a typo.
I was surprised, not having done any advanced reading, to stumble upon this bear in the moat of the Český Krumlov Castle complex. There is a bear festival held every year on Christmas Eve here. This is the only time of the year when visitors are allowed in the enclosure. Kids feed the brown bears apples, Christmas biscuits, pastries, and honey. Of course, the kids aren’t in the moat at the exact same time as the bears or they would be on the menu as well.
Bears have been living in this moat for over 300 years. The family who owns this castle has a coat of arms featuring two bears.
Rosenberg family coat of arms (Czech Republic)
Elk in Nehalem Bay State Park
After walking the beach in Nehalem Bay State Park for a mile or so, we had the option of retracing our footsteps on the beach or heading inland a bit to the sand dunes and forests back to our car. We chose the latter in the hopes of seeing an elk or two. We ended up seeing about a dozen of them.