Saturday's Critters # 505

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Hello and happy Saturday!

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I still have days of Ireland trip photos , lots of birds and critters to share. 

1. May 12th, Dingle Peninsula, Top row are the Pied Wagtail, Blue Tit, European Shag, Northern Gannet. Bottom row: Northern Fulmar, Eurasian Magpie perched on a sheep, Hooded Crow and a Grey Heron.

2.   The Northern Gannet is seen off the Dingle coastline. We were at Slea Head Drive when this Gannet flew by. 

3.  These rocks were a nice spot for the European Shag to hang out. 

4.    I get easily distracted by birds, especially when this European Magpie that landed on this sheep.

5.   Dingle farm animals are the goat, sheep, donkey, hog, sheep dog, lamb, cow, sheep with lambs, cows and horses. 

6.    One girl from our tour group went on a horse trail ride up in the mountains. We dropped off the rider at the horse farm for her trail ride. They were pretty horses, many saddled up and ready for a ride. 

7.  I thought these horses were beautiful, they were very big. These Irish horses are called Galineers Cob (thanks to YAM) or Gypsy Vanners. 

8.    Back in Dingle, I found a Grey Heron by the marina.

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Saturday's Critters # 503

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

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I am sharing some more of our Ireland photos. On May 11th we visited the Cliffs of Moher and we also went to a private sheep farm.

1. My mosaic images are various views of the Cliffs of Moher. We were able to spend a few hours walking the cliffs, checking out the tower and the visitor center. 

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2. The Razorbills one of the many sea birds on the Cliffs of Moher. The Razorbills a type of Auk, they are white and black and there is a white line on the face and bill. 

3. The Black-legged Kittiwake also seen in high numbers on the cliffs. They are white with gray wings, black legs and a yellow bill.

4. The Northern Fulmar was also seen on the cliffs, they are gray and white with a pale yellow thick bill. 

5. The cliff walls were covered with sea birds, I believe these are Common Murre. The Common Murre or Common Guillemot is a black and white sea bird.  They have a thin dark pointed bill. 

6. I wished my camera was able to zoom in closers to all those tiny dots. There must have been thousands of sea birds on this sea stack. 

7. Later on the same day we visited a private working sheep farm. It was neat to see the dogs herding the sheep. Hubby was able to bottle feed one of the lambs. The donkeys, dogs and sheep all seemed very friendly.  

8. Lambs being bottle fed, hubby's hand is in the front wearing his gloves. 

9.  The sheep with their farmer's colors.

10. The herding dogs seem to run with smiles on their faces, they love their jobs. 

11. The herding dog is waiting for instructions. 

12. The dog at work moving the sheep. 

13. Time to pet the cute donkeys. 

14. Some of the farm with a view of the bay, some fiber art using the sheep's wool, an old caravan,  a sample of sheared sheep's wool. The lambs are adorable, a closeup of the sheep black faces, some penned sheep and the lambs inside waiting for their bottles. 

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Saturday's Critters # 501

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

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May 10th and 11th, I am still making my way through the Ireland photos. 

1. The scenic views and stops were at Galway and on the road to Doolin.  Grey Heron, lots of gulls along the river wall, a Galway street scene, more gulls and Mute Swans on the river bank. 

2. The Grey Heron, it looks very similar to our Great Blue Heron. 

3. Mute Swans were seen all around during our travels. 

4. There were lots of Gulls and Mute Swans along the river bank in Galway. 

5.  Some of the wildflowers seen on the Burrens.

6. I believe this is a Meadow Pipit, there were fields around the back of our lodging and along the road.  As always I hear more birds than I actually see. 

7. The view outside our room for the night in Doolin.

 

8. Hubby and I were in the habit of taking an early morning walk before breakfast and before the tour started for the day. These are the early morning birds I saw in Doolin, the Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Robin, White-throated Dipper, Jackdaw, Rook and the House Sparrows. 

Two Jackdaws on a Doolin rooftop. The jackdaw is smaller than the Crows and has a black crown, wings and tail and paler plumage on the rest of the body. 

9. I was able to watch this White-throated Dipper for awhile, it looks like it found breakfast. 

I enjoyed seeing all the scenery and the birds in Ireland. Each day was a new experience, so much to see.

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Saturday's Critters # 498

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Hello and happy Saturday! Happy 4th of July weekend! 

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1. May 9th-10th, nearing the end of our time in Clifden. On this day we stopped at various places, the Connemara National Park. We had time to check out the park's visitor center, we hiked in the rain on the nature trail past a few waterfalls, we saw lots of wild garlic, bluebells and the Pied Wagtail.

2. Next we were at the Kylemore Abbbey and Gardens, a small bus took us to the near by gardens. We spent some time walking around the garden paths. 

3.  Kylemore Abbey tour, a beautiful setting with the lake in front and mountains behind the Abbey. 

4.  Kylemore Abbey Chapel and nature trail, we spent enough time here we had a nice lunch in the cafe and a walk on the nature trail and time to check out the chapel. I heard more birds than I could see along this nature trail.

5.  My first sighting of a Dunnock, seen on the grounds of the Kylemore Abbey. We lucked out with the sunshine on this day.  

6. This Eurasian Robin landed on a picnic table next to my hubby.

7. Back on the road, the sheep were on the wrong side of the fence. 

May 10th , next we were driving along on the Wild Atlantic Way heading to Galway and our Doolin B&B called Churchfield.  More Ireland scenes, birds and photos coming soon.

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Saturday's Critters # 496

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!

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May 8-9th, Ireland continued, this day we left Westport, stops along the way at the holy mountain Croagh Patrick and St. Patrick statue overlook, the Great Famine sculpture and arriving later in the day in the town of Clifden. 

1. Croagh Patrick is name of a religious site and mountain in the Republic of Ireland, we walked up the trail just as far as the statue of Saint Patrick, Eurasian Robin, invasive fuchsia, Great Famine Monument, cows, Murrisk Abbey, Barn Swallow and more cows. 

The striking coffin ship, emigrants fleeing the famine.

2. The Eurasian Robin was one of my favorites birds to see in Ireland.  They are so darn cute! 

3. The Barn Swallows were flying around the  Murrisk Abbey, there was a cow farm right next door to the ruins. 

4.  The cows were a friendly bunch of critters, some walked over close to the fence. 

5. Love this cute face, I think he/she wanted a treat.  

6. These are some scenes taken during a walk from our Clifden hotel. There was a pretty cascade, the Chaffinch was hanging around the water, a sweet lamb and sheep and horse on the hill, some wildflowers.

7. A pretty male Chaffinch.  

8. The little lamb was adorable, I love the black face and legs.

9. Sheep on a hill with trees leaning to the side, possibly from the wind.

10. The horse was in the same field with the sheep above. 

11. This bird kind of gets lost standing on the rocks with leaves hanging down around it, I am sure it is a Grey Wagtail. 

 

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