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Hello and happy Saturday!
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May 7th and 8th, these images are from the first two days of our tour. We spent the first night in the town of Westport in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland. The evening we arrived in town we were booked on a 90 minute cruise in the Clew Bay, checking out the 365 islands, seal colony, views of the John Lennon's island, the Inishgort Lighthouse and the holy mountain of Croagh Patrick.
1. Scenes from the boat ride, the coast line of Westport, Eurasian Oystercatcher, the seals, a Great Northern Diver, the lighthouse and cattle on the hillside.
2. The Rook was seen on a parking lot on the way to Westport.
3. Our hotel for the night in Westport, had the same name as my grandson Wyatt. It was a nice place, had a pub and restaurant attached.
4. The Pied Wagtail, I ended up seeing this bird every day during our travels. They must be a common bird seen in Ireland.
"Thanks to everyone who commented about this bird and it's id."
5. The Carrowbeg River runs through the town of Westport.
6. Mixed reactions to this bird, at first I thought a Coal Tit and someone else mentioned a Great Tit. Apparently one has two side bars and the other does not two side bars?
Another thank you for all who helped with the id, the Great Tit.
7. I also have had mixed reactions to the bird below a White Wagtail or the subspecies the Pied Wagtail. Does it depend on the the bird having a gray back or this darker black back?
8. The Westport House, a historical house we toured. There was a dungeon in the basement, the grounds were lovely, I like the chandeliers and decorative ceilings. The sheep were grazing on the land and there were swans on the lake.
9. A view of the lake and the Westport House. The Swan paddleboats were sitting there waiting for action. The house built in the 1730's and owned by the Browne Family, the dungeons have ties to the Grace O'Malley the famous pirate queen.
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10. A real Mute Swan was on the lake too.
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"The future will be green or not at all."
"Green spaces in cities are essential for people and nature."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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Welcome to Saturday's Critters!
Hello and happy Saturday!
Happy Memorial Day weekend, remember and honor!
If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!
And we were off again, this time a trip that has been on my bucket list for a long time. May 5-17th we went on a 9 night 10 day tour of Ireland. We did have to fly in a day early and stay an extra nights for the plane flights coming and going. Arriving a day before our tour we were able to walk around the city of Dublin, checking out all the highlights and of course I was looking for all the birds. Fun Times.
1. Below are the River Liffey and various streets scenes around Dublin. Our walk took us on a loop across the O'Connell Bridge and coming back on the Ha'penny Bridge.
More later on our Ireland trip, the tour was a small group of twelve in a large van. A great tour, visiting towns of Westport, Clifden, Doolin, Dingle, Killarney and Kilkenny. We saw so much in the time we were there.
I am sharing more scenic photos on my travel blog.
Thank you for sharing your critters and post!
Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.
Here is my linky:
I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out! Also, I am also linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.
Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!
"You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather."
Assateague Island National Seashore
"Life is like photography. You use the negatives to develop."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week! "Add a national park to your bucket list, I promise you won't regret it." G...
