<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209</id><updated>2010-01-02T09:48:22.725Z</updated><title type='text'>Chris Photo Nature</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default?orderby=updated'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;orderby=updated'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>154</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-7466858174451859775</id><published>2010-01-01T20:21:00.006Z</published><updated>2010-01-01T21:03:39.652Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common wren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tufted duck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common black-headed gull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whooper swan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Landscape'/><title type='text'>Last pictures of 2009 and new of 2010!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Well, first let me wish you a Happy new year again and thank you for all your visits and comments during 2009.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;2009 was my first real year of bird photography, and it was quite full of nice moments and experiences. The total number of species seen in Iceland was truly amazing, reaching 93 species with some nice new species such as the yellow-warbler, the least sandpiper, and the ring-necked duck for example. I have to say that I don't think I will see this number of species in 2010, but I would be happy to get some nice and even more than nice shots of some few species. I'll try to target some of them next year and let see if I will reach these objectives.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Meanwhile, I still went out once in 2009, the 29th of December at Heiðmörk. I did not see too many birds and decided to show you some landscape pictures around Reykjavík.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Tout d'abord, je voudrai vous souhaiter tous mes voeux de bonheur pour la nouvelle année, et vous remercier pour vos visites et vos commentaires tout au long de l'année 2009.&lt;br /&gt;2009 était donc ma première année de photographie animalière, et fût remplie de très bonnes rencontres et d'expérience. Même le nombre d'espèces observées fût incroyable, atteignant 93 avec de nouvelles espèces telles que la paruline jaune, le bécasseau minuscule, et le fuligule à bec cerclé par exemple. Je ne pense pas pouvoir atteindre ce nombre d'espèces en 2010, mais serai extrêmement content de pouvoir faire très belles photos de certaines espèces, et ce sera mon objectif principal l'année prochaine.&lt;br /&gt;En attendant, je suis encore sorti en 2009, une dernière fois le 29 décembre, à Heiðmörk. Je n'ai pas vu beaucoup d'oiseaux et ai donc décidé de vous montrer quelques photos de paysages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5a3iSFQPI/AAAAAAAABzc/4uCnrX1P1UU/s1600-h/IMG_9086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5a3iSFQPI/AAAAAAAABzc/4uCnrX1P1UU/s400/IMG_9086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421870911542608114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5a3p70JjI/AAAAAAAABzk/vcwMUFQFF1I/s1600-h/IMG_9090.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5a3p70JjI/AAAAAAAABzk/vcwMUFQFF1I/s400/IMG_9090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421870913596696114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5a3UqGEEI/AAAAAAAABzU/HQ4rW5su4CQ/s1600-h/IMG_9087.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5a3UqGEEI/AAAAAAAABzU/HQ4rW5su4CQ/s400/IMG_9087.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421870907885228098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The first hours of observations in 2010 were quite successful too. I know Warren will probably laugh at that, but to see 22 species in one winter in Iceland is quite good :-) I even took some nice pictures this afternoon. We went with the family in Tjornin, the main pond of Reykjavík at the city hall. The lake was frozen and people were ice-skating and walking on the pond. And we did exactly the same, but I then decided to take some shots because at 2PM the light was splendid on the part of the lake which was not frozen. So here are the first pictures of 2010.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les premières heures d'observations en 2010 ont plutôt été bonnes. Je sais que Warren pourrait en rigoler, mais voir 22 espèces en une journée d'hiver en Islande, c'est plutôt bien. J'ai même pu prendre de belles photos cet après midi quand nous sommes allés en famille à Tjörnin, le lac de la mairie de Reykjavík. Il était gelé et les gens faisaient du patin à glace et le traversaient.. Ce que nous avons nous aussi fait. Mais quand j'ai vu la lumière à 14h, je suis allé prendre des photos des oiseaux dans la partie non gelée. Donc voici les premières photos 2010.&lt;br /&gt;Â bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Tufted duck&lt;/span&gt;/Fuligule morillon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5flx86fJI/AAAAAAAABzs/YvbY99Vh2iY/s1600-h/IMG_9149.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5flx86fJI/AAAAAAAABzs/YvbY99Vh2iY/s400/IMG_9149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421876104069282962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fmJpXbGI/AAAAAAAABz0/mKFGTH6KPI8/s1600-h/IMG_9132.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fmJpXbGI/AAAAAAAABz0/mKFGTH6KPI8/s400/IMG_9132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421876110429744226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Turnstone&lt;/span&gt;/Tounepierre à collier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fmZZoVTI/AAAAAAAABz8/lipN82ftDfk/s1600-h/IMG_9127.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fmZZoVTI/AAAAAAAABz8/lipN82ftDfk/s400/IMG_9127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421876114658710834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Common black-headed gull&lt;/span&gt;/Mouette rieuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fmpy82qI/AAAAAAAAB0E/2RW5mIW_3rc/s1600-h/IMG_9146.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fmpy82qI/AAAAAAAAB0E/2RW5mIW_3rc/s400/IMG_9146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421876119059880610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Teal&lt;/span&gt;/Sarcelle d'hiver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fm1ly3YI/AAAAAAAAB0M/PWD99EpteGM/s1600-h/IMG_9154.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5fm1ly3YI/AAAAAAAAB0M/PWD99EpteGM/s400/IMG_9154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421876122225925506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-7466858174451859775?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7466858174451859775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=7466858174451859775' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/7466858174451859775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/7466858174451859775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2010/01/last-pictures-of-2009-and-new-of-2010.html' title='Last pictures of 2009 and new of 2010!!!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sz5a3iSFQPI/AAAAAAAABzc/4uCnrX1P1UU/s72-c/IMG_9086.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-7003700350471962373</id><published>2009-12-22T11:04:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-12-22T11:26:08.946Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Year'/><title type='text'>Holidays greetings!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Dear all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;It is now time for all of us to enjoy Christmas and to prepare for the new year. I want to thank you all for all your visits on "Chris photo nature" and to make it alive. In a little bit more than one year, I've met very nice people &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;via&lt;/span&gt; this blog, people who share the same hobby than me and the same interest for nature. It has just been fantastic to be able to share pictures and ideas with all of you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I'll now &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;in holidays for a while, and will come back on the web sometime in January.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Meanwhile, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour à tous,&lt;br /&gt;Nous y voilà, nous sommes donc à l'époque de l'année où chacun d'entre nous va apprécier les fêtes de Noel et se préparer pour la nouvelle année. Je voudrai tout d'abord vous remercier pour toutes les visites et commentaires que vous avez laissés sur "Chris photo nature". C'est un peu grâce à vous que ce blog est vivant! En un peu plus d'un an, j'ai rencontré de nombreuses personnes &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;via&lt;/span&gt; ce blog, personnes qui partagent le même intérêt pour la nature que moi. Ce fût un réel plaisir de partager des photos, des idées et même parfois de débattre de certains sujets.&lt;br /&gt;Je vais maintenant partir reposer ma vieille carcasse (ben oui, je pars en vacances quoi), et reviendrai en janvier mais ne sait pas trop quand.&lt;br /&gt;En attendant, je vous souhaite à tous un Joyeux Noel et tous mes voeux de bonheur pour l'année à venir.&lt;br /&gt;Amitiés,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SzCpzK6B1MI/AAAAAAAABzM/DTcEcBtbS8w/s1600-h/Christmas_Wallpaper_Winter_Slay_Elfs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SzCpzK6B1MI/AAAAAAAABzM/DTcEcBtbS8w/s400/Christmas_Wallpaper_Winter_Slay_Elfs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418017048292873410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-7003700350471962373?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7003700350471962373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=7003700350471962373' title='65 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/7003700350471962373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/7003700350471962373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/12/holidays-greetings.html' title='Holidays greetings!!!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SzCpzK6B1MI/AAAAAAAABzM/DTcEcBtbS8w/s72-c/Christmas_Wallpaper_Winter_Slay_Elfs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>65</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-3768649861147281644</id><published>2009-12-15T19:09:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-12-15T19:51:41.676Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common wren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tufted duck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whooper swan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Birds at once!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I guess everybody feels the difference between summer and winter when it comes to nature photography, isn't it. The winter has been hard here in terms of light, but it is not a typical winter thought. Where is the snow? We don't know. Nowadays the temperature is about 10°C!!! Quite unusual warm temperatures during the day and as a consequence, lots of species that should come around in winter are still missing, such as the snow bunting. I've only seen few of them so far but not the usual big flocks! Anyway, few days ago, we went to a christmas market around the lake Elliðavatn, and I got the opportunity to take some birds pictures. The light condition was awful, but at least you can see what species are around in winter nowadays. So here they are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je pense que chacun d'entre nous peut sentir la différence entre l'été et l'hiver en terme de photographie nature. L'hiver est assez dur ici, essentiellement d'un point de vue lumière cette année car nous sommes loin d'avoir un hiver typique. Mais où est donc passée la neige? Les températures avoisinent les 10°C en ce moment, trop chaud pour un hiver islandais. Du coup, de nombreuses espèces qui sont normalement autour de Reykjavík en hiver, manquent à l'appel, je pense notamment aux bruants des neiges. Je n'en ai vu que quelques uns, et les gros nuages visibles chaque année à cette époque sont bien loins. Enfin bref! Il y a quelques jours, nous sommes allés visiter un marché de noel au lac d'Elliðavatn, et j'ai eu l'opportunité de prendre quelques photos d'oiseaux. Les conditions de lumière étaient difficiles, mais que demande le peuple! Donc voici quelques unes des espèces que l'on voit encore de nos jours.&lt;br /&gt;Amitiés, Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Common wren&lt;/span&gt;/Un troglodyte mignon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhsIudcDI/AAAAAAAAByk/saVxoM7j_7c/s1600-h/IMG_9060.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhsIudcDI/AAAAAAAAByk/saVxoM7j_7c/s400/IMG_9060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415545225309155378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhsVTO3rI/AAAAAAAABys/0rt1c0s_fPs/s1600-h/IMG_9059.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhsVTO3rI/AAAAAAAABys/0rt1c0s_fPs/s400/IMG_9059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415545228684615346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A female tufted duck&lt;/span&gt;/Une femelle fuligule morillon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhsoSNjZI/AAAAAAAABy0/gXFZALU-oKc/s1600-h/IMG_9055.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhsoSNjZI/AAAAAAAABy0/gXFZALU-oKc/s400/IMG_9055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415545233780608402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Whooper swan&lt;/span&gt;/Cygne chanteur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhtQkayWI/AAAAAAAABzE/dGdDfWwJh0U/s1600-h/IMG_9076.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhtQkayWI/AAAAAAAABzE/dGdDfWwJh0U/s400/IMG_9076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415545244594391394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhtEiShnI/AAAAAAAABy8/FKtaIYWUpzM/s1600-h/IMG_9069.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhtEiShnI/AAAAAAAABy8/FKtaIYWUpzM/s400/IMG_9069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415545241364235890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-3768649861147281644?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/3768649861147281644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=3768649861147281644' title='55 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/3768649861147281644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/3768649861147281644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/12/birds-at-once.html' title='Birds at once!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyfhsIudcDI/AAAAAAAAByk/saVxoM7j_7c/s72-c/IMG_9060.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>55</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-2302871423353161529</id><published>2009-12-11T20:02:00.022Z</published><updated>2009-12-11T21:54:18.681Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Tomorrow is the big day!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Tomorrow is the big day, the first of the "thirteen lads" is coming this night! So here is the presentation of all of them, they are coming till the 24th of December.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voilà, demain, c'est le grand jour, le premier Jólasvein vient cette nuit. Donc voici une presentation de ces petits bonhommes qui vont venir jusqu'au 24 décembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;* &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Stekkjarstaur &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Sheepfold Stick) comes December 12. He would try to drink milk from the farmers'ewes&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stekkjarstaur&lt;/span&gt; arrive donc le 12 décembre. Il adore boire le lait des brebis. &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmB_xnrpI/AAAAAAAABw0/4Oe6cGr4lEs/s1600-h/227_stekkjastaur_stor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 390px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmB_xnrpI/AAAAAAAABw0/4Oe6cGr4lEs/s400/227_stekkjastaur_stor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414072255282392722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Giljagaur &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Gully Oaf) comes December 13. Before the days of milking machines, he would sneak into the cowshed and skim the froth off the pails of milk&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giljagaur&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 13 décembre. Avant les machines de traite de vaches, il adorait manger la peau du lait dans les fermes. &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuAtTGJyI/AAAAAAAABx8/Tbvh59hOil0/s1600-h/giljagaur.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 391px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuAtTGJyI/AAAAAAAABx8/Tbvh59hOil0/s400/giljagaur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414081029235681058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Stúfur &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Shorty) comes December 14. He, as his name implies, is on the small side. He was also known as Pönnuskefill (pan-scraper), as he scraped scraps of food off the pans&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stúfur&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 14 décembre. C'est le plus petit. Il adore manger le grillé dans les poèles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmCbkU_dI/AAAAAAAABw8/EN-agcLuQX0/s1600-h/229_stufur_stor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmCbkU_dI/AAAAAAAABw8/EN-agcLuQX0/s400/229_stufur_stor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414072262742834642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Þvörusleikir &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Spoon-licker) comes December 15. He would steal the wooden spoon that had been used for stirring food&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Þvörusleikir&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 15 décembre. Il adore lécher les cuillères en bois qui ont été utilisées pour cuisiner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuBVoZGPI/AAAAAAAAByU/v1Lt9Q5Qu6w/s1600-h/tvorusleikir.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 260px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuBVoZGPI/AAAAAAAAByU/v1Lt9Q5Qu6w/s400/tvorusleikir.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414081040062421234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Pottasleikir &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Pot-licker) comes December 16. He tries to snatch pots that have not been washed, and licks the scraps from them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Pottasleikir&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 16 décembre. Il adore s'emparer des marmittes non laver pour les lécher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmDZV5HDI/AAAAAAAABxE/I5M8SPBNacY/s1600-h/231_pottaskefill_stor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmDZV5HDI/AAAAAAAABxE/I5M8SPBNacY/s400/231_pottaskefill_stor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414072279325285426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Askasleikir &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Bowl-licker) comes December 17. He hides under beds, and if someone puts a wooden food bowl on the floor, he grabs it and licks it clean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Askasleikir&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 17 décembre. Il se cache sous les lits, et si quelqu'un glisse un bol de nourriture sur le sol, il le saisit et le vide "plus propre que propre".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmDue3DzI/AAAAAAAABxM/yfBhWVQ7Iq8/s1600-h/232_Askasleikir_stor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmDue3DzI/AAAAAAAABxM/yfBhWVQ7Iq8/s400/232_Askasleikir_stor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414072285000044338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hurðaskellir &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Door-slammer) comes December 18. He is an awfully noisy fellow, who is always slamming doors and keeping people awake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Hurðaskellir&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 18 décembre. Il adore faire du bruit, claque les portes et essaie d'empêcher les gens de dormir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtYJfq5rI/AAAAAAAABxc/topv9_zPS84/s1600-h/233_hurdaskellir_stor_260_287.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtYJfq5rI/AAAAAAAABxc/topv9_zPS84/s400/233_hurdaskellir_stor_260_287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414080332429977266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Skyrgámur &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Curd Glutton) comes December 19. He loves skyr (milk curd) so much that he sneaks into the pantry and gobbles up all the skyr from the tub there&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Skýrgámur&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 19 décembre. Il adore le yaourt national (skýr), spécialement quand il est dans les bons pots en bois et il l'engloutit en moins de deux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuBCwQNeI/AAAAAAAAByM/Lr8Ms20SHtY/s1600-h/Skyrgamur_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 315px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuBCwQNeI/AAAAAAAAByM/Lr8Ms20SHtY/s400/Skyrgamur_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414081034995119586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Bjúgnakrækir &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Sausage Pilferer) comes December 20. He loves sausages of all kinds, and steals them whenever he can&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Bjúgnakrækir&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 20 décembre. Il adore les saucisses en tout genre et en vole dès qu'il le peut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtYYmokSI/AAAAAAAABxk/IIhsXD3HU6o/s1600-h/235_Bjugnakraekir_stor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtYYmokSI/AAAAAAAABxk/IIhsXD3HU6o/s400/235_Bjugnakraekir_stor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414080336485716258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Gluggagægir &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Peeper) comes December 21. He is not as greedy as some of his brothers, but is awfully noisy as he peeps through windows and even steals toys he likes the look of&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Gluggagægir&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 21 décembre. Il est plus sympa que ses frères, mais adore faire du bruit et surprendre les gens en entrant par les fenêtres. Il adore aussi voler les jouets qui lui plaisent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuA243iTI/AAAAAAAAByE/Sr9PK58XgFk/s1600-h/glugga_389954.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKuA243iTI/AAAAAAAAByE/Sr9PK58XgFk/s400/glugga_389954.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414081031810025778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Gáttaþefur &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Sniffer) comes December 22. He has a big nose, and loves the smell of biscuits being baked for Christmas. He often tries to snatch a biscuit or two for himself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Gáttaþefur&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 22 décembre. Il a un gros nez, et adore l'odeur des biscuits préparés à noel. Il adore prendre un ou deux biscuits pour lui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtZLMonYI/AAAAAAAABx0/tO0urzIAR-U/s1600-h/g%C3%A1tta%C3%BEefur.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 260px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtZLMonYI/AAAAAAAABx0/tO0urzIAR-U/s400/g%C3%A1tta%C3%BEefur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414080350066875778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;    * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Ketkrókur &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Meat Hook) comes on Þorláksmessa (St. Þorlákur's Day), December 23. He adores all meat. In the old days he would lower a hook down the kitchen chimney and pull up a leg of lamb hanging from a rafter, or a bit of smoked lamb from a pot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Ketkrókur&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 23 décembre. Il adore la viande. Dans le passé, il utilisait un crochet pour voler les jambes d'agneau que les gens cuisinaient dans leur cheminée car il adore l'agneau et l'agneau fumé dans les pots au frigo de nos jours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKvOInnxVI/AAAAAAAAByc/5nduUKcwd8c/s1600-h/Ketkr%C3%B3kur.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 366px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKvOInnxVI/AAAAAAAAByc/5nduUKcwd8c/s400/Ketkr%C3%B3kur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414082359419454802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;   * &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Kertasníkir &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(Candle Beggar) comes on Christmas Eve, December 24. In older times, candlelight was the brightest light available. Candles were so rare and precious that it was a treat for children to be given a candle at Christmas. And poor Candle Beggar wanted one too&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;/Kertasníkir&lt;/span&gt; arrive le 24 décembre. Dans le passé, les bougies étaient la source essentielle de lumière. Les bougies étaient tellement précieuses que parfois, elles étaient données aux enfants pour noel. Et Kertasníkir en voulait aussi et les dérobait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtY5zRarI/AAAAAAAABxs/cWK-ssw4JMs/s1600-h/239_Kertasnikir_stor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKtY5zRarI/AAAAAAAABxs/cWK-ssw4JMs/s400/239_Kertasnikir_stor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414080345397095090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This is coming from this website     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.icelandicwonders.com/Default.asp?Page=243" target="_blank"&gt;Icelandic wonders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces infos viennent du site Icelandic wonders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;As you can see, there are for most of them quite nasty lads, but they bring small present to the kids if they behave well nowadays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comme vous pouvez le voir, ils sont assez chenapants, mais de nos jours, ils apportent des cadeaux aux enfants si ils sont sages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Well, sorry but today, no birds pictures, the weather is also really nasty and no time to get out. I'll try to continue to get pictures but I'm pretty overloaded with work at the moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas de photos d'oiseaux, ni de nature sur ce message car la météo est assez capricieuse et je n'ai pas eu l'occasion de sortir. J'essaierai encore de prendre des photos, mais je suis aussi assez surchargé côté boulot avant les vacances.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-2302871423353161529?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2302871423353161529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=2302871423353161529' title='47 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/2302871423353161529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/2302871423353161529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/12/tomorrow-is-big-day.html' title='Tomorrow is the big day!!!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SyKmB_xnrpI/AAAAAAAABw0/4Oe6cGr4lEs/s72-c/227_stekkjastaur_stor.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>47</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-3257882935904578408</id><published>2009-12-05T15:16:00.018Z</published><updated>2009-12-05T20:44:20.788Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Redpoll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Starling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goosander'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Thriteen lads show and pictures!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Well I know that this blog is supposed to be dedicated to nature, but because of the darkness and the lack of birds, I think it is time to start to introduce you the Christmas habits and culture of Iceland. The other main reason to start with this, is that today we went with the little lady to a traditional show about the "thirteen lads" (Jólasveinar in Icelandic) at the national theater. This shows takes place every year and kids love it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Je sais, ce blog est censé être dédié à la nature, mais voilà, la nature en Islande, elle dort. Donc, pénombre et manque d'oiseaux aidant, je me dis qu'il est temps que je vous présente les coutumes de Noel Islandaises. Une autre raison pour cela est que nous sommes allés voir un spectacle dédié aux "13 Pères Noel" d'Islande, les Jólasveinar au théatre national aujourd'hui. Ce spectacle a lieu tous les ans et les enfants l'adorent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The story was presented by several elves of the country&lt;/span&gt;/L'histoire nous était contée par des elfes du coin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqKJSwniuI/AAAAAAAABv8/t8WJa2KOAjs/s1600-h/IMG_9033.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqKJSwniuI/AAAAAAAABv8/t8WJa2KOAjs/s400/IMG_9033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411789794498284258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqLHReKz7I/AAAAAAAABwE/ls6evMo8Pzc/s1600-h/IMG_9036.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqLHReKz7I/AAAAAAAABwE/ls6evMo8Pzc/s400/IMG_9036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411790859304357810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I love this one a lot. It shows the magic side of elves&lt;/span&gt;/J'aime beaucoup celle-ci qui met en valeur le côté magique des elfes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqLHoqOqoI/AAAAAAAABwM/EjPhST90eRc/s1600-h/IMG_9030.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqLHoqOqoI/AAAAAAAABwM/EjPhST90eRc/s400/IMG_9030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411790865528957570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So the story is about Grýla (hag in English) and Leppalúði (Ragamuffin in English), a troll couple, and their cat (Jólakötturinn in Icelandic)&lt;/span&gt;/Il était donc une fois, Grýla et Leppalúði (un couple de troll) et leur chat Jólakötturin:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqLtoPRPXI/AAAAAAAABwU/RXK98n8b8qo/s1600-h/gryla.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqLtoPRPXI/AAAAAAAABwU/RXK98n8b8qo/s400/gryla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411791518250909042" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;These guys have thirteen kids called the "Thirteen lads". All of them are visiting people houses from the 12th of December to the 24th.. Each at a time, and each of them have peculiarities. They bring small present to the kids except if they have been bad kids, then they have a potatoe (so kids have small present from the 12th to the 24th of December, like candies and small things). It works really well to get nice kids for all the Christmas period ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grýla has the reputation of being a bad troll lady. Kids are extremely afraid of her because she kidnaps them, simply to eat them, and this happen to you if you are a bad kid. Leppalúði is just her nice husband, and jólak0tturinn her bad cat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc Grýla et Leppalúði ont 13 enfants, les jólasveinar. Chacun d'entre eux visitent les maisons dans un ordre précis du 12 décembre au 24 décembre, et ont chacun quelques spécialités. Ils apportent des petits cadeaux (bonbons, petits trucs sympa autour de noel) chacun leur tour aux enfants, sauf si ils n'ont pas été sages, là ils recoivent une pomme de terre (ca marche terrible pour avoir des enfants calmes pendant la période de noel).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les enfants ont une peur terrible de Grýla, car si ils ne sont pas sages, elle les enlève et les mange tout simplement. Leppalúði est son mari et Jölakotturin son chat, assez méchant d'ailleurs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;That will be all about this story for today.. More to come on next Saturday for the first coming lad. And because I definitively cannot do a message without publishing some birds shots, here are some I took last Saturday during the only half an hour of nice light at Gufunes ;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce sera tout pour l'histoire du jour, vous en aurez plus samedi prochain pour la venue du premier Père noel.&lt;br /&gt;Je ne peux décidement pas me résoudre à poster sans photos d'oiseaux. En voici donc prises lors de la seule sortie lumineuse de samedi dernier à Gufunes (une demi-heure de belle lumière).&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Flying goosanders&lt;/span&gt;/Des harles bièvres en vol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxrFFtutjQI/AAAAAAAABwc/2PGEA8oAFAk/s1600-h/IMG_8997.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxrFFtutjQI/AAAAAAAABwc/2PGEA8oAFAk/s400/IMG_8997.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411854604204608770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Redpoll&lt;/span&gt;/Sizerin flammé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxrFF_7jYMI/AAAAAAAABwk/mhbGApcaDrs/s1600-h/IMG_9006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxrFF_7jYMI/AAAAAAAABwk/mhbGApcaDrs/s400/IMG_9006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411854609090306242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Starling&lt;/span&gt;/Etourneau sansonnet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxrFGScEbNI/AAAAAAAABws/g7UcMH27ylA/s1600-h/IMG_9011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxrFGScEbNI/AAAAAAAABws/g7UcMH27ylA/s400/IMG_9011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411854614058527954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-3257882935904578408?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/3257882935904578408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=3257882935904578408' title='46 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/3257882935904578408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/3257882935904578408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/12/thriteen-lads-show-and-pictures.html' title='Thriteen lads show and pictures!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxqKJSwniuI/AAAAAAAABv8/t8WJa2KOAjs/s72-c/IMG_9033.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>46</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-6387939993912712968</id><published>2009-12-01T14:59:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-12-01T16:56:46.933Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mallard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common black-headed gull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whooper swan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Landscape'/><title type='text'>Hibernation</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Darkness and snow have now reached Iceland for, I guess, the next couples of months. Of course, after the 21st of December the days will get longer again, but will the snow stays?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Many of you are probably wondering how it is to live in such conditions and also to try to take nature pictures. I guess we are getting used to the weather condition over the winter and try to appreciate other moments and enjoyable events in the family...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is almost Christmas and a lot of traditions are starting over in Iceland. For example, traditionally people are decorating their houses with thousands of colorful lights to fight against the darkness, and we have beautiful lighted houses around our neighborhood that I will try to take pictures of.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Then we have the thirteen lads (Jólasvein) tradition and I think I'll do a post about them when time will come! So many Christmas markets are starting also all over the places. So basically, not too much time to worry and a lot of fun! Who said that only taking pictures was fun ;-) This is the time to enjoy family life and the privilege to have a family during this nice time of the year.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, for the moment, this message is just to show you how is the light in the middle of the day (2PM yesterday) and to show you, that yes, we do have snow. The light was so bad, that I did change some of the pictures in black and white to avoid the noise! (The next post will be with more sun light I promise ;-) ).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voilà, la pénombre et la neige ont maintenant englouti l'Islande pour les prochains mois. Biensûr, les jours vont rallonger dès le 21 décembre, mais la neige va t-elle rester?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beaucoup d'entre vous se demande probablement ce que cela fait de vivre dans de pareilles conditions et que l'on essaie aussi de prendre des photos de dame nature! Je pense que l'on s'habitue à ces moments plus froid et sombre, et que l'on essaie tout simplement d'apprécier les plaisirs de la vie de famille.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noel approche à grand pas, et de nombreuses activités et traditions font bientôt démarrer en Islande. Par exemple, tout le monde décore sa maison avec des guirlandes de noel très lumineuses, et c'est une tradition qui existait bien avant que nous n'arrivions en 2002! Nous avons de magnifiques maisons décorées dans notre voisinage et c'est un véritable spectacle de lumière tous les jours! J'essaierai de prendre des photos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et puis nous avons la tradition des "Jólasvein" et je ferai un message sur ceux-ci le temps venu ;-) Et puis, de nombreux marchés de noel vont ouvrir, et ce sera la fête. Donc pas beaucoup le temps de s'ennuyer, même si l'activité photographique est presque au point mort. Après tout il n'y a pas que la photo dans la vie, il est temps d'apprécier la vie de famille à sa juste valeur. Quelle période peut être meilleure que noel pour cela?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais pour le moment, ce petit message est en fait pour vous montrer ce que c'est que de vivre dans la pénombre, ou plutôt quasi pénombre la plupart du temps. Voilà des photos prises à 14h hier. Le bruit était tellement marqué sur certaines, que je les ai passées en noir et blanc (le prochain message sera plus lumineux, promis).&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A whooper swan&lt;/span&gt;/Un cygne chanteur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0PugevdI/AAAAAAAABvE/hvweTU6bQzU/s1600/IMG_9015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0PugevdI/AAAAAAAABvE/hvweTU6bQzU/s400/IMG_9015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287972142464466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A female eider&lt;/span&gt;/Une femelle eider à duvet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0P0NVy_I/AAAAAAAABvM/_BUMUp2uHpY/s1600/IMG_9023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0P0NVy_I/AAAAAAAABvM/_BUMUp2uHpY/s400/IMG_9023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287973672799218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A mallard&lt;/span&gt;/Un colvert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0QfabymI/AAAAAAAABvU/SYy6EHaVtGI/s1600/IMG_9026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0QfabymI/AAAAAAAABvU/SYy6EHaVtGI/s400/IMG_9026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287985270442594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A common black-headed gull&lt;/span&gt;/Une mouette rieuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0QgnOEyI/AAAAAAAABvc/tlJyixjrLm8/s1600/IMG_9027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0QgnOEyI/AAAAAAAABvc/tlJyixjrLm8/s400/IMG_9027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287985592505122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;And just to really show you the light conditions, some landscape&lt;/span&gt;/Et puis pour vous montrer les conditions, voici des paysages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU03u_S1WI/AAAAAAAABv0/gPV9-3n-n84/s1600/IMG_9029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU03u_S1WI/AAAAAAAABv0/gPV9-3n-n84/s400/IMG_9029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410288659466474850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU03DveazI/AAAAAAAABvs/DzjfCVtDA8s/s1600/IMG_9025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 169px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU03DveazI/AAAAAAAABvs/DzjfCVtDA8s/s400/IMG_9025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410288647857400626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU02y-9-3I/AAAAAAAABvk/JWIryBzcj7E/s1600/IMG_9024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 151px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU02y-9-3I/AAAAAAAABvk/JWIryBzcj7E/s400/IMG_9024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410288643358980978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-6387939993912712968?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/6387939993912712968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=6387939993912712968' title='61 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/6387939993912712968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/6387939993912712968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/12/hibernation.html' title='Hibernation'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxU0PugevdI/AAAAAAAABvE/hvweTU6bQzU/s72-c/IMG_9015.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>61</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-8974653769726238032</id><published>2009-11-27T17:10:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-11-27T17:31:22.963Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ringed plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rabbit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wheatear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common black-headed gull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mammals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Here we are!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Still in the darkness with 5 hours and a half of light, but the snow has returned today, just enough to cover the roads and the roof (with no more than 2-3cm). We might get more this week-end according to the forecast, but we will also get colder weather as they forecast temperatures around -14°C for next week. So guess what, with the darkness and cold weather, I still had to seek for unpublished pictures on my hard drive. So here are some that I still did not published.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encore dans le noir biensûr, avec à peu près 5h30 de lumière, mais la neige a fait son retour aujourd'hui, just assez pour recouvrir les routes et les toits (pas plus de 3cm). Nous devrions en avoir plus ce week end d'après la météo, qui nous indique également que les températures font atteindre -14°C la semaine prochaine!&lt;br /&gt;Donc devinez quoi, ben oui, j'ai encore fouillé mon disque dur et publie donc des photos que je n'avais pas encore traitées.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt, Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A common black-headed gull. I like the dark tone of this one&lt;/span&gt;/Une mouette rieuse. J'adore les tons de celle-ci.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAJxdFdq5I/AAAAAAAABuc/R0FW6JNquvA/s1600/IMG_5100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAJxdFdq5I/AAAAAAAABuc/R0FW6JNquvA/s400/IMG_5100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408833897697749906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;An artistic touch with golden plover&lt;/span&gt;/Une photo artistique de pluvier doré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAJxyzSMWI/AAAAAAAABus/zLfkmej43XM/s1600/IMG_8227.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAJxyzSMWI/AAAAAAAABus/zLfkmej43XM/s400/IMG_8227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408833903527080290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This is sometime what you can meet when picking up mushrooms. They are wild and have been released from captivity long ago. They survived the winters and have established large populations around Reykjavík&lt;/span&gt;/Voilà ce que vous pouvez rencontrer quand vous ramassez des champignons. Ils ont été relachés il y a de nombreuses années, et ont malheureusement resisté aux hivers pour établir une trop grande population autour de Reykjavík!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAJxoQnaDI/AAAAAAAABuk/TpMJrPUjVIU/s1600/IMG_6723.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAJxoQnaDI/AAAAAAAABuk/TpMJrPUjVIU/s400/IMG_6723.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408833900697315378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This one is for Abe. A nice northern weathear which came in "our garden!&lt;/span&gt;/ Celle-ci est pour Abe. Un beau traquet motteux est venu dans notre jardin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxALafg-glI/AAAAAAAABu0/dsJuoFg5SE8/s1600/IMG_8741.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxALafg-glI/AAAAAAAABu0/dsJuoFg5SE8/s400/IMG_8741.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408835702236283474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;It is cold and this ringed-plover did not want to wake up&lt;/span&gt;/Il fait froid et ce grand gravelot ne voulait pas se réveiller.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAMLFtTxzI/AAAAAAAABu8/KRYTF2Abq6g/s1600/IMG_8004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAMLFtTxzI/AAAAAAAABu8/KRYTF2Abq6g/s400/IMG_8004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408836537122277170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-8974653769726238032?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8974653769726238032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=8974653769726238032' title='54 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/8974653769726238032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/8974653769726238032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/11/here-we-are.html' title='Here we are!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SxAJxdFdq5I/AAAAAAAABuc/R0FW6JNquvA/s72-c/IMG_5100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>54</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-5225577335645033675</id><published>2009-11-21T20:44:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-11-22T09:36:38.583Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ringed plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Merganser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arctic tern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Funny attitudes of the year!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi guys,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Well, I guess I forgot what was winter over here in terms of photography activities. I've now been struggling for two weeks to get nice pictures and was unfortunately unsuccessful. I went out in nice weather condition, cold but with some light, but, of course, almost no birds were spotted and the few I spotted did not collaborate at all! Then,  I got the chance few times to get nice pictures of birds, but then the weather and light conditions were awful and I had to fight hard with the settings of the camera... In all, I press the button of the camera only 10 times in two weeks! I guess this is my record knowing that I'm almost reaching 9,000 pictures in a year!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So guess what, I had to go back to my hard disk to publish something today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Some few shots that I did not publish (fortunately) and like very much, mainly because of the attitudes of the birds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Je commence à me rendre compte que j'avais oublié ce qu'était l'hiver en terme de photographie nature en Islande. Cela fait maintenant deux semaines que je galère pour faire de belles photos, malheureusement sans succès. Je suis sorti quand la météo était assez bonne, il faisait froid mais la lumière était belle, et biensûr, je n'ai rencontré que très peu de nos amis à plumes. Et ce que j'ai rencontrés, n'ont évidemment pas collaboré du tout! J'ai aussi eu quelques possibilités de belles photos, mais là, les conditions lumineuses étaient lamentables et j'ai galérer dans les réglages de l'appareil pour ne finalement ramené que des flous superbes!!&lt;br /&gt;En tout, en une quinzaine de jours, j'ai du déclencher 10 fois, un record pour quelqu'un qui approche les 9000 photos prises cette année!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc, ben voilà, retour à la case disque dur et publications de photos de cette saison, que j'aime beaucoup (à cause des attitudes) mais n'ai pas encore pris le temps de poster (heureusement finalement).&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Merganser at Ulfarsa (it has been the blog banner for a while)&lt;/span&gt;/Un harle huppé à Ulfarsa (c'est la bannière du blog depuis un moment).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUR9rbboI/AAAAAAAABtk/a3FYsnr38Rw/s1600/IMG_5063.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUR9rbboI/AAAAAAAABtk/a3FYsnr38Rw/s400/IMG_5063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406664020249505410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A golden plover taken in the same area&lt;/span&gt;/Un pluvier doré pris au même endroit.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUSFuj4rI/AAAAAAAABt0/plFjD_coMVs/s1600/IMG_6817.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUSFuj4rI/AAAAAAAABt0/plFjD_coMVs/s400/IMG_6817.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406664022410126002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I love that one very much. It was taken on the beach downtown. I miss the arctic tern very much&lt;/span&gt;/Celle-là je l'aime beaucoup. Je l'ai prise sur la plage en ville. Les sternes arctique me manquent beaucoup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUR0tMBLI/AAAAAAAABts/siFl6MgWU6g/s1600/IMG_6784.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUR0tMBLI/AAAAAAAABts/siFl6MgWU6g/s400/IMG_6784.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406664017840964786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This ringed-plover was saving energy by using only one leg (he had two, I can confirm that)&lt;/span&gt;/Ce grand gravelot était un spécialiste d'économie d'énergie, il ne se tenait que sur un jambe (oui, oui il avait bien les deux)&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUSYr_dJI/AAAAAAAABt8/8zpypyqJ4nI/s1600/IMG_6920.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUSYr_dJI/AAAAAAAABt8/8zpypyqJ4nI/s400/IMG_6920.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406664027499623570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-5225577335645033675?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5225577335645033675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=5225577335645033675' title='51 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/5225577335645033675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/5225577335645033675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/11/funny-attitudes-of-year.html' title='Funny attitudes of the year!!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwhUR9rbboI/AAAAAAAABtk/a3FYsnr38Rw/s72-c/IMG_5063.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>51</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-4453839016786239067</id><published>2009-11-16T17:56:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-11-16T18:27:19.573Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mammals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Award and pictures of November</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGW8FHZm3I/AAAAAAAABs0/8I2JnVm7ilA/s1600/Friends+award.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGW8FHZm3I/AAAAAAAABs0/8I2JnVm7ilA/s400/Friends+award.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404766986730838898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Dear all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;First, I would like to thank Crista from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://nature-as-is.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nature as is&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;", who kindly pass "Chris photo nature" the friends award.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The rules of this award:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This award is bestowed onto blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;bloggers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Deliver this award to 6 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;bloggers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; who must choose 6 more and include this cleverly &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;written&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; text into the body of their award.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will pass this award to six blogs that I find exceedingly Charming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;-Nick S from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.saskbirder.com/"&gt;Saskatchewan birds, nature and photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;". Nick is an amazinlgy talented photographer who kindly makes us discover our "feathered friends" in his area. Truly a blog to visit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;-Frank from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://fabearlybirder.blogspot.com/"&gt;The early birder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;". Birding is one Frank's passion and his blog reflects that very much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;-Ian from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://quantumtiger.blogspot.com/"&gt;Quantum tiger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;". Ian involves a lot of time in nature pictures, but also in the publishing of his wonderful photo through his blog and many wonderful galleries.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Dale from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://alpinebirds.blogspot.com/"&gt;Discovering alpine birds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;". Dale is the king of disgiscopy, and one should really visit his blog to understand this peculiar wolrd of disgiscopy.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Philip from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.philibmonsite.com/"&gt;Liberté photographique&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;". Eyh, I know, Philip does not often publish bird pictures, but it is wonderful to see the wolrd through his eyes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;-Philippe from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://philippe.champon.over-blog.com/"&gt;Philippe Champon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;". Again another non-birder blog, but what a pleasure to see the incredible scenery and landscape, taken with an innovative eye.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Well I guess, I have to do it in French now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Tout d'abord je voudrai remercier Crista de &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://nature-as-is.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nature as is&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;, qui a donné une récompense à "Chris photo nature".&lt;br /&gt;Les règles de cette récompense sont les suivantes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elle est délivrée aux blogs qui sont "charmants", et ont pour objectif de trouver des affinités avec d'autres bloggers, ce que nous faisons presque tous. La motivation n'est en rien personnelle, et vise à mieux communiquer nos passions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il me faut maintenant passer cette récompense à 6 autres blogs qui feront de même.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici pour cette fois mes 6 choix:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Nick S de &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://www.saskbirder.com/"&gt;Saskatchewan birds, nature and photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;",  un&lt;/span&gt; photographe excellement talentueux qui nous fait découvrir les oiseaux de sa région avec un oeil particulier et un talent incontestable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Frank de &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://fabearlybirder.blogspot.com/"&gt;The early birder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;. Les oiseaux sont une des ses passions, et son blog transmet très bien celle-ci.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ian de "&lt;a href="http://quantumtiger.blogspot.com/"&gt;Quantum tiger&lt;/a&gt;". Ian investit énormément de temps dans la photo nature, et publie de nombreuses photos magnifique et plus belles les unes que les autres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Dale de "&lt;a href="http://alpinebirds.blogspot.com/"&gt;Discovering alpine birds&lt;/a&gt;". Dale est le roi de la disgiscopie et toute personne intéressée par ce sujet , se doit de visiter son blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Philip de "&lt;a href="http://www.philibmonsite.com/"&gt;Liberté photographique&lt;/a&gt;". Je sais, Philip publie très peu de photos d'oiseaux, mais son blog est un vrai régal pour les yeux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Philippe de "&lt;a href="http://philippe.champon.over-blog.com/"&gt;Philippe Champon&lt;/a&gt;". Encore un blog destiné aux paysages, mais quelle vue et quel régal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Well I guess I have to add some pictures at the end of this message. You know that we are almost in darkness and bad weather nowadays. But, when we have some nice days (and it happens), one of the advantage is that the sun is almost constantly following the horizon, and we do have wonderful lights. So no real worries about the subject, the light does everything you need for a nice pictures. Check it out...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aller va, je vais quand même mettre des photos. Vous savez qu'en ce moment, nous plongeons de plus en plus dans la pénombre et le mauvais temps. Mais quand nous avons du beau temps (si, si, cela arrive), l'un des avantages est que le soleil reste presque constamment à l'horizon et que les lumières peuvent être hallucinantes. Plus besoin de se soucier du sujet, la lumière fait tout... Vérifiez donc pas vous même..&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Pictures taken last week between 11Am and 4PM&lt;/span&gt;/Photos prises la semaine dernière entre 11h et 16h.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYPIpALlI/AAAAAAAABtU/xAXsz-lq4Hw/s1600/IMG_8879.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYPIpALlI/AAAAAAAABtU/xAXsz-lq4Hw/s400/IMG_8879.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404768413606227538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYPC1DA0I/AAAAAAAABtc/FdRgERgNsAI/s1600/IMG_8886.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYPC1DA0I/AAAAAAAABtc/FdRgERgNsAI/s400/IMG_8886.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404768412046132034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYOmy3EGI/AAAAAAAABtM/lO6sX64k3WU/s1600/IMG_8876.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYOmy3EGI/AAAAAAAABtM/lO6sX64k3WU/s400/IMG_8876.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404768404520767586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYODj3QJI/AAAAAAAABs8/0iVczZmzQC4/s1600/IMG_8861.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYODj3QJI/AAAAAAAABs8/0iVczZmzQC4/s400/IMG_8861.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404768395062624402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYOZKS6WI/AAAAAAAABtE/YXEUN0QbOkQ/s1600/IMG_8875.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGYOZKS6WI/AAAAAAAABtE/YXEUN0QbOkQ/s400/IMG_8875.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404768400860965218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-4453839016786239067?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4453839016786239067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=4453839016786239067' title='40 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/4453839016786239067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/4453839016786239067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/11/award-and-pictures-of-november.html' title='Award and pictures of November'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SwGW8FHZm3I/AAAAAAAABs0/8I2JnVm7ilA/s72-c/Friends+award.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>40</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-334350485781293152</id><published>2009-11-10T18:11:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-11-10T18:28:51.866Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mammals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Red squirrel'/><title type='text'>Mammals for once!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I'm slowing coming back to the net after having enjoyed life and partied for the fourth years birthday of our daughter. Well, thing is that I'm still not getting any new pictures. It is still dark and rainy, and I did go out for only two hours in the last 15 days. So today, I will present pictures that I've taken in France during our holidays. I targeted one of the cutest mammal which is relatively easy to observe and take pictures of, if we know where it is. This cute mammal is the red squirrel. I have got few nice shots of it in the different regions we stayed, and even some funny shots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Thank you very much for all your kind messages during my absence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Enjoy it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;PS: Guess what, I did it. This is probably the first message of this blog without any bird pictures!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Je reviens doucement sur le net et la blogosphère après avoir pu apprécier les évènements survenuse et les 4 ans de notre princesse. Mais je suis toujours au même point, toujours pas de nouvelles photos, tout simplement parce qu'il fait noir et pleut toujours. Je ne suis sorti que deux heures en 15 jours pour très peu de réussite. Donc, me revoilà à fouiller dans mon disque dur et à vous présenter des photos prises en France cet été. J'avais la ferme intention de prendre des photos d'écureuils pendant les vacances, ce qui est relativement facile à faire si on ne fait pas de bruit, et que l'on sait où il se cache. J'ai pu prendre des photos de ce bolide timide dans toutes les régions que nous avons visitées, et même certaines assez marrantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merci  tous pour votre fidélité pendant mon absence.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Vous savez quoi, c'est le premier message de ce blog sans photo d'oiseaux!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmvM3PBvhI/AAAAAAAABsU/h_KicYagNb8/s1600-h/IMG_7752.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmvM3PBvhI/AAAAAAAABsU/h_KicYagNb8/s400/IMG_7752.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402541863527890450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmvNLg1TFI/AAAAAAAABsc/kDC3MTDbyqA/s1600-h/IMG_7753.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmvNLg1TFI/AAAAAAAABsc/kDC3MTDbyqA/s400/IMG_7753.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402541868971281490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmwMsitdlI/AAAAAAAABss/Rapu1T6xgAs/s1600-h/IMG_7820.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmwMsitdlI/AAAAAAAABss/Rapu1T6xgAs/s400/IMG_7820.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402542960169285202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmvNYwNlvI/AAAAAAAABsk/XnhQQ7F0XAk/s1600-h/IMG_7761.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmvNYwNlvI/AAAAAAAABsk/XnhQQ7F0XAk/s400/IMG_7761.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402541872525448946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-334350485781293152?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/334350485781293152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=334350485781293152' title='55 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/334350485781293152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/334350485781293152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/11/mammals-for-once.html' title='Mammals for once!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvmvM3PBvhI/AAAAAAAABsU/h_KicYagNb8/s72-c/IMG_7752.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>55</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-3642168026071997708</id><published>2009-11-04T18:12:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-11-04T18:46:45.577Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ringed plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meadow pipit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ring-necked duck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Merganser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Bird at Ulfarsa.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Ulfarsa is a river that I've started to visit this year, and I was surprised by the bird life surrounding it. I was able to see the ring-necked duck there several time (remember that it is a rare species over here), and many other birds such as the golden and ringed plovers, the meadow pipit, the tufted duck, the scaup, the mallard, the red-necked phalarope, the arctic tern and the merganser. I love to go there in the evening because the light is wonderfully orange with the sunset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So today, I will publish a set of pictures I took there as I did not get too much time to go out this week. This is a pity as today and Sunday, the light was wonderful and bright. So here is a selection of pictures taken at Ulfarsa (which is the point 4 in the map I've already published) which is 5 minutes away from home by car.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope I will have some time to visit your blogs at the end of next week end, but for now I'm going to invest more time in life ;-)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Enjoy the pictures,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui, je vous présente Ulfarsa, une rivière que j'ai découvert cette année, et j'avoue que j'ai été surpris par le nombre d'espèces que j'ai pu y voir. Rappelez-vous, j'ai pu y observe le fuligule à bec cerclé, espèce assez rare en Islande, mais également beaucoup d'autres espèces telles que le pluvier doré, le grand gravelot, le pipit farlouse, les fuligules morillon et milouinan, les colverts, la phalarope à bec étroit, la sterne arctique et le harle huppé. J'adore cet endroit le soir, car la lumière y est d'un somptueux orange quand le soleil se couche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc aujourd'hui, je publie une série de photos prises là-bas (point 4 sur la carte déjà publiée) car je ne suis pas trop sorti cette semaine. Dommage, car la lumière était très belle dimanche et aujourd'hui. La vie nous entraîne parfois sur des chemins éloignés de la photo ;-) Donc voici une sélection de photos prise à, à peine 5 minutes de la maison en voiture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère que j'aurai le temps de visiter vos blogs d'ici à la fin de la semaine, mais pour l'instant je profite des évènements de notre vie de famille.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Golden plover&lt;/span&gt;/Pluvier doré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHHlVtwy7I/AAAAAAAABrU/4xsWjSBKaAU/s1600-h/IMG_4621.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHHlVtwy7I/AAAAAAAABrU/4xsWjSBKaAU/s400/IMG_4621.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400316872492108722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHI8FhlRtI/AAAAAAAABrk/qcfcRaOnsKM/s1600-h/IMG_4954.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHI8FhlRtI/AAAAAAAABrk/qcfcRaOnsKM/s400/IMG_4954.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400318362794673874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Meadow pipit&lt;/span&gt;/Pipit farlouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHHlr6f3sI/AAAAAAAABrc/qNJO31BJUGs/s1600-h/IMG_4615.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHHlr6f3sI/AAAAAAAABrc/qNJO31BJUGs/s400/IMG_4615.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400316878451105474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Ring-necked duck&lt;/span&gt;/Fuligule à bec cerclé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHI8oCLc1I/AAAAAAAABr0/c7KBp7o90Go/s1600-h/IMG_5079.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHI8oCLc1I/AAAAAAAABr0/c7KBp7o90Go/s400/IMG_5079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400318372058198866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Merganser&lt;/span&gt;/Harle huppé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHI8VxcCxI/AAAAAAAABrs/g1jClaTrb2A/s1600-h/IMG_5069.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHI8VxcCxI/AAAAAAAABrs/g1jClaTrb2A/s400/IMG_5069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400318367156144914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHK3QLtyQI/AAAAAAAABr8/flESdG6S_HE/s1600-h/IMG_6423-ni.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHK3QLtyQI/AAAAAAAABr8/flESdG6S_HE/s400/IMG_6423-ni.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400320478779656450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Tufted duck&lt;/span&gt;/Fuligule morillon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHK3plWe8I/AAAAAAAABsE/LQEQtcTx4rM/s1600-h/IMG_6415-NI.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHK3plWe8I/AAAAAAAABsE/LQEQtcTx4rM/s400/IMG_6415-NI.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400320485598067650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Ringed plover&lt;/span&gt;/Grand gravelot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHLyP371SI/AAAAAAAABsM/dFULejeTB1Y/s1600-h/IMG_6380.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHLyP371SI/AAAAAAAABsM/dFULejeTB1Y/s400/IMG_6380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400321492308972834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-3642168026071997708?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/3642168026071997708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=3642168026071997708' title='58 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/3642168026071997708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/3642168026071997708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/11/bird-at-ulfarsa.html' title='Bird at Ulfarsa.'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SvHHlVtwy7I/AAAAAAAABrU/4xsWjSBKaAU/s72-c/IMG_4621.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>58</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-1522402964929682176</id><published>2009-10-29T18:23:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-10-29T20:46:14.585Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common wren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Pictures of the day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I did not use this title for month I think. You, faithful readers, know that we are now entering a dark period over here (I'm not speaking about the crisis but about the light ;-)). It is gonna be harder and harder to get nice pictures of birds. I will have to fight with aperture, ISO, shutter speed, and will most of the time come back with non-focused pictures. So rare is gonna be the event of getting a nice picture, that, whatever I will start publishing (like the series on my observation sites I started), will be interrupted as soon as I will have new pictures....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So today, I manage to get some shots while I was walking for half an hour around some gardens where we know that bohemian waxings are very often during winter. The reason for the walk was that the first bohemian have been spotted in the Westmann Islands and in the North of Iceland.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Now, you all believe that I got species number 94 (for the year) and got nice shots of Bohemian waxings... Well sorry my fellow readers, no, you misunderstood the message ;-) They were simply not there.. Next time maybe!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;But a lot of common wrens were around and I got some nice shots, so here there are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Je pense que je n'ai pas utilisé ce titre depuis des mois maintenant! Toi, cher lecteur, tu sais bien qu'en Islande nous rentrons maintenant dans une période noire (je ne veux pas parler de la crise, mais bien de la lumière). Cela va être de plus en plus difficile de prendre des photos d'oiseaux. Je vais devoir me battre avec les ISO, l'ouverture, la vitesse d'obturation, et vais revenir la plupart du temps avec des photos floues! Ramener une photo parfaite à la maison va tellement être rare, que lorsque cela va arriver, je les publierai de suite, et ce quelque soit la série commencée (comme celles de mes sites d'observations que j'interromps donc).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui, je suis parti une demi heure, pour essayer de voir si les jaseurs boréaux étaient enfin arrivés en ville. Ils ont été observées sur les Iles Westmann et au nord du pays. Je suis donc allé visité quelques jardins où nous savons qu'il est possible de les observer en hiver. J'ai réussi à faire de belles photos, d'où ce message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Là, tout de suite, maintenant, tu te dis, cher lecteur, que j'ai enfin observé l'espèce numéro 94 et que je vais te montrer des photos de jaseur boréal. Et bien sache mon ami(e) que tu te trompes. Je n'ai pas vu l'ombre d'un jaseur. En revanche, j'ai vu de nombreux troglodytes, dont voici les portraits.&lt;br /&gt;Amitiés,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Common wren&lt;/span&gt;/Troglodyte mignon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This one posed nicely&lt;/span&gt;/Celui-ci a pris la pose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9CiN6mJI/AAAAAAAABq0/YxU9Oan-Row/s1600-h/IMG_8849.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9CiN6mJI/AAAAAAAABq0/YxU9Oan-Row/s400/IMG_8849.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398123848366987410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;...and started to dance&lt;/span&gt;/...et a commencé à danser.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9CpRJrUI/AAAAAAAABq8/LwNyUR8-ClM/s1600-h/IMG_8848.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9CpRJrUI/AAAAAAAABq8/LwNyUR8-ClM/s400/IMG_8848.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398123850259606850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;...did strange things to get me impressed&lt;/span&gt;/...s'est mis à faire des trucs bizarres pour m'impressionner.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9C-SINdI/AAAAAAAABrE/PH0sQB2xINM/s1600-h/IMG_8847.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9C-SINdI/AAAAAAAABrE/PH0sQB2xINM/s400/IMG_8847.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398123855900849618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;And then left me when he realized I was not impressed and that I was just taking pictures&lt;/span&gt;/Et puis m'a quitté quand il a réalisé que je n'étais pas du tout impressionner et ne faisait que prendre des photos.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9DM977HI/AAAAAAAABrM/e6_jkfz9QaU/s1600-h/IMG_8843.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9DM977HI/AAAAAAAABrM/e6_jkfz9QaU/s400/IMG_8843.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398123859842690162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Bye bye little wren and thanks for the fun&lt;/span&gt;/Salut petit troglodyte et merci pour le moment détente.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-1522402964929682176?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1522402964929682176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=1522402964929682176' title='62 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/1522402964929682176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/1522402964929682176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/pictures-of-day.html' title='Pictures of the day!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sun9CiN6mJI/AAAAAAAABq0/YxU9Oan-Row/s72-c/IMG_8849.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>62</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-5181999792841428371</id><published>2009-10-24T20:23:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-10-24T21:07:51.285Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Redpoll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='European robin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common wren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Common wren and redpolls in....Gufunes</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Before talking about this "photo contest", I started presenting my birding places and the bird we could see there. Today, I decided to show you pictures of birds I have taken this morning in the fjord of Grafavogur which is 5 minutes from home by car (on the previous published map, this is number 3). The main reason for that is that I've finally been able to get my camera out of its bag today, after more than a week of nasty weather. So I decided to go to this place this morning because I observed European robins there on Sunday and Tuesday (you know the 93rd species)... I wanted to get shots of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I went there a bit before 10AM, which was a bit before the wakening of nature... The first sun rays were just showing up on the area. It went crazy after five minutes and I had never seen such an amount of small birds in the area. Maybe I should visit this spot more often. It is a nice place for passerine birds because it is composed of mixted forest and a lot of open fields.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I finally managed to spend two hours there, because at one point I was surrounded (and when I say surrounded, I counted 12 in the same pine tree) by Common wrens. Now, you know how hard it is to get a nice shot of it, especially in Iceland, because it never go out of the tree. It never goes to the open branches, and moves very fast. So it took me more than half an hour to get one descent shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Avant l'interruption "Concours photo", je vous présentais mes aires d'observations et les osieaux que nous pouvions y voir. Aujourd'hui, j'ai donc décidé de vous présenter les oiseaux que l'on rencontre au fjord de Grafavogur, qui est à 5 minutes de voitures de la maison (c'est le point 3 sur la carte que j'ai déjà publiée). L'une des raisons principales est en fait que, finalement, après une semaine de mauvais temps, j'ai enfin pu sortir mon appareil de son étui ce matin. Je suis donc allé à cet endroit, car j'y avais vu des rouges-gorges dimanche et mardi (vous savez la 93ème espèce). Je voulais arriver à prendre des photos de ces deux invités!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis donc allé là-bas un peu avant 10h, c'est à dire avant que les premiers rayons de soleil ne commencent à réchauffer la zone.... Et après 5 minutes, je ne savais plus où donner des yeux, car je n'avais jamais vu autant de passereaux là-bas. Peut être que je ne visite pas assez ce point. C'est un endroit propice à la rencontre de passereaux, car il y a beaucoup de baies, de terrains vagues et de morceaux de forêts mixtes (pins-feuillus).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai finalement passé deux heures là-bas, parce qu'à un moment donné, j'étais entouré (quand je dit entouré, j'en ai compter jusqu'à 12 dans le même pin!) par des troglodytes mignons. Il est très difficile de faire de belles photos de cet oiseau, particulièrement en Islande, car il ne sort jamais des arbres et ne se positionne jamais sur des branches assez dégarnies pour autoriser une belle prise. De plus il bouge beaucoup!! Cela m'a pris une demi heure de faire une belle photo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Common wren&lt;/span&gt;/Troglodyte mignon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;(This is the one I like&lt;/span&gt;/C'est celle-là que j'aime bien)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNn7rzR7NI/AAAAAAAABpk/MdKVxX0IrSE/s1600-h/IMG_8810.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNn7rzR7NI/AAAAAAAABpk/MdKVxX0IrSE/s400/IMG_8810.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396271053587737810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;By watching the two next shots, you will know now what I meant by "difficult to get a nice shot" (without branches in the middle).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juste pour vous montrer ce que je voulais dire par "difficile à prendre en photo", car il y a toujours des branches qui traînent!!, regardez donc les deux suivantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNn700sx8I/AAAAAAAABps/wZvB3TkbAf8/s1600-h/IMG_8806.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNn700sx8I/AAAAAAAABps/wZvB3TkbAf8/s400/IMG_8806.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396271056009611202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNn8NOYjoI/AAAAAAAABp0/dKHCnI4n_Q8/s1600-h/IMG_8809.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNn8NOYjoI/AAAAAAAABp0/dKHCnI4n_Q8/s400/IMG_8809.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396271062559788674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;There were also a lot of redpolls and I got a lot of fun with them. Here is a small set of pictures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai également vu de nombreux sizerins flammés, et me suis régalé avec eux. Voici quelques images.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpG4OU9QI/AAAAAAAABp8/varXdiwEhrQ/s1600-h/IMG_8801.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpG4OU9QI/AAAAAAAABp8/varXdiwEhrQ/s400/IMG_8801.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396272345412596994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpGy_Q1-I/AAAAAAAABqE/jH9wCNiEz7w/s1600-h/IMG_8797.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpGy_Q1-I/AAAAAAAABqE/jH9wCNiEz7w/s400/IMG_8797.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396272344007235554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpHW-o9CI/AAAAAAAABqU/xJLGh9uuWMU/s1600-h/IMG_8782.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpHW-o9CI/AAAAAAAABqU/xJLGh9uuWMU/s400/IMG_8782.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396272353668297762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpHMcjy2I/AAAAAAAABqM/nVTActeaXEU/s1600-h/IMG_8781.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNpHMcjy2I/AAAAAAAABqM/nVTActeaXEU/s400/IMG_8781.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396272350840998754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;And finally I saw one of the robin again, but it is, for the moment, fairly hard to get close for a nice picture. It has been there for almost a week now. I'll get him :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalement, j'ai revu un des rouges-gorges, mais j'ai pour l'instant du mal à m'en approcher. Cela fait une semaine qu'il est là. Je vais bien réussir à faire une meilleure photo que celle-là.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNp5VnkIvI/AAAAAAAABqc/WolJ28qwcWg/s1600-h/IMG_8802.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNp5VnkIvI/AAAAAAAABqc/WolJ28qwcWg/s400/IMG_8802.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396273212296536818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Tomorrow, we should also have a nice day. I'll try again to get him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demain, nous devrions avoir du soleil... Je vais de nouveau aller lui rendre visite.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-5181999792841428371?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5181999792841428371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=5181999792841428371' title='67 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/5181999792841428371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/5181999792841428371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/common-wren-and-redpolls-ingufunes.html' title='Common wren and redpolls in....Gufunes'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SuNn7rzR7NI/AAAAAAAABpk/MdKVxX0IrSE/s72-c/IMG_8810.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>67</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-352695201833324490</id><published>2009-10-21T14:43:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-10-21T21:18:51.508Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photo contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Nature photo competition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.festimages-nature.org/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 86px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8eLEcVJZI/AAAAAAAABoc/itIOuXPpcus/s400/festimage+nature4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395064054133106066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.festimages-nature.org/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 31px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8eKqUP52I/AAAAAAAABoU/wuUGgZMAt9U/s400/s_poweredby.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395064047119886178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Dear all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I guess you might have some problems with the following message, but this is just to tell you that I've entered a photo competition which called "Festimages Nature" and which is now open for public vote through the following website: http://www.festimages-nature.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;My pictures were taken in the category "Oiseaux Festimages nature amateur" and are placed at position 46 to 52.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;If you like what I'm doing you can maybe take the time to register on the website and vote for my pictures if you would like. You can also vote for other pictures and in many other categories. You have then to register by clicking the "Inscrivez-vous maintenant!" link on the left bar of the website, then login... Then click on "Concours photo" (left bar) and one the different categories, and then on the pictures you would like to vote for. Here are the shots I presented.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Ce message est juste pour vous dire que j'ai soumis des photos au concours "Festimages Nature" et qui est ouvert au vote du public par le site internet suivant: http://www.festimages-nature.org/&lt;br /&gt;Mes photos sont classées dans la catégorie "Oiseaux Festimages nature amateur" et sont en position 46-52.&lt;br /&gt;Si vous appréciez ce que je fais sur ce blog, vous pouvez eut être prendre le temps de vous inscrire sur le site et de voter pour l'une de mes photos ;-) Ceci dit vous pouvez aussi voter pour quelqu'un d'autre, et également dans d'autres catégories. Vous devez pour cela vous enregistrer sur le site à l'aide du bouton "Inscrivez-vous maintenant!" en haut à gauche dans la barre de menu et puis voter dans les catégories en recherchant les photos dans le menu "Concours photo" à gauche, après vous être connecté à l'aide du bouton login en haut à gauche. Pour voter il vous faut cliquer sur la photo elle même, et ensuite cliquer sur les petites étoiles.&lt;br /&gt;Voici les photos que j'ai présentées.&lt;br /&gt;Amitiés,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8geEmeCZI/AAAAAAAABok/CiJKkKwYPf4/s1600-h/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8geEmeCZI/AAAAAAAABok/CiJKkKwYPf4/s400/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395066579616401810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8ged6ItFI/AAAAAAAABos/m6OODwN98Ak/s1600-h/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8ged6ItFI/AAAAAAAABos/m6OODwN98Ak/s400/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395066586409776210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8geszdwAI/AAAAAAAABo0/kkUw2v4orpo/s1600-h/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8geszdwAI/AAAAAAAABo0/kkUw2v4orpo/s400/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395066590408327170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8ge0d6nxI/AAAAAAAABo8/HgSyox7SaTM/s1600-h/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8ge0d6nxI/AAAAAAAABo8/HgSyox7SaTM/s400/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395066592465428242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8ge5kwzhI/AAAAAAAABpE/oOx0Ans66Vs/s1600-h/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8ge5kwzhI/AAAAAAAABpE/oOx0Ans66Vs/s400/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395066593836322322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8gtrzTGvI/AAAAAAAABpM/5Y4PgqJvOpM/s1600-h/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8gtrzTGvI/AAAAAAAABpM/5Y4PgqJvOpM/s400/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395066847837231858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8gt8RnbkI/AAAAAAAABpU/M-gggpxSQsk/s1600-h/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8gt8RnbkI/AAAAAAAABpU/M-gggpxSQsk/s400/Eam-O-Pampoulie-Christophe-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395066852259360322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-352695201833324490?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/352695201833324490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=352695201833324490' title='56 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/352695201833324490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/352695201833324490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/nature-photo-competition.html' title='Nature photo competition'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/St8eLEcVJZI/AAAAAAAABoc/itIOuXPpcus/s72-c/festimage+nature4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>56</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-2498032240580811327</id><published>2009-10-18T18:20:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-10-18T21:47:37.588Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='white wagtail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Red knot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Northern Diver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dunlin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanderlings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turnstone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greylag goose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eider'/><title type='text'>Eisðvík beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Before going further with my birding place, I want to give you a summary of my birding day. Despite a terrible rainy day, I managed to go out a bit, mainly in our neighborhood. I managed to see two rare species, a common crossbill (never seen in this area) which I had seen already in late April, and while looking for it, two European robins just landed few meters in front of me, just the time to show up. Anyway, this is species number 93! I'll go back there to see them again and try to get nice shots of them. I got the crossbill but the weather was so bad that the shots are not nice at all!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Going back to the birding place, I'll present today the beach which is at a 5 minutes drive from home (point 2 on the map of the previous message) and is called Eiðsvík (well pictures of birds I've taken there). I have done some of my best pictures there for the year and saw many things there. I love this place because it is a nice place to do pictures of the waders.&lt;br /&gt;Here it comes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Avant de continuer à présenter mes aires d'observations, un petit résumé de la journée. Malgré le mauvais temps, je suis quand même aller me promener, essentiellement à Grafavogur autour de la maison. J'ai pu voir deux espèeces rares, le bec croisé des sapins (rare et jamais vu en ville) que j'avais déjà vu cette année, et lorsque je le cherchais, deux rouge-gorges se sont posés juste devant moi histoire de se montrer. Pas eu le temps de faire de photos. Ca reste quand même la 93ème espèce vue cette année en Islande et j'y retournerai, car ils ont tendance à rester là ou on les voit en hiver.&lt;br /&gt;De retour à mes aires d'observations, je vous présente aujourd'hui la plage d'Eiðsvík (ou plutôt des photos d'oiseaux faites là) qui est à 5 minutes en bas de la maison (point 2 sur la carte du précédent message). Je pense avoir pris quelques unes de mes meilleures photos là-bas et y ai vu pas mal d'espèces. J'adore cette plage car il y a beaucoup de bécasseaux.&lt;br /&gt;Amitiés, Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"&gt;Dunlin&lt;/span&gt;/Bécasseau variable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttgN81KpII/AAAAAAAABoE/8xTHzO2JJyg/s1600-h/IMG_4986.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttgN81KpII/AAAAAAAABoE/8xTHzO2JJyg/s400/IMG_4986.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394010771489989762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttfqPO3A0I/AAAAAAAABn8/rLixLfDJ6xo/s1600-h/IMG_7108.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttfqPO3A0I/AAAAAAAABn8/rLixLfDJ6xo/s400/IMG_7108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394010157954302786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Sanderling&lt;/span&gt;/Bécasseau sanderling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sttd-LQ1xII/AAAAAAAABnk/oLWwe-aNSo0/s1600-h/IMG_5128.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sttd-LQ1xII/AAAAAAAABnk/oLWwe-aNSo0/s400/IMG_5128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394008301462996098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Red knot&lt;/span&gt;/Bécasseau maubéche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sttd98_IizI/AAAAAAAABnc/OikKBKWGRA0/s1600-h/IMG_5167.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sttd98_IizI/AAAAAAAABnc/OikKBKWGRA0/s400/IMG_5167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394008297630632754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Turstone&lt;/span&gt;/Tournepierre à collier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttgOEo1uOI/AAAAAAAABoM/p8gzZmSHDBk/s1600-h/IMG_4979.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttgOEo1uOI/AAAAAAAABoM/p8gzZmSHDBk/s400/IMG_4979.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394010773585770722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A common eider&lt;/span&gt;/L'eider à duvet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sttdp6DSzmI/AAAAAAAABnM/3hKJkcrb-uA/s1600-h/IMG_4646.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sttdp6DSzmI/AAAAAAAABnM/3hKJkcrb-uA/s400/IMG_4646.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394007953245392482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A greylag goose&lt;/span&gt;/Une oie cendrée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttdqIROfmI/AAAAAAAABnU/lW6t7te6rBY/s1600-h/IMG_4648.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttdqIROfmI/AAAAAAAABnU/lW6t7te6rBY/s400/IMG_4648.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394007957061926498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A great northern diver&lt;/span&gt;/Un plongeon imbrin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttfpdQpP8I/AAAAAAAABn0/INy5bv5QM0o/s1600-h/IMG_6846.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttfpdQpP8I/AAAAAAAABn0/INy5bv5QM0o/s400/IMG_6846.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394010144540016578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A white wagtail&lt;/span&gt;/Une bergeronnette grise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttfpJR2vQI/AAAAAAAABns/jou_11Pm0-w/s1600-h/IMG_5363.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttfpJR2vQI/AAAAAAAABns/jou_11Pm0-w/s400/IMG_5363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394010139176385794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-2498032240580811327?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2498032240580811327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=2498032240580811327' title='45 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/2498032240580811327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/2498032240580811327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/eisvik-beach.html' title='Eisðvík beach'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SttgN81KpII/AAAAAAAABoE/8xTHzO2JJyg/s72-c/IMG_4986.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>45</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-9147125568602875236</id><published>2009-10-14T18:34:00.021Z</published><updated>2009-10-14T21:12:31.848Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Glaucous gull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grey phalarope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Long-tailed duck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common black-headed gull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arctic tern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ring-billed gull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Purple sandpiper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garganey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greylag goose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turnstone'/><title type='text'>Birding places and presentation of Bakkatjörn.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This is the time of the year during which "nature photography" is reduced to a minimal because of the weather and of the hours of light which are decreasing quickly. Nowadays, it is getting darker after work hours and I'm not gonna be able to go out in the evening anymore, only during the week-end. So, it is time for me to start treating the left-over pictures, sort them out and so on. It is also time to sum-up the photo activity of the year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I've decided to start the sum-up like this:&lt;br /&gt;I've been posting on this blog for over a year and realized I've never shown you the location of my birding areas. There are all located around Reykjavík. Of course, I also very often go outside Reykjavík to get nice birds pictures, but at least 80% of them come from this area. Nature is at the door of the City.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So here is a map of the city where my birding areas are indicated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Voilà, ici, nous rentrons dans la période de l'année durant laquelle la "photographie nature" va être réduite à son minimum en raison du mauvais temps, mais surtout à cause de la luminosité qui ne cesse de décroitre. En ce moment, il fait de plus en plus sombre le soir, et je ne pourrai bientôt plus sortir faire des photos après le travail. Ce ne sera possible que durant le week-end. Donc je rentre dans la période résumé de l'année, tri et post-traitement des images laissées de côté.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai décidé de commencer le résumé ainsi:&lt;br /&gt;Cela fait un peu plus d'un an que je publie mes photos sur mon blog et je réalise que je ne vous ai jamais montrer où se trouvent mes sites d'observation priviligiés. Ils sont tous autour de Reykjavík, et même s'il m'arrive de partir en dehors de la ville pour faire des photos d'oiseaux, 80% d'entre elles proviennent de cette aire d'observation. La nature est au porte de la ville.&lt;br /&gt;Voici donc une carte de la ville et de mes aires d'observation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYafoujjII/AAAAAAAABk8/uL4qCjooc48/s1600-h/Online+map+Reykjavik,+Icela...+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYafoujjII/AAAAAAAABk8/uL4qCjooc48/s400/Online+map+Reykjavik,+Icela...+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392526734633700482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Each number indicates the following location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;1) home sweet home,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;2) the beach really close by (the one I go very often),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;3) Grafavogur fjord, one of the area I visit often in winter,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;4) Ulfarsá river where I found the rare ring-necked duck this summer,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;5) Elliðavatn, where I go to observe the great northern diver (the nice pink shots come from here),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;6) Bakkatjörn (you know this one well too, this is the lake where I took shots of the least sandpiper),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;7) Fossvogur area which is very good for passerine birds,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;8) Elliðaár river, where I observed harlequin ducks this spring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chaque nombre indique un lieu particulier:&lt;br /&gt;1) notre nid douillet,&lt;br /&gt;2) la plage en bas de la maison que je visite souvent,&lt;br /&gt;3) le fjord de Grafavogur que je visite souvent en hiver,&lt;br /&gt;4) la rivière Ulfarsá où j'ai trouvé le fuligule à bec cerclé ce printemps,&lt;br /&gt;5) le lac Elliðavatn sur lequel je surveille le plongeon imbrin (les belles photos sur fond rose ont été prises sur ce lac),&lt;br /&gt;6) Bakkatjörn, que vous connaissez car j'y ai pris des photos de bécasseau minusucle il y a quelques jours,&lt;br /&gt;7) Fossvogur que je visite souvent pour les petits oiseaux,&lt;br /&gt;8) la rivière Elliðaár sur laquelle je vois régulièrement des arlequins plongeurs comme ce printemps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Today I decided to summarize my observation done at Bakkatjörn (6) by presenting some of the pictures done there. I love this area mainly because you can see a lot of common species, but also a lot of rare species, just like we did after the big storm of last week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui, j'ai décidé de résumer mes observations faites à Bakkatjörn (6), en vous présentant quelques photos prises sur les lieux. J'aime beaucoup ce lac, car on y voit beaucoup d'espèces communes, mais aussi beaucoup d'espèces rares, comme ce fût le cas après la tempête de la semaine dernière.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I hope you enjoy the tour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère que vous aimerez la visite.&lt;br /&gt;Amitiés,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A greylag goose seen the 27th of April&lt;/span&gt;/Oie cendrée vue le 27 avril.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYfDPzm_eI/AAAAAAAABlM/vAbzQeJSfuA/s1600-h/IMG_4538.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYfDPzm_eI/AAAAAAAABlM/vAbzQeJSfuA/s400/IMG_4538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392531744465812962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Arctic terns seen the 14th of May&lt;/span&gt;/Sternes arctiques vues le 14 mai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYpE8Yc9PI/AAAAAAAABlc/A9jSHuxgWos/s1600-h/IMG_4808.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYpE8Yc9PI/AAAAAAAABlc/A9jSHuxgWos/s400/IMG_4808.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392542768727651570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A garganey (rare species, less than 70 sightings) seen the same day&lt;/span&gt;/Une sarcelle d'été (espèce rare, moins de 70 observations) vue le même jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYpEGUaphI/AAAAAAAABlU/5ZlEfuxVwdY/s1600-h/IMG_4824.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYpEGUaphI/AAAAAAAABlU/5ZlEfuxVwdY/s400/IMG_4824.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392542754215208466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;A common black-headed gull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; seen the same day&lt;/span&gt;/Une mouette rieuse vue le même jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYpFWgUW0I/AAAAAAAABlk/7LWZYVRQkSo/s1600-h/IMG_4850.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYpFWgUW0I/AAAAAAAABlk/7LWZYVRQkSo/s400/IMG_4850.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392542775739964226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A ring-billed gull (rare species, around 80 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;sightings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;) seen the 26th of June&lt;/span&gt;/Un goéland à bec cerclé (espèce rare, environ 80 observations) vu le 26 juin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYqTKoUo7I/AAAAAAAABls/-nvxhHPwHIg/s1600-h/IMG_5508.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYqTKoUo7I/AAAAAAAABls/-nvxhHPwHIg/s400/IMG_5508.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392544112582108082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A juvenile glaucous gull seen the same day&lt;/span&gt;/Un jeune goéland bourgmestre vu le même jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYqTeXr5sI/AAAAAAAABl0/kMzJucJMkLY/s1600-h/IMG_5493.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYqTeXr5sI/AAAAAAAABl0/kMzJucJMkLY/s400/IMG_5493.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392544117881038530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Mallard family seen the 10th of July&lt;/span&gt;/Une famille colvert vue le 10 juillet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYrDzxCT2I/AAAAAAAABl8/hleYeII9K58/s1600-h/IMG_6786.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYrDzxCT2I/AAAAAAAABl8/hleYeII9K58/s400/IMG_6786.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392544948258230114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Eurasian common teals seen the 28th of September&lt;/span&gt;/Sarcelles d'hiver vues le 28 septembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYrmUbhCtI/AAAAAAAABmE/ilyebLyz3cc/s1600-h/IMG_8213.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYrmUbhCtI/AAAAAAAABmE/ilyebLyz3cc/s400/IMG_8213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392545541141891794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A common snipe seen the 6th of October&lt;/span&gt;/Une bécassine des marais vue le 6 octobre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYsR1D0QtI/AAAAAAAABmM/M-g1HcKgLNw/s1600-h/IMG_8435.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYsR1D0QtI/AAAAAAAABmM/M-g1HcKgLNw/s400/IMG_8435.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392546288635232978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A grey phalarope (rare species, 190 breeding individuals in Iceland) seen the 7th of October&lt;/span&gt;/Une phalarope à bec large (espèce rare, 190 nicheurs en Islande) vue le 7 octobre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYs97MW0tI/AAAAAAAABmU/Pbhuy4VIYvY/s1600-h/IMG_8604.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYs97MW0tI/AAAAAAAABmU/Pbhuy4VIYvY/s400/IMG_8604.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392547046195909330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Long-tailed duck seen the same day&lt;/span&gt;/Harelde boréale vu le même jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYs-M8k4QI/AAAAAAAABmc/HAgi_hVt62k/s1600-h/IMG_8600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYs-M8k4QI/AAAAAAAABmc/HAgi_hVt62k/s400/IMG_8600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392547050961559810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A least sandpiper (only 4 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;sightings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;) seen the 11th of October&lt;/span&gt;/Un bécasseau minuscule (le 4ème observé) vu le 11 octobre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuHZO2zpI/AAAAAAAABm0/J330LxAn52k/s1600-h/IMG_8664.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuHZO2zpI/AAAAAAAABm0/J330LxAn52k/s400/IMG_8664.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392548308389908114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuG1b71YI/AAAAAAAABms/XjEH6u7T5T8/s1600-h/IMG_8665.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuG1b71YI/AAAAAAAABms/XjEH6u7T5T8/s400/IMG_8665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392548298781087106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A white-rumped sandpiper (rare species too, less than 70 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;sightings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;) seen the same day&lt;/span&gt;/Un bécasseau bonaparte (rare espèce aussi, moins de 70 observations) vu le même jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuHhH2LWI/AAAAAAAABm8/JgTdaMBg8tE/s1600-h/IMG_8671.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuHhH2LWI/AAAAAAAABm8/JgTdaMBg8tE/s400/IMG_8671.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392548310507990370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A diner with a turnstone (right) and a purple sandpiper (left)&lt;/span&gt;/Un diner tête à tête entre un tournepierre à collier (à droite) et une bécasseau violet (à gauche).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuGkjM6kI/AAAAAAAABmk/thE_nLzi20E/s1600-h/IMG_8649.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuGkjM6kI/AAAAAAAABmk/thE_nLzi20E/s400/IMG_8649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392548294248163906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;And of course, a golden plover seen the same day ;-)&lt;/span&gt;/Et biensûr un pluvier doré vu le même jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuIBnfDxI/AAAAAAAABnE/MX2ELjXiJWc/s1600-h/IMG_8673.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYuIBnfDxI/AAAAAAAABnE/MX2ELjXiJWc/s400/IMG_8673.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392548319230627602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;PS: This is really just a part of the species you can see on this lake. There are many others that I did not get pictures of.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Ce n'est qu'une infime partie des espèces que l'on peut voir sur ce lac. Il y en a beaucoup d'autres que je n'ai pas pu prendre en photos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-9147125568602875236?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/9147125568602875236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=9147125568602875236' title='48 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/9147125568602875236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/9147125568602875236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/birding-places-and-presentation-of.html' title='Birding places and presentation of Bakkatjörn.'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StYafoujjII/AAAAAAAABk8/uL4qCjooc48/s72-c/Online+map+Reykjavik,+Icela...+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>48</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-4718825883716360178</id><published>2009-10-11T21:04:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-10-11T21:41:30.720Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Least sandpiper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='White-rumped sandpiper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chiffchaff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Vagrants, did you say vagrants!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;As planed, the weather calmed down today, and as planed too, the vagrants were around with some really exceptional sights. Today was a long birding day of 7 hours, with a drive of 240km around the southwest of the country to find rarities. Well if you have seen my answer to the previous message of this blog, you already know three of the new observed species, but as I saw them again today, I'll just speak of what I've seen today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So just to summarize and do it short, I've seen five new species, all vagrants and all new for this year: a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;least sandpiper&lt;/span&gt;, a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;white-rumped sandpiper&lt;/span&gt;, an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;American wigeon&lt;/span&gt;, a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;yellow warbler &lt;/span&gt;and a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;chiffchaff&lt;/span&gt;. All but the last one are life species for me (Yes I've seen chiffchaff in France)... The least sandpiper and the yellow warbler were, for both, the fourth sighting ever in Iceland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So where am I now? Guess what, I've reached 92 species!!!! Gosh, I'll have to work hard to do better next year!! So here are the best shots I got of some of them. I've shots of the yellow warbler and the wigeon, but so bad that I do not want to publish them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Comme prévu, la météo était meilleure aujourd'hui, et comme prévu les migrants étaient aussi au rendez-vous, avec quelques rencontres vraiment exceptionnelles. Aujourd'hui, ce fût une longue journée de 7h d'observation, accompagnée de 240km de voiture pour trouver ces quelques espèces poussées par la dépression sur nos terres. Si vous avez lu mes réponses sur mon message précédent vous connaissez déjà trois des nouvelles espèces que j'ai vues. Mais comme je les ai vues aujourd'hui, je fais un résumé.&lt;br /&gt;J'ai donc vu 5 nouvelles espèces, toutes des nouvelles pour cette année en Islande: le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bécasseau minuscule&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bécasseau de Bonaparte&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;canard à front blanc&lt;/span&gt;, la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;paruline jaune&lt;/span&gt; et le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pouillot véloce&lt;/span&gt;. De plus, les 4 premières sont des nouvelles espèces sur ma liste ou comme le disent certains des coches (ben oui, des pouillots véloces, il y en a en France). Le bécasseau minuscule et la paruline jaune n'ont été vus que 4 fois en Islande (celle-ci comprise).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'en suis donc maintenant à 92 espèces vues cette année en Islande. Il va falloir que je travaille dur l'année prochaine pour battre ce record!! Voici donc quelques photos des migrants, pour ceux que j'ai pu avoir. J'ai des photos du canard à front blanc et de la paruline jaune, mais elles sont tellement ratées que je ne les mets pas.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The least sandpiper&lt;/span&gt;/Le bécasseau minuscule.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StJPJ8DUWVI/AAAAAAAABkU/PHBEEA_bmlc/s1600-h/IMG_8656.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StJPJ8DUWVI/AAAAAAAABkU/PHBEEA_bmlc/s400/IMG_8656.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391458736073365842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The white-rumped sandpiper&lt;/span&gt;/Le bécasseau de Bonaparte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StJPKTqogbI/AAAAAAAABkc/Z7tT7ty84yM/s1600-h/IMG_8671.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StJPKTqogbI/AAAAAAAABkc/Z7tT7ty84yM/s400/IMG_8671.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391458742412280242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The chiffchaff&lt;/span&gt;/Le pouillot véloce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StJPK8VKrcI/AAAAAAAABkk/8Ajz38HS66E/s1600-h/IMG_8691.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StJPK8VKrcI/AAAAAAAABkk/8Ajz38HS66E/s400/IMG_8691.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391458753328098754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-4718825883716360178?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4718825883716360178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=4718825883716360178' title='50 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/4718825883716360178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/4718825883716360178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/vagrants-did-you-say-vagrants.html' title='Vagrants, did you say vagrants!!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/StJPJ8DUWVI/AAAAAAAABkU/PHBEEA_bmlc/s72-c/IMG_8656.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>50</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-1048893996547276365</id><published>2009-10-09T17:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-10-09T18:06:56.856Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Long-tailed duck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Long-tailed ducks</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Well, I think it is gonna be quite hard to go out this week-end and that birding is out of the picture because of that:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Je pense que le week-end se résumera à rester sous la couette, et qu'il n'est pas nécessaire que j'essaie de sortir observer nos amis à plumes et encore moins de faire des photos, à cause de ceci:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93MIkI_PI/AAAAAAAABjs/b4q8u3ceNFA/s1600-h/091009_0600_09.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93MIkI_PI/AAAAAAAABjs/b4q8u3ceNFA/s400/091009_0600_09.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390658329326976242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So what is that?? It is a hurricane stage 1 which has been over Iceland since yesterday evening. We were wondering if it was ok to go to work today as the wind reaches 150-190km/h at some places, but we did it safely to work and back home. Now it is getting worse!! The police has recommended to stay home as much as we can. It should normally stop on Sunday evening. But then a second one is coming beginning of next week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Do not only see the dark side of this, man!!! Well the good thing is that when this is gonna stop, we might be able to see quite a lot of vagrants which have probably been caught in this huge depression. Well I hope so, but it is usually what happens.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'est ce que c'est que cela? Un bel ouragan type 1 qui est sur l'Islande depuis hier soir avec des pointes de vent à 150-190km/h. Nous nous sommes demandés si il était raisonnable d'aller travailler ce matin, mais nous avons pu faire l'aller-retour travail-maison en toute sécurité. En ce moment, cela se gâte. La police nous a même demandé de limiter les déplacements autant que possible. Cela devrait s'arrêter dimanche soir, mais un autre ouragan va arriver lundi soir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ne voyons pas que le côté négatif de la chose. Quand cela va s'arrêter, cela m'étonnerait qu'il n'y ait pas de nombreux migrants en Islande, car ils auront été pris dans ces grosses dépressions. Enfin, j'espère, mais c'est généralement ce qui arrive dans de pareil cas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So meanwhile, I decided to post pictures of the long-tailed duck I've taken at Bakkatjorn this week when I saw the grey phalarope. The bad thing is that I was facing the sun and the pictures are not that nice. But I love them anyway. I might be able to see them quite a lot on this small pond as long as it is not frozen! Then they will be at sea, but for the moment they are still on it. So I will try to get better shots. And for once, you will see them in their winter plumage. Yes I know, you are not that use to that on my blog, but I can confirm that here too, birds are getting their winter plumage :-)&lt;br /&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En attendant, j'ai décidé de poster les photos d'harelde boréale que j'ai prises cette semaine à Bakkatjorn quand j'ai vu les phalaropes à bec large. Elles sont en contre-jour car je faisais face au soleil. Elles ne sont donc pas superbes, mais je les aime bien. Je devrai pouvoir les voir et refaire des photos sur ce lac tant que celui-ci ne sera pas gelé. Quand ce sera le cas, les hareldes seront alors en mer. Et pour une fois, vous ne les verrez pas en plumage nuptial mais bien en plumage d'hiver. Ben oui, je confirme, ici aussi les oiseaux ont mis leur robe d'hiver!!&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Long-tailed duck&lt;/span&gt;/Harelde boréale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93MYT6STI/AAAAAAAABj0/ygoJmZ63oTQ/s1600-h/IMG_8598-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93MYT6STI/AAAAAAAABj0/ygoJmZ63oTQ/s400/IMG_8598-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390658333553871154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93M55omvI/AAAAAAAABj8/5rsC6WRj0E0/s1600-h/IMG_8599.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93M55omvI/AAAAAAAABj8/5rsC6WRj0E0/s400/IMG_8599.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390658342570466034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93NB42A9I/AAAAAAAABkE/9sA1jolDXCQ/s1600-h/IMG_8600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93NB42A9I/AAAAAAAABkE/9sA1jolDXCQ/s400/IMG_8600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390658344714634194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-1048893996547276365?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1048893996547276365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=1048893996547276365' title='42 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/1048893996547276365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/1048893996547276365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/long-tailed-ducks.html' title='Long-tailed ducks'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ss93MIkI_PI/AAAAAAAABjs/b4q8u3ceNFA/s72-c/091009_0600_09.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-5174551253738988231</id><published>2009-10-07T10:33:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-10-07T12:02:04.977Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grey phalarope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Landscape'/><title type='text'>Funny story for number 87!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Sometime, life is very funny and strange things happen to you. It is exactly what happened to me few days ago! Yes, you saw the title of the post, it is about species number 87 seen in Iceland, but this story reminded me of the things you HAVE to do when observing  birds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The story starts like that. On Sunday morning, it was rather cold but sunny, so we decided to go to Bakkatjörn area. Mainly three reasons for that, the morning sun is very nice there, there are a lot of easy biking paths for our daughter and walking paths for mum, and finally, this is a very nice birding area for dad!! Or how to satisfy all the family in one trip!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Of course, I started watching birds and taking pictures while Méli and mom were biking and walking, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;respectively&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;. We got some nice time there. When we left, I parked the car in front of the lake Bakkatjörn and took some more pictures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Then to my surprise I saw some phalarope that I managed to take pictures of, and said to my wife, "Oh look, there, red-necked phalaropes". I was quite surprised because they are usually gone by this time of the year.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;When we went back home, I downloaded the pictures, and we both agree, my wife and I, that the shots of the phalarope were not that nice and I deleted them!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Oh Gosh, what did I do...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Here is the situation... We have two species of phalaropes in Iceland, the red-necked phalarope, which is very common in the country (population of about 50,000 pairs), and the grey phalarope (or the red phalarope, depending on who sees it!) which is quite rare, breeds in only one part of the country, and is protected (population of 190 birds).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;We only saw the grey one once in 2005!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Now you know where I'm going.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday, I visited the website of the "Icelandic rare birds committee" and what did I see there, that grey phalaropes were spotted on Sunday at Bakkatjörn.... I think I turned green or purple!! I was just thinking damned, you forgot one of the essential thing in birding, check if this is the species you think it is!!! I was so pissed off with myself because I did not even took the binocular to check the species!! I think I'm too over-confident sometime! I really thought there were red-necked even if they were quite far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went back there on Tuesday and today (there was a nice morning light) to see them again and get nice shots!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;They were still there and I managed to get some shots.... So now, I'm gonna be more careful when I delete pictures and I have to think about species first instead of thinking quality of shots!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Here are the shots. At least, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; I still got the species number 87, so even if it is a strange story, I'm still happy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parfois la vie nous réserve de belles surprises, et j'ai une très bonne histoire à vous raconter. D'accord, vous avez vu le titre du message et vous avez compris que cette histoire tourne autour de la 87ème espèce que je viens de voir en Islande. Elle rappelle aussi, et me rappelle aussi, que parfois il faut vérifier ce que l'on voit et ce que l'on dit, et arrêter d'être trop confiant (celle-là, elle est vraiment pour ma pomme!!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'histoire commence ainsi. Dimanche matin, nous décidons de partir en famille à Bakkatjörn, car même si il fait froid, il y a un beau soleil matinal. C'est un endroit parfait pour satisfaire chaque membre de la famille, qui comprend des pistes cyclables faciles pour les enfants, des chemins de marche faciles pour les mamans, et c'est un superbe endroit pour la passion des papas, les oiseaux (comment ca pas pour tous les papas!!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai donc commencé à observer et à prendre de photos de nos amis à plumes, pendant que Méli sur son vélo et maman sur ses pieds se promenaient. Nous nous sommes régalés. Quand nous sommes partis, j'ai garé la voiture devant le lac pour une dernière vérification et pour prendre les dernières photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À ma grande surprise, j'ai vu des phalaropes et ai dit à ma tendre: "Oh regarde des phalaropes à bec étroit!". J'ai vraiment été surpris, car à cette époque de l'année, elles sont déjà parties.&lt;br /&gt;Quand nous étions à la maison, j'ai chargé mes photos, et Val et moi nous sommes dit que mes photos de phalarope n'étaient pas si sympa que ca. Donc direction poubelle!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alors là, je peux vous dire que je m'en suis mordu les doigts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pourquoi? Parce que nous avons deux espèces de phalaropes ici, la phalarope à bec étroit, espèce très commune, que l'on trouve dans tout le pays (population de 50 000 paires), et la phalarope  à bec large, espèce plutôt rare (seulement 190 individus) qui ne nichent que dans un seul endroit et qui est protégée. Nous n'avons vue cette dernière qu'une seule fois, en 2005!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ca y est, maintenant vous avez compris!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lundi matin, en bon ormitho, je vérifie le site du comité des espèces rares en Islande, et là, je deviens vert-bleu-rouge-violet... Deux phalaropes à bec large ont été vues dimanche à Bakkatjörn.&lt;br /&gt;Je me suis dit "idiot que tu es, tu as oublié l'une des règles essentielles de l'ornitho, vérifie l'espèce avant de partir!!". Je m'en voulais tellement de ne pas avoir pris les jumelles pour vérifier! Parfois, je suis trop confiant et voilà ce qui arrive!! Grrrr!!! Même si elles étaient loin, j'aurai dû vérifier!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc me revoilà parti, mardi et aujourd'hui (on a eu un beau soleil matinal) sur les lieux à la recherche de ces petits oiseaux. Je les ai vus, et ai même pu prendre des photos dans la lumière du soleil aujourd'hui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais cette petite histoire m'apprendra à ranger mon "trop plein de confiance" de côté, à ne pas jeter des photos sans vérifier l'espèce et à ne pas partir sans être sûr de l'espèce observée!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voilà les photos, et interdiction de se moquer hein!!&lt;br /&gt;Ben, je l'ai quand même eue cette espèce numéro 87 après tout :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Grey phalarope&lt;/span&gt;/Phalarope à bec large.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7peuFEHI/AAAAAAAABic/spj1zvEX_SY/s1600-h/IMG_8604.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7peuFEHI/AAAAAAAABic/spj1zvEX_SY/s400/IMG_8604.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389818806606827634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7poTq4dI/AAAAAAAABik/nXsrl295jDA/s1600-h/IMG_8605.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7poTq4dI/AAAAAAAABik/nXsrl295jDA/s400/IMG_8605.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389818809180414418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7p_T_6aI/AAAAAAAABis/fP1X1khFH2A/s1600-h/IMG_8592.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7p_T_6aI/AAAAAAAABis/fP1X1khFH2A/s400/IMG_8592.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389818815355808162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7qUgxRNI/AAAAAAAABi0/hL9C9TfkqFo/s1600-h/IMG_8594.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx7qUgxRNI/AAAAAAAABi0/hL9C9TfkqFo/s400/IMG_8594.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389818821046518994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Ok this is not the end of the post. Some of you requested (I will not say any names :-) ) more landscape pictures! Well, now you will understand why I'm not very often doing that... I'm really bad at it, but here are some of shots showing you that the winter has arrived. They were taken from Bakkatjörn on Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et bien non, ce n'est pas la fin. Certains d'entre vous (je ne cite pas de noms :-) ) m'ont demandé de mettre un peu plus de photos de paysages. Et bien maintenant, vous allez un peu comprendre pourquoi je ne le fais pas... Je suis très mauvais pour ce genre de photos, mais bon, elles vous montrent au moins que l'hiver est sur Reykjavík. Je les ai prises de Bakkatjörn lundi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This is the south view from Reykjavík&lt;/span&gt;/Vue vers le sud de Reykjavík.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx9nKHbgfI/AAAAAAAABi8/7G7fI_yWcoY/s1600-h/IMG_8475.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 176px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx9nKHbgfI/AAAAAAAABi8/7G7fI_yWcoY/s400/IMG_8475.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389820965739528690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx9nbTqaVI/AAAAAAAABjE/nty2kg2MIcU/s1600-h/IMG_8519.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx9nbTqaVI/AAAAAAAABjE/nty2kg2MIcU/s400/IMG_8519.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389820970354239826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The north view&lt;/span&gt;/Vue vers le nord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx9n_4-2kI/AAAAAAAABjM/WbJP7i70-Xo/s1600-h/IMG_8582.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx9n_4-2kI/AAAAAAAABjM/WbJP7i70-Xo/s400/IMG_8582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389820980174445122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;And because I complain a lot about the winter, this is just to show that it has some advantage, this is the only season we can see this, Northern light.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et parce que je me plains beaucoup de l'hiver rigoureux, ces photos sont juste pour vous montrer que l'hiver a aussi ses avantages, car c'est la seule saison durant laquelle nous voyons ceci, les aurores boréales.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx_oDvp_JI/AAAAAAAABjU/w1tdpDYp3_4/s1600-h/IMG_8315.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx_oDvp_JI/AAAAAAAABjU/w1tdpDYp3_4/s400/IMG_8315.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389823180232326290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx_o1Ixx8I/AAAAAAAABjk/GNb8J2saa1g/s1600-h/IMG_8339.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx_o1Ixx8I/AAAAAAAABjk/GNb8J2saa1g/s400/IMG_8339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389823193491032002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Ssx_obXwQzI/AAAAAAAABjc/923hro66Qak/s1600-h/IMG_8336.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; 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I just did not realized it. So time for a summary of this activity.&lt;br /&gt;I've been doing nature photography and maintaining this blog for over a year now. I did some 8,500 pictures among which only 300-400 were nice enough to be kept. Thanks to all of you, the blog is kind of a success for me, totalizing more than 30 comments per messages and 500-800 visits per week.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Thank you very much for all these nice comments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Most of my year objectives were reached. I've seen 86 species in Iceland (15 more than last year), over 136 species in France, for a total of 222 species among which a lot of new ones such as the stonechat, the smew, the rock sparrow and so many others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The pictures objectives were met too. I got nice shots of bee-eaters, golden plover and great northern diver (common loon). Although there is still plenty of time to see new species and get more pictures, I'm already quite happy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Now, what about this week-end. Surprisingly it was sunny but quite cold. Now temperatures are around -6°C to 3°C, which surely is a sign that winter is here. But because it was sunny, I managed to get some nice shots. So here are some pictures of the week-end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Vous savez quoi, je viens de réaliser que "Chris Photo Nature" avait juste un petit peu plus d'un an. Donc il est temps pour moi de faire un petit bilan. Voilà maintenant un tout petit plus d'un an que je vais de la photo "Nature" et que je publie des photos sur ce blog. J'ai pris 8500 photos pendant cette période et n'en ai gardé que 300 à 400!!! Grâce à vous tous, ce blog survit, et fait même mieux. Il tourne à une moyenne de 30 commentaires par message et totalise jusqu'à 500-800 visites par semaine. Merci à tous pour cela!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La majorité des objectifs de cette année ont été atteints. J'ai vu 86 espèces en Islande (15 de plus que l'année dernière), 136 en France, pour un total de 222 parmi lesquelles de nombreuses coches (example: le tarier pâtre, le harle piette, le moineau soulcie et beaucoup d'autres).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les objectifs photos ont également été remplis. J'ai enfin pu faire de belles photos des guêpiers d'Europe, des pluviers dorés et du plongeon imbrin. Bien que l'année soit loin d'être terminée, je suis déjà très satisfait de ce que j'ai pu accomplir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais et ce week-end alors me direz vous! Surprenant, mais il a fait beau. Nous avions un beau soleil, mais biensûr les températures étaient fraîches, même très fraîches, entre -6°C et 3°C. Un signe qui montre que l'hiver est là et bien là. Mais le soleil ne se refuse pas et je suis évidemment sorti faire des photos (bien couvert hein). Donc  voici quelques photos faites ce week-end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;A scaup taken at Elliðaar river&lt;/span&gt;/Une femelle fuligule milouinan prise à la rivière Elliðaar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnKCKIqVtI/AAAAAAAABhs/DsR7dtpuKhI/s1600-h/IMG_8388.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnKCKIqVtI/AAAAAAAABhs/DsR7dtpuKhI/s400/IMG_8388.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389060567554741970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;When I took this one, I thought a lot about Dave from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://burdzbuttz.blogspot.com/"&gt;Birds from behind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;". This one is for you mate!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quand j'ai pris cette photo, j'ai pensé à Dave de "&lt;a href="http://burdzbuttz.blogspot.com/"&gt;Birds from behind&lt;/a&gt;". Celle-ci est pour toi Dave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Here are greylag geese taken at Bakkatjorn in Reykjavík&lt;/span&gt;/Les oies cendrées prises à Bakkatjorn, Reykjavík.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNP2OT3bI/AAAAAAAABh0/7zJ_sLjyZdY/s1600-h/IMG_8423.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNP2OT3bI/AAAAAAAABh0/7zJ_sLjyZdY/s400/IMG_8423.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389064101262777778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Of course I have to publish a picture of a golden plover&lt;/span&gt;/Biensûr, vous ne pouvez pas éviter la fameuse photo du pluvier doré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNQQRzYHI/AAAAAAAABh8/ySlvY_FKISE/s1600-h/IMG_8362.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNQQRzYHI/AAAAAAAABh8/ySlvY_FKISE/s400/IMG_8362.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389064108256747634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I had a lot of fun trying to take this picture of redwing at a bath time&lt;/span&gt;/Je me suis régalé à essyer de prendre une photo de cette grive mauvis au bain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNQvXiEfI/AAAAAAAABiE/iDDRCCnEFNw/s1600-h/IMG_8371.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNQvXiEfI/AAAAAAAABiE/iDDRCCnEFNw/s400/IMG_8371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389064116602278386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;And to show you that winter is there, here is a picture of Snæfellsjökul taken from the beach of Bakkatjörn. It is on Snæfellsness peninsula just above Reykjavík, but you can see it when it is sunny. See how much snow there is on it already!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Et pour vous montrer que nous sommes bien en hiver, voici une photo de Snæfellsjökul prise de la plage de Bakkatjörn. Il est au bout de la péninsule de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Snæfellsness juste au dessus de Reykjavík, mais on peut le voir facilement quand il fait beau. Regardez un peu la quantité de neige qu'il y a déjà.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNRKa-kUI/AAAAAAAABiM/Syoo3LL9A9E/s1600-h/IMG_8415.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNRKa-kUI/AAAAAAAABiM/Syoo3LL9A9E/s400/IMG_8415.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389064123864486210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I know that you saw it, yes there was a seal on the picture&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So here it is&lt;/span&gt;/Je sais, vous l'avez vu, il y avait un phoque sur la photo. Le voici donc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNRcBxP6I/AAAAAAAABiU/-J7ZFlRhJv0/s1600-h/IMG_8411.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnNRcBxP6I/AAAAAAAABiU/-J7ZFlRhJv0/s400/IMG_8411.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389064128590593954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Again, thanks a million for your visits and comments. There are much appreciate.&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encore une fois, mille merci pour vos visites et commentaires. J'apprécie beaucoup.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-1414380106846128342?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1414380106846128342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=1414380106846128342' title='53 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/1414380106846128342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/1414380106846128342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/summary-and-images-of-week-end.html' title='Summary and images of the week end.'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsnKCKIqVtI/AAAAAAAABhs/DsR7dtpuKhI/s72-c/IMG_8388.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>53</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-8894686323258128799</id><published>2009-10-02T10:38:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-10-02T10:56:36.818Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden plover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mammals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ring-billed gull'/><title type='text'>Golden reflection!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Like I said, Monday was a very nice day with sun and nice evening light. But since then, the weather has been bad and birding was something to put aside. So I'll continue to publish pictures taken last Monday.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I've seen quite a lot of species on this day among which the golden plover. It is still there and they are now gathering to leave the country. And this is the opportunity to get some nice shots of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Comme je l'ai déjà dit, lundi était un jour magnifique avec du soleil et de belles lumières du soir. Depuis, c'est un véritable cauchemard et la météo ne m'a pas permis de sortir voir nos amis à plumes. Donc je continue à publier les photos prises lundi.&lt;br /&gt;J'ai vu pas mal d'espèces ce jour là, dont le pluvier doré qui se prépare à partir. Et biensûr, c'est une bonne opportunité pour prendre de belles photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Golden plover&lt;/span&gt;/Pluvier doré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXYxAXGOwI/AAAAAAAABg8/gq6W-qt2G70/s1600-h/IMG_8242.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXYxAXGOwI/AAAAAAAABg8/gq6W-qt2G70/s400/IMG_8242.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387950865640733442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXYw-yVyEI/AAAAAAAABg0/l2ijkyV36fY/s1600-h/IMG_8222.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 128px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXYw-yVyEI/AAAAAAAABg0/l2ijkyV36fY/s400/IMG_8222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387950865218127938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it was not the only one to gather on the beach. Strangely enough, seals were also bathing in the sun, quite close to the beach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; Probably enjoying the last ray of sun before the winter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais ce n'était pas le seul à profiter du soleil. Les phoques aussi profitaient de ce dernier rayon avant l'hiver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXZ9u0Px6I/AAAAAAAABhM/VlI0zDOKhV8/s1600-h/IMG_8223.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXZ9u0Px6I/AAAAAAAABhM/VlI0zDOKhV8/s400/IMG_8223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387952183781083042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXZ9CEoEgI/AAAAAAAABhE/BxlE7RhC7Dw/s1600-h/IMG_8220.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXZ9CEoEgI/AAAAAAAABhE/BxlE7RhC7Dw/s400/IMG_8220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387952171770188290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Visiting the area also revealed the presence of the long-staying ring-billed gulls. So here are some shots of one of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai également pu voir les goélands à bec cerclé qui sont normalement des visiteurs rares, si ce n'est que trois d'entre eux sont restés toute l'année sur ce site. Voici des photos de l'un d'entre eux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Ring-billed gull&lt;/span&gt;/Goéland à bec cerclé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXavcOwtKI/AAAAAAAABhc/jz0howt2XQ8/s1600-h/IMG_8219.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXavcOwtKI/AAAAAAAABhc/jz0howt2XQ8/s400/IMG_8219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387953037785478306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXavLgh__I/AAAAAAAABhU/2L_7-CL5N4Q/s1600-h/IMG_8215.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXavLgh__I/AAAAAAAABhU/2L_7-CL5N4Q/s400/IMG_8215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387953033296609266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Of course, when you go birding you are almost sure to get pictures of mallard. But this time, I wanted a different picture than usually. So here it comes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biensûr, il est presque impossible de ne pas voir de colvert au cours de ces balades. Mais cette fois, j'avais envie d'une photo un peu différente. Alors voilà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Mallard&lt;/span&gt;/Canard colvert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXbU0qEz2I/AAAAAAAABhk/Wi0lBAByQwk/s1600-h/IMG_8205.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXbU0qEz2I/AAAAAAAABhk/Wi0lBAByQwk/s400/IMG_8205.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387953679997652834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;That will be all for the moment, I'll keep the rest of the pictures for the next message, as I believe that this week-end is gonna be poor in terms of pictures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Have a nice week-end,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vais m'arrêter là car je pense que ce week-end ne va pas être riche en sortie "oiseau". Je publierai le reste un peu plus tard.&lt;br /&gt;Passez un bon week-end,&lt;br /&gt;Amitiés, Chris.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-8894686323258128799?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8894686323258128799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=8894686323258128799' title='41 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/8894686323258128799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/8894686323258128799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/10/golden-reflection.html' title='Golden reflection!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsXYxAXGOwI/AAAAAAAABg8/gq6W-qt2G70/s72-c/IMG_8242.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>41</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-2312664698073258755</id><published>2009-09-29T15:22:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-09-29T15:47:57.119Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wheatear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>I thought they were gone!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I've been telling most of you on your blog that the winter was here! It is, but strangely yesterday was a very sunny day, cold but sunny! So I decided to take most of the morning off and to get some pictures, and then I went birding again after work at around 17PM. It was just wonderful. I saw 36 species which is a good score for this period of the year. But it was even better when I went to the beach, just a bit before the sunset. I got a wonderful light and I also met a bird that I believed was already gone to Southern Europe. But nope it was still there, and I saw as many as 7 playing on the rocks around the beach. So here are, probably, the last shots of the year of the northern wheatear that I took.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;PS: I got more than 50 good pictures after this tour and I guess it is gonna take some time to publish them all, which is good because the bad weather is coming back. We are getting huge depressions from Canada bringing some migrant birds such as red-eyed vireo, Swainson's trush and American golden plover (I've tried to see them but was unsuccessful so far, so I'm still at 86 species seen in Iceland this year!!!). But the wind is then really strong, it is cold and snowing. So we have to wait for the weather to calm down to be able to bird again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Je vous ai dit sur vos blogs que l'hiver était arrivé en Islande, et il est bien là. Mais étrangement la journée d'hier était très ensoleillée, froide mais ensoleillée. J'ai donc décidé de prendre la moitié de la matinée pour aller faire des photos et y suis ensuite retourné vers 17h. Et franchement, j'ai eu raison, c'était tout simplement magnifique. D'abord parce que j'ai pu voir 36 espèces, ce qui n'est pas mal pour cette période de l'année. Et ensuite, parce que c'était encore plus fabuleux quand je suis descendu à la plage en bas de la maison après le boulot. La lumière était magnifique, surtout à l'approche du coucher de soleil. J'ai donc eu une superbe lumière et ai rencontré un oiseau que je croyais déjà parti vers d'autres cieux Européens. Mais non, il était encore là et j'en ai vu 7 qui jouaient sur les rochers de la plage en bas de la maison. Voici donc, probablement les dernières photos du traquet motteux de l'année que j'ai pu prendre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: J'ai fait une cinquantaine de photos pendant ces balades et cela va prendre quelques jours de les publier. Mais bon, c'est bien car le mauvais temps revient. Nous avons en ce moment de grosses dépressions qui arrivent du Canada, et amènent avec elles quelques migrants comme le &lt;span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"&gt;&lt;span style="visibility: visible;" id="search"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;viréo aux yeux rouges&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, la grive à dos olive et le pluvier doré Américain (J'ai essayé de les voir, mais pas de chance pour le moment, je suis toujours collé à 86 espèces vues en Islande cette année!!!). Mais la météo est si mauvaise que nous devons attendre de voir des dépressions s'éloigner avant de pourvoir sortir faire des photos!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Northern wheatear&lt;/span&gt;/Traquet motteux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoQdtROAI/AAAAAAAABgU/3KrbdhHt-1s/s1600-h/IMG_8284.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoQdtROAI/AAAAAAAABgU/3KrbdhHt-1s/s400/IMG_8284.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386912367606052866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoRXezeDI/AAAAAAAABgs/lmx2oWepztE/s1600-h/IMG_8286.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoRXezeDI/AAAAAAAABgs/lmx2oWepztE/s400/IMG_8286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386912383114639410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoRNYD37I/AAAAAAAABgk/kHJsCfy9Ig4/s1600-h/IMG_8197.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoRNYD37I/AAAAAAAABgk/kHJsCfy9Ig4/s400/IMG_8197.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386912380401999794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoQiC0QOI/AAAAAAAABgc/xlIqM_o8XGc/s1600-h/IMG_8278.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoQiC0QOI/AAAAAAAABgc/xlIqM_o8XGc/s400/IMG_8278.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386912368770171106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-2312664698073258755?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2312664698073258755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=2312664698073258755' title='54 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/2312664698073258755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/2312664698073258755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-thought-they-were-gone.html' title='I thought they were gone!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SsIoQdtROAI/AAAAAAAABgU/3KrbdhHt-1s/s72-c/IMG_8284.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>54</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-5474364623584321849</id><published>2009-09-21T15:24:00.016Z</published><updated>2009-09-25T09:14:17.801Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Redpoll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common wren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Northern Diver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whooper swan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='redwing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Nice week end!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi there,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;We went to the North of Reykjavík for the week end to enjoy a relaxing time in one of the summer house that we can access with our Nature association (from work). This time we went to Hreðavatn which is about 1.5h of drive from home. I really wanted to get pictures during this week end, because the weather has been bad for nature photography for the last 15 days or more, and I almost never went out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;But, I'm indeed slowly realizing that we entered this period in which I might have to travel with the tripod again!!! Yes I know! But the light is so bad, getting darker and darker everyday, no sun and a lot of clouds! So I was reaching aperture speed of 1/100s or even 1/80s with the 300mm lens, even at f5.6 and 400ISO, and I do not want to go to higher values of ISO, otherwise the quality of the picture is not that good... A nightmare to get a nice sharp picture, except if I would used a tripod that, of course, stayed home for this week end!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;But to visit this area produced quite a good birding tour with many encounters such as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;eider duck&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;fulmar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;gyr falcon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;raven&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;redwing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;redpoll, starling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;greylag geese&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;pinked-footed geese&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; (strange they are still there!), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;whooper swan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; mallard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;common snipe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;ptarmigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;golden plover, ringed plover, dunlin, common wren &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;and the best of the best, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;great northern diver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; (common loon in the American continent).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; So I was still happy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;So know you are asking yourself: "Did he get pictures of all of these? Gosh that is gonna be a long post again!!" Yes it is gonna be a long post, although I did not get all this species!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I went out few times to the lake close by the summer house just by walking and managed to get some shots, but with low light and really harsh conditions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt; I went back to the house wet, and not only the toes were wet. Ok!! now I stop, here are the shots (wow finally will you say).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes allés dans une "maison de campagne" au nord de Reykjavík ce week end, pour nous relaxer. Ce sont des maisons que nous pouvons louer avec le comité d'entreprise (c'est plutôt une association nature). Nous sommes, cette fois-ci, allés à Hreðavatn qui est à 1,5h de route de la maison. Je voulais vraiment prendre des photos pendant ce week end car, depuis 15 jours (et même plus), il pleut, pleut, pleut, et je ne suis pratiquement jamais sorti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En fait, je réalise doucement que la période dans laquelle nous rentrons devient difficile, car il est maintenant nécessaire de reprendre le trépied. Et oui, la lumière devient de plus en plus rare, les jours s'écourtent, les nuages sont bas et la vitesse d'obturation descend de plus en plus pour atteindre des valeurs de 1/80s ou 1/100s avec le 300mm, ce qui pose problème même à F5,6 et à 400 ISO! Et je ne veux pas monter en ISO, la qualité de l'image s'en ressent! Donc je rentre dans la période cauchemardesque (sauf si je me trimballe le trépied, et là, je ne l'avais pas pris)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais au moins, visiter cette région m'a permis de voir un bon nombre d'espèces, telles que l'&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;eider à duvet, &lt;/span&gt;le&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; fulmar boréal,&lt;/span&gt; le&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; faucon gerfault, &lt;/span&gt;le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;grand corbeau,&lt;/span&gt; la&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; grive mauvis, &lt;/span&gt;le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sizerin flammé,&lt;/span&gt; l'&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;étourneau sansonnet, &lt;/span&gt;l'&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;oie cendrée, &lt;/span&gt;l'&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;oie rieuse &lt;/span&gt;(étonnant qu'elle soit encore ici), le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;cygne chanteur&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;colvert&lt;/span&gt;, la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bécassine des marais&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lagopède&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pluvier doré&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;grand gravelot&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bécasseau variablele&lt;/span&gt;, le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;troglodyte mignon&lt;/span&gt; et le meilleur pour la fin le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;plongeon imbrin&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alors là, vous vous dites: "Malheur, il a pris toutes ces espèces en photo. On va se prendre un long message". Ben oui, ca va être un long message, mais rassurez-vous, je n'ai pas pu prendre toutes ces belles espèces en photo, plus de la moitié d'entre elles était trop loin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je me suis en fait énormément promener autour du lac en bas de la dite cabane en bois plusieurs fois, et ai quand même réussi à prendre quelques photos, dans des conditions météo assez dures et ne parlons même pas de la lumière. Ben oui, d'accord je l'admet, je suis rentré mouillé, et pas seulement les pieds. Aller stop voici les photos! (ouf me direz-vous).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The first encounter was with the common wren. Really really close, but with no light&lt;/span&gt;/La première rencontre fut celle avec le troglodyte commun, à moins de cinq métres, mais sans trop de lumière:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SreeXnYEnyI/AAAAAAAABd8/EuIZvrnZSg8/s1600-h/IMG_8052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SreeXnYEnyI/AAAAAAAABd8/EuIZvrnZSg8/s400/IMG_8052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383946008088846114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Then when I reached the lake I saw a group of whooper swan which decided to flee away!&lt;/span&gt;/Arrivé au lac, j'ai vu un groupe de cygnes chanteurs qui a décidé de ne pas accepté ma présence:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefFbzSA-I/AAAAAAAABeM/T5lHJr5mfG8/s1600-h/IMG_8084.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 137px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefFbzSA-I/AAAAAAAABeM/T5lHJr5mfG8/s400/IMG_8084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383946795255727074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefE8W1mnI/AAAAAAAABeE/uSBJDs-jNfY/s1600-h/IMG_8083.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefE8W1mnI/AAAAAAAABeE/uSBJDs-jNfY/s400/IMG_8083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383946786814925426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Redpolls were then all around the trees I was hiding in!&lt;/span&gt;/Les sizerins flammés avaient colonisé les arbres dans lesquels je m'étais réfugié pour prendre les photos de cygnes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefxwdQPQI/AAAAAAAABec/VqjAbWpzpW4/s1600-h/IMG_8070.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefxwdQPQI/AAAAAAAABec/VqjAbWpzpW4/s400/IMG_8070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383947556714724610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefxqFCPaI/AAAAAAAABeU/GFn1xA0-Qk8/s1600-h/IMG_8065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrefxqFCPaI/AAAAAAAABeU/GFn1xA0-Qk8/s400/IMG_8065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383947555002531234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;I decided it was not a bad birding tour, even if the rain was coming, and I decided to visit the beach of the lake a bit better. Then, I saw something big diving but was not able to see really what it was! I, of course, went to hide somewhere really close to the object of my temptation ;-) Here is the guy, one of the most majestic bird in Iceland, big and beautiful with a magnificent song and calling pattern!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai alors décidé, que malgré la pluie, ce n'était pas une si mauvaise promenade en terme d'observation et ai commencé à visiter les berges du lac. C'est alors que quelque chose d'assez gros à plonger, mais je n'ai pas eu le temps de voir ce que c'était. Je suis donc vite aller me cacher à un endroit très proche!! Et voici l'objet de ma convoitise, l'un des oiseaux les plus majestueux d'Islande, grand, beau et avec un chant magnifique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Great northern diver (common loon)&lt;/span&gt;/Plongeon imbrin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrehEhuvBiI/AAAAAAAABek/xXDahtNWt9M/s1600-h/IMG_8091.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrehEhuvBiI/AAAAAAAABek/xXDahtNWt9M/s400/IMG_8091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383948978690655778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrehOymPeqI/AAAAAAAABe0/JxTgWys2c_A/s1600-h/IMG_8090.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrehOymPeqI/AAAAAAAABe0/JxTgWys2c_A/s400/IMG_8090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383949155017128610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrfqZh2mFXI/AAAAAAAABfM/f5xwq3CS0eI/s1600-h/IMG_8120.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrfqZh2mFXI/AAAAAAAABfM/f5xwq3CS0eI/s400/IMG_8120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384029603849704818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;But, you know what, he heard the click-click-click from the camera and start to call like crazy. I was just wondering why, realizing that the last time one did that, the chicks and mom were really close by... But come on Chris, we are mid-September, isn't it too late to see a family!!! I felt like he was a bit stressed and I decided to continue the path along the shore of the lake. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;And, gloups, I literally jump out of the path and start crawling in the floor to see this!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais vous savez quoi, il a entendu les clics-clics-clics de l'appareil et s'est mis à appeler comme un fou, ou plutôt à sonner l'alerte. Je me suis demandé pourquoi, et me suis rappelé que la dernière fois que cela m'est arrivé, les petits et la mère n'étaient pas loin! Mais, non Chris, nous sommes mi-septembre, c'est un peu tard pour voir toute la famille!!! J'ai pensé qu'il était un peu stressé par ma présence et ai décidé de partir en rampant, puis de continuer à marcher le long des berges. Après quelques minutes, je me suis littéralement jeté à terre et ai rampé pour pouvoir voir ceci!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SreilRAdMWI/AAAAAAAABfE/dgzqTOlpicM/s1600-h/IMG_8101.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SreilRAdMWI/AAAAAAAABfE/dgzqTOlpicM/s400/IMG_8101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383950640648892770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sreik1kwaFI/AAAAAAAABe8/qYsWx9QhtiE/s1600-h/IMG_8100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sreik1kwaFI/AAAAAAAABe8/qYsWx9QhtiE/s400/IMG_8100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383950633284954194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Truly an unforgettable moment, but there were quite far for the 300mm lens, even with the extender 1.4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inoubliable, mais ils étaient un peu loin pour mon objectif 300, même avec l'extendeur 1.4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;After few minutes I decided to go back to the house to get a nice hot top!! Yeh that's one of the advantage, all of them have private hot top. But before reaching the house, a redwing took the pose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Après quelques minutes, je me décide à rentre à la "cabane en bois" (dixit ma fille) pour aller me réchauffer dans le jacuzzi, ben oui c'est l'avantage de ces maisons, elles en ont toutes un privé!! Mais avant, une grive mauvis a pris la pose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Srfr1bxFFjI/AAAAAAAABfU/jUfp3BX5WPk/s1600-h/IMG_8077.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Srfr1bxFFjI/AAAAAAAABfU/jUfp3BX5WPk/s400/IMG_8077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384031182763922994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Somehow, despite the rain, this week end was fabulous. The weather was bad but the colors of the tree was wonderful, yellow, purple, red and the contrast with the lava field astonishing. And in terms of birds and relaxing time, it was just amazing.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Now, I guess you got a rough idea of what Iceland can be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce fût un très bon week end. Même si la météo n'était pas bonne, la couleur des arbres était somptueuse, variant du jaune au rouge en passant par le violet, et le contraste avec les champs de lave était magnifique. En terme de relaxation et d'observation d'oiseaux, c'était tout simplement superbe. Maintenant, vous avez une idée assez concrète de ce que peut être un week end en Islande.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-5474364623584321849?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5474364623584321849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=5474364623584321849' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/5474364623584321849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/5474364623584321849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/09/nice-week-end.html' title='Nice week end!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SreeXnYEnyI/AAAAAAAABd8/EuIZvrnZSg8/s72-c/IMG_8052.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-4179814859931010393</id><published>2009-09-24T17:57:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-09-25T09:13:54.754Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Northern Diver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds'/><title type='text'>Majestic bird!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;This is a post that I've been keeping in my mind for months. And of course, I will dedicate this to Shelley from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://birdinginmichigan.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bird in Michigan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;", but Shelley, first please promise me you will not collapse on your seat when you will see the pictures. Oh damned, now you probably know which species I'm gonna &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;talk about today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The story starts like this, few days before leaving in holidays to France, Grandma (which visited us), Mélissa (our daughter) and I, decided to go to Elliðavatn to have a nice walk. Of course, you would think that I would have taken my camera, and you know what, surprisingly I did not! And of course when you do not do that, what happens.... The birds that you have been looking for so hard in the season is showing off at less than 10 meters away from you, with his complete family! A majestic bird indeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we continued to walk while I was desperate that my camera stayed home, but of course, in the evening I went back to that same spot I saw this family to try to get pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First thing that happened, the birds were not there anymore but there was a goosander and I tried to get pictures of it. Then, I realized that my camera was doing a strange noise, and it was in repair the day before! I started looking at it and realized that I forgot to put back the memory card in it (yeh they took it out at the repair shop). Then I had to drive back home and go back to the lake. By that time the sun was going down, and the birds were still not there. I looked for them during two hours and gave up... Not completely though!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I checked the last small lake around and there they were. I parked the car and try to hide as hard as possible again the lava stone close to the water. These birds stayed quite far away, and when I was about to give up, then the male came really close and was fishing and diving just few meters from me. The light was delightful and these are the most wonderful shots of this species I could get... I love them. My main objective of the year is reached, I really wanted to get nice picture of this guy, so here they are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Voici un message que j'ai en tête depuis un bon moment. Et je vais le dédier à Shelley de "&lt;a href="http://birdinginmichigan.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bird in Michigan&lt;/a&gt;", mais d'abord, Shelley doit me promettre de ne pas tomber à la renverse quand elle verra ces photos! Ah ben c'est malin, maintenant vous savez de quelle espèce il s'agit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'histoire commence ainsi. Quelques jours avant les vacances, mamie, Mélissa (notre fille) et moi, décidons d'aller à Elliðavatn marcher. Biensûr, là vous vous dites, mais oui il a pris son appareil photo, et bien, étonnament non, il est resté à la maison. Et quand c'est ce que nous faisons, on devine très vite ce qui peut se passer! Et évidemment, cela s'est passé, l'oiseau que je visais cette saison s'est montré avec toute sa famille à quelques mètres seulement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons donc continuer à marcher, et je ralais intérieurement d'avoir laisser mon appareil à la maison! Mais évidemment, vous pensez bien que j'y suis retourner le soir même!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malheureusement, ils n'étaient plus là, mais il y avait un harle bièvre que j'ai essayé de prendre en photos. Là je me suis rendu compte que mon appareil faisait un drôle de bruit, et le jour d'avant il était en SAV. Je le regarde, le vérifie, et constate que j'avais oublié de remettre la carte mémoire dedans (ben oui ils l'enlèvent en SAV). Demi tour vers la maison et retour au lac une demi heure plus tard. Toujours rien! Dommage car le soleil commencait à se coucher et la lumière devenait magnifique. Jes les ai cherchés pendant deux heures avant d'abandonner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfin, pas tout à fait, j'ai fais un dernier saut sur le plus petit lac, et oh merveille, ils étaient là! Je gare la voiture et essait de me camoufler tant bien que mal au milieu des roches de lave qui longent la berge. Mais ils sont trop loin pour faire de belles photos. J'attends quand même juste au cas où! Au moment où je me préprare à partir, le mâle se décide à venir plonger et à se nourrir sous mon nez! Une aubaine. La lumière était magnifique et ce sont les plus belles photos que j'ai pu faire de cette espèce! Objectif atteint pour l'année, je voulais vraiment le mettre en boite celui-ci! Voici les photos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The great northern diver (or common loon)&lt;/span&gt;/Le plongeon imbrin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz1hyAwjI/AAAAAAAABfc/QmMxFKJSUUs/s1600-h/IMG_7043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz1hyAwjI/AAAAAAAABfc/QmMxFKJSUUs/s400/IMG_7043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385095511634133554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz19ZMMeI/AAAAAAAABfk/hUcDAFih6O8/s1600-h/IMG_7044.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz19ZMMeI/AAAAAAAABfk/hUcDAFih6O8/s400/IMG_7044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385095519046218210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz2pd2FSI/AAAAAAAABf0/iV8XJVSEEdA/s1600-h/IMG_7039.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz2pd2FSI/AAAAAAAABf0/iV8XJVSEEdA/s400/IMG_7039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385095530876900642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz2dLaRVI/AAAAAAAABfs/AbGzZOFf75w/s1600-h/IMG_7050.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz2dLaRVI/AAAAAAAABfs/AbGzZOFf75w/s400/IMG_7050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385095527578355026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-4179814859931010393?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4179814859931010393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=4179814859931010393' title='60 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/4179814859931010393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/4179814859931010393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/09/majestic-bird.html' title='Majestic bird!'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sruz1hyAwjI/AAAAAAAABfc/QmMxFKJSUUs/s72-c/IMG_7043.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>60</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696460847639632209.post-8474078042303884396</id><published>2009-09-15T20:35:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-09-16T08:40:05.155Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='White-throated dipper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iceland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Butterfly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Starling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insects'/><title type='text'>A little bit of this and that ;-)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Today I'll finish to show you pictures of the area of Toulouse, I still have two butterflies pictures. I think I have names for them, but would prefer the specialist to confirm it before saying any stupid thing. And then, I add a picture of the white-throated dipper that I took in Spain. Yes we were only few kilometers from Spain and we went there an afternoon. This is the only bird pictures I could get pictures from.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui je vais en finir avec la région de Toulouse. J'ai encore deux photos de papillons dont je pense avoir trouvé le nom, mais je laisse le soin aux spécialistes de réellement mettre un nom dessus, comme cela, je ne publie pas de bêtises :-) Je rajoute une photo de cincle plongeur prise en Espagne. Et bien oui, nous étions à quelques kilomètres et nous y avons passé un aprés-midi. C'est le seul oiseau que j'ai pu prendre en photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The white-throated dipper&lt;/span&gt;/Le cincle plongeur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sq_7L__owjI/AAAAAAAABdk/4ExawFQg5T4/s1600-h/IMG_7715.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sq_7L__owjI/AAAAAAAABdk/4ExawFQg5T4/s400/IMG_7715.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381796263306510898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;The butterflies&lt;/span&gt;/Les papillons.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sq_7LW26vUI/AAAAAAAABdc/3HvRuZkEAoA/s1600-h/IMG_7696.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sq_7LW26vUI/AAAAAAAABdc/3HvRuZkEAoA/s400/IMG_7696.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381796252264086850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sq_7LF6tjzI/AAAAAAAABdU/6fV1JHlHwJs/s1600-h/IMG_7583-Myrtil.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sq_7LF6tjzI/AAAAAAAABdU/6fV1JHlHwJs/s400/IMG_7583-Myrtil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381796247716597554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Ok I know some of you are dying to see birds from Iceland, which have been the core of this blog. The weather has been really bad for the last two weeks, and I've been rarely going out to bird watch. Only few minutes now and then. But I decided to use the 30 minutes of nice sunlight we got tonigh to try to get some shots. I got some of starlings and here they are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D'accord, je sais que certains d'entre vous sont impatients de revoir des photos d'oiseaux d'Islande, eux qui fûrent le sujet principal de ce blog. À vrai dire, durant les 15 derniers jours, la météo a été exécrable et je ne suis presque pas sorti. J'ai donc décidé de sortir ce soir pendant la seule demi-heure de lumière que nous avons eu. Il faisait froid mais je voulais faire des photos, et j'en ai eu d'étourneau sansonnet. Les voici.&lt;br /&gt;A bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrABZC4FTBI/AAAAAAAABd0/O17XpND3lTE/s1600-h/IMG_8025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrABZC4FTBI/AAAAAAAABd0/O17XpND3lTE/s400/IMG_8025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381803084488199186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrABY6AE3VI/AAAAAAAABds/vNEx9hLivG8/s1600-h/IMG_8023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/SrABY6AE3VI/AAAAAAAABds/vNEx9hLivG8/s400/IMG_8023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381803082105806162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/696460847639632209-8474078042303884396?l=chris-photonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8474078042303884396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=696460847639632209&amp;postID=8474078042303884396' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/8474078042303884396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/696460847639632209/posts/default/8474078042303884396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chris-photonature.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-bit-of-this-and-that.html' title='A little bit of this and that ;-)'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02702816952775337477'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rKqMI7HR6_Q/Sq_7L__owjI/AAAAAAAABdk/4ExawFQg5T4/s72-c/IMG_7715.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>44</thr:total></entry></feed>