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Iceland 2017 with Quest Nature
Tours
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On a lava field in the west our guide
spotted this male Rock Ptarmigan still with much winter white
plumage. It blended in well with the Grey Moss covering the spikey
lava. 28 June 2017. It was with the female below. |
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Female Rock Ptarmigan
on 28 June 2017. |
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Male Rock Ptarmigan on
lookout duty. 28 June 2017 |
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This juvenile Northern Wheatear has
just fledged. It will migrate to West Africa for the winter. 28 June
2017. |
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Northern Wheatears
like rocky ground and lava fields. Here is the watchful parent of
the juvenile above. 28 July 2017. |
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Our guide,
Trausti points to the inconspicuous and difficult-to-find Coralroot
Orchid corallorhiza trifida, which is
barely 15 cm tall and grows in nutrient-poor soils. |
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Easily overlooked, the
Coralroot Orchid is best photographed by getting right down to it.
28 June 2017. |
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Arctic Poppy in some
places grows on the gravel and rocky outcrops near the main road. 29
June 2017. |
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Alpine Catchfly Lake
Myvatn area on 2 July 2017. |
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Gray Moss
racometrium lanuginosum colonizes lava fields. 28 June 2017. |
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