Dolomites July 2008 : From 15th July to 1st August

[hadacekf]

Wonderful pictures, I am happy to see such wonderful plants. Thanks

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Art and Franz,
Delighted that you are enjoying the photographs.
A few more on this very wet and dismal Saturday evening....

Isolated campanula bloom
Butterfly
Small blue
Campanula on extremely dark stormy day
Orchid duo
Orchid colony
Scene with grasses
Sun through grasses
Aconitum napellus
Phyteuma colony

[art600]

Keep them coming Cliff

[Kristl Walek]

a thoroughly enjoyable trip with you, Cliff.

[Paul T]

Last pic is fascinating, and the rest are brilliant.  Seeing your pics always reminds me I must get a better camera.    Excellent pics as always Mr Booker!!

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Kristl, Art and Paul,
Another batch or two ... mainly scenery this time...


Arenaria cushion

[ranunculus]

Next batch from the Dolomites....


Dryas octopetala seeds
Eriophorum angustifolium
Gentian and silene
Gymnadenia
Mass of Campanula barbata

[ranunculus]

Third batch from the Dolomites...


Pedicularis and campanula
Plantago major

[ranunculus]

Fourth batch from the Dolomites...


Silene acaulis
Gentian

[Lesley Cox]

Another great batch Cliff. You and Tony would make a good team, maybe add Hubi too?

[Armin]

Cliff,
thank you for this great picture tour. Don't hesitate to show us more

[Joakim B]

Cliff thanks for the information about the rubra nigra.
Great picture I have been just scimming them will enjoythem thoroghly later.
Thomas I think besserwisser could also be translated as "Mr know-it-all".
And old joke is two people start a discussion and one says to the other one "You are such a Messerschmitt" and the other says "besserwisser You mean?"
The first one says "see there You go again"
That is a joke in Swedish with the two words "besserwisser" and Messerschitt in them. It must be more than 30 years old so we have had that word for some time.

All the best and I hope there will be more (pictures) to enjoy. Maybe more (nigra/rubra please) even if the scent does not come through well.
Kind regards
Joakim

[art600]

Cliff
Wonderful shots that truly convey the magnificence of the mountains.  Hope there are lots more.

[ranunculus]

Thanks again Arthur ... so glad that you are enjoying the images...

As a matter of interest can anyone identify the baby bird pictured on page one of this topic?  The parent resembled a black robin and the nest was constructed in the eaves of our hotel. This little fledgling left the nest only hours prior to the photograph being taken.  The baby then got itself trapped in some plastic mesh that was holding up foliage in the hotel grounds, but we watched as it escaped and saw it happily reunited with the parent bird.

[Diane Clement]

As a matter of interest can anyone identify the baby bird pictured on page one of this topic?  The parent resembled a black robin and the nest was constructed in the eaves of our hotel.

Sounds like a Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) which are commonly seen round the hotels and nest in the eaves. 
Super pictures, as always, Mr R