It is such a grey day out there. Just need a splash of colour to brighten up the day.
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I haven’t had much time to go on birdwatching walkabout lately. Yesterday morning I was sitting at the kitchen table and spotted this grey heron on our neighbour’s chimney. Lots of grey herons hang out at the canal here. They usually accompany the fishermen. It is quite a common sight to see them standing side by side, staring into the murky depths of the canals. Anyway, I grabbed my camera and ran outside.
More ‘Birding in the city’ next week. Check  Green Frog Last Saturday we had family over for the day, so we visited the Tea museum in Houwerzijl. I’m not much of a tea drinker, so I got bored after about 2,5 minutes. The gardens were a lot more interesting. They had a pond with lovely lilies and a green frog.  Green Frog & Lily I don’t really know a lot about frogs, so I wandered over to Wikipedia, which is always my first stop when looking for (any kind of) info. I decided this had to be a Green Frog. But which one? There are three species of Green Frogs: the Marsh Frog, the Pool Frog and the Edible Frog. Eh, yes it really is called Edible Frog. The Edible Frog is a hybrid of the Pool and Marsh Frog.  Marsh Frog or Edible Frog? I think this froggie is probably a Marsh Frog, because in the north of Groningen and Friesland they are the dominant species. It could be an Edible Frog too though, it’s hard to tell. Well, perhaps one could taste the difference.  Black Swan (Bird park Avifauna) Black Swans are common in the wetlands of south western and eastern Australia. Unfortunately, I don’t have any photos of the wild swans we saw in Oz during our travels in 2002 and 2004. Black Swans are very popular as ornamental waterbirds in the rest of the world. A breeding pair in a park here in Groningen was robbed of it’s eggs twice this season.
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