Wind country

Here's where I've been for the past three weeks:

Friesland, Netherlands

Mole*

European mole (Friesland, Netherlands)

To put your suspicions to rest: this mole did not, in fact, find its own way to the top of the fence post.

Its days of burrowing little tunnels all over the fields ended tragically two days ago, when it tunneled its way into a mole trap. (It's been on display on the post ever since.)

*Please appreciate that I didn't act on the impulse to title this "Raised mole."

Oystersketcher

My favorite view of this oystercatcher is the bottom one;  is that weird?

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Friesland, Netherlands

Crazy as

I survived a bout with dengue and made it to the Netherlands.

Eurasian Coot (Friesland, Netherlands)