Amiral butterfly and Grebe with new hatched chick

This beauty landed on a climbing wall for "adventure for kids school" in the forest. Took some pics and then slowly put my hand close to it. The swedish name is Amiral, Admiral in english. It climbed up on my fingers and wtayed there for several minutes. My problem was handling the camera with one hand and to get teh right distance. But I succeded. :)

And this beauty, my friend the Grebe has finally hatched some young. You can see one of them at the arrow. I could see two, but as she was still in the nest I think there were more eggs. This bird has accepted my presence. I arrive very slowly in my kayak. Today she was a bit alarmed, I understood why when I heard the sound of one young and then when I saw it on her back. That is why she has those rised feathers. This is her second batch, she lost the first.

I was lucky today.

Kayaking

A Grebe (dopping) with a new hatched young on its back. It was the second brood this summer. There was a second one swimming too.

On my way back I spent some time chasing this ball. I had to take some air out to be able to paddle with it. Two kids was happy getting it back and I had a great time catching it. lol .The girl took this photo of me with the ball attached to the kayak.

Biking home I met this little roedeer (rådjur). It seemed very qurious, seemed almost eager to come towards me but was then scared off by a train.

Todays paddling

Took my, nowadays normal, trip to see the grebes, I can really come close to them now.

I also had a brief visit by two mating dragonflies that landed on my kayak.

Family and Orphans

The Grebes (doppingar) seem to be used to my kayak now. I can come rather close to them without disturbing them. It feels good.

Yesterday I found two lonely ducklings (andungar). No parents in sight. It was a pitty. They had lost two siblings and their mother. Today I did not see the two either. They can´t make it on their own.

Messed up

Today I messed up. I accidently changed the ISO setting to ISO400 and was not aware or it. So, a lot of my pics today looks as it they were taken in a very dark day. Not that sunny day I experienced. Well, things like that happens. I took some pics of Grebes and their young. Thought that this pic was cool and thought I´d share it despite the bad quality. It could have been "perfect". But maybe there will be another opportunity.