in the course of the day, i’m finally going to post some photos that i’ve been putting off for some time now…
subjects will include nature (fungus, caterpillars) and the city.
just to let you know ;-)
***update***
so those are the new ones:
[2004-08-19 swallowtail caterpillars]
[2004-08-27 innsbruck at night (2)]
[2004-09-02 puffballs]
when i was taking a short walk today i stumbled across a vespiary.
they’re usually not agressive animals, only when they feel threatened, so i decided to take some pictures…
i was able to get as near as 10cm (4 in) to the burrow with my camera, and although the wasps were getting curious, they let me take pictures without stinging…
next time you want to sleep with your window open, and it sounds like there’s a dog sitting right in front of it and panting in – although your room is on the first floor – think again!
it might as well be a male hedgehog trying to impress a female one.
i took part in another botanical excursion today – we went to jamtal valley.
it’s one of the last valleys of tyrol that (nearly) haven’t been influenced by mankind, so we found many protected and rare plants and an almost pristine flora.
jamtal valley is declared a nature reserve – there’s only 3 buildings in an 11km (7 mile) valley, all of which are alpine huts.
we even needed a special permission to drive in some miles…
once again it got obvious how focussed i am on butterflies (and their developmental stages) – i photographed a bunch of cool ones up there!
see for yourself!
today my father and i went up the mountains in rum to a stone formation called ‘rumer nadel’.
there, we unexpectedly saw a chamois family, including two cubs!
they seemed surprised to see us too, and were standing there making strange whistling noises…
furthermore we found some protected plants
i got some good shots up there, especially the inn-valley panoramic and the photo of a ‘globe daisy’!
see for yourself!
i just returned from an excursion arranged by a club called blattform (link). it’s an open association of biologists and biology students.
we met at 6 am (and it’s sunday, just to remind you) to go to schmirntal valley on a 90-minute ride.
first, there was rainy weather, but by the time (and the height), it got sunshiny and warm.
we soar up about 700 meters (2300 ft) in height – from 1500 to 2300 meters (4900 to 7550 ft) – looking for specific auricle-hybrids.
i had a great time, being with a whole bunch of nice and knowing people – although i was the only second semester freshman…
anyway, i learned a lot of facts and details worth knowing, and i’m looking forward to the next excursion i can take part in.
