Konik horses in the "Oostvaarders plassen"

 One for Eileen's Saturday Critters here.

Visit to the "Oostvaardersplassen"

From the lookout point, animals could only be seen on the horizon. Was certainly due to the wind direction coming from the northeast.

Therefore, Bieb decided but to photograph the present owl. (See her blog Biebkriebels for this).

 

At the end of the road

More of the same. One for skywatch friday here.

Oostvaardersplassen

Was this weekend on an excursion with a ranger in the Oostvaardersplassen. Normally this natural area is not accessible to the public, but sometimes there are excursions that are already fully booked months in advance. Thanks to the staff association of biebs former employer we got this opportunity. 

She also has a posting about this excursion today that you can find here .

The most excursions are always held against sunset when the animals are most active.

These heck cattle are the only ones who are not allowed on places were normally also humans have access to. 

Sometimes the bulls will attack

When the sun comes through you can imagine the african savanne.

It was a very successful excursion although a little colder then I thought.

Sunday thought in the Netherlands.

Sometimes I would like a little mountain at the horizon.

Whats walking there.

Walking on the edge of the Oostvaarders plassen last weekend I saw a fox hunting on geese and for the first time I was able to catch it with my 100-300 mm lumix on a m4/3 camera. Something that I never accomplished with my canon 1ds because then you really have to use a tripod and traveling by foot becomes very tiring by carrying such a load of stuff. Now you see it and shoot it.

These gray geese are still unaware of the predator around. If you want to see more nice animal photo's go also to camera-critters .

Sunday Bridges

This nameless bridge in the Oostvaardersplassen contains the animals you see there on sunday the most . Not the deers, birds and wild horses where this area is famous for but the sunday stroller and I must admit I am one also to look for that rare sea eagle etc.

For more Sunday Bridges look here