Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) - eenstijlige meidoorn - with some mosquito spec. - the musquito was using its long "snout" (rostrum) to suck the nectar from the hawthorn. The hawthorn bushes around the parking lot of the Maison de la Nature (Brenne, France) were full of these insects. - Bart Vannieuwenhuyse's Photos- powered by SmugMug

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Bart Vannieuwenhuyse > Great Crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) - fuut - Brenne France

Bart Vannieuwenhuyse > Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) - eenstijlige meidoorn - with some mosquito spec. - the musquito was using its long "snout" (rostrum) to suck the nectar from the hawthorn. The hawthorn bushes around the parking lot of the Maison de la Nature (Brenne, France) were full of these insects.

Bart Vannieuwenhuyse > A pair of Red-crested Pochards (Netta rufina) - krooneend - the Brenne is one of the regions where this striking duck breeds

Bart Vannieuwenhuyse > Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio) - harlekijn

Bart Vannieuwenhuyse > Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio) - harlekijn - while we were in the Brenne (April 2009), it must have been the peak of the season for these nice orchids. They were quite abundant and sometimes in larges number at one spot

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) - eenstijlige meidoorn - with some mosquito spec. - the musquito was using its long "snout" (rostrum) to suck the nectar from the hawthorn. The hawthorn bushes around the parking lot of the Maison de la Nature (Brenne, France) were full of these insects.