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Flora and Fauna

During our visit, the island was a beautiful bouquet of wild flowers. The countryside was a panorama of color. One of the most prevalent was the Alaskan lupine, a big brother to our Texas bluebonnet. A non-native brought in to stabilize soils, it is quite invasive and ubiquitous. Most of Iceland's trees were long since cut in the settlement days. The few remaining trees are mainly birch (smallish in size) and wooly willow (we would call it a shrub). A standing joke is: what do you do if you get lost in an Icelandic forest? Stand up! Non-native Alaskan pines are being brought in to try to establish more large trees on the island.
Wild Thyme
Wild Thyme
Cotton Grass
Cotton Grass
Cotton Grass
Cotton Grass
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Alaskan Lupine
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Wooly Willow
Wooly Willow
Wooly Willow
Wooly Willow
Wooly Willow
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Jellyfish
Jellyfish
Raft of Common Eider
Raft of Common Eider
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
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g9/68/971468/3/160955822.7QGF5KTL.jpg Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
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Redwing
Redwing
White Wagtail
White Wagtail
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Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
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g9/68/971468/3/160955870.v6HY9jC3.jpg Crane fly sp. - note the very long legs
Crane fly sp. - note the very long legs
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Excellent bird sighting list by Stewart
Excellent bird sighting list by Stewart