szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

Into the forest, butt by butt.

#IdąPsięta #DogsOfMastodon #Polesia

A stork bracing for the coming storm.

#Polesia

I'll have to find out how many generations of storks worked on this nest, the largest I've seen in this area. Someone will have to climb that pole to take samples for radiocarbon dating.

#Polesia

Had to wait a moment with an ill dog at the vet's in a nearby town – he had an urgent case.

#Polesia

Wild black cherry (Prunus serotina) fruit are starting to appear. The rest of the picture is completely out of focus.

#Polesia

A miniature Irish Wolfhound. They lived in Ireland millions of years ago, when Ireland was still very small.

Just kidding. This is Masza, of the #IdąPsięta pack of #Polesia wolves.

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We secured Dorotka's nest in the morning. Sorry, foxes, no juicy turtle eggs for you.

#Polesia #PolesiaTurtles

Żuraw w rzepaku.

#Polesia #Polesie

This is a regular junkyard now – our house is still under construction. Dorotka decided to lay her eggs where the steps to the porch are supposed to be. The construction of steps will now have to be put on hold for three months until the young turtles hatch. Talked to the park rangers – they'd rather not take the eggs from here to their hatchery– they're too busy with other turtles. This year is exceptional. The European pond turtle is a rare species and it is strictly protected in Poland.

#Polesia #PolesiaTurtles

Fuck, fuck. She found what she thinks is the perfect spot for the nest.

#Polesia #PolesiaTurtles

Dorotka walking through grass to find the best spot to lay her eggs. I didn't want to bother her much, so this was taken from far away, sorry for the quality. Also, it was getting dark.

#Polesia #PolesiaTurtles

She looks like Dorotka, who's been coming to lay her eggs near our house for the past six years, with a break or two. Now we'll go through the archives to make sure it's she.

#Polesia #PolesiaTurtles

Fuck. They're back.

#Polesia #PolsiaTurtles

White man's footprint. And white man's tire prints.

From Wikipedia: "Reportedly brought to the Americas by Puritan colonizers, plantain was known among some Native American peoples by the common name "white man's footprint", because it thrived in the disturbed and damaged ecosystems surrounding European settlements"

#Polesia #RuralRoads

It's hard to believe, but its ancestors ran on leaded grass.

#Polesia #RuralRoads

Asbestos forever.

#Polesia #EasternPoland #RurEx #RurExPL

#SilentSunday

#Polesia

Saturday evening in #EasternPoland. Most poles of #Polesia are drunk.

We managed to call Masza off before she plunged into what is supposed to water but is now just mud.

#IdąPsięta #DogsOfMastodon #wetlands #Polesia #drought

Follow that tractor!

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