Welcome to Saturday's Critters!
If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!
For better viewing, click on the photos to enlarge them.
The Icelandic Sheep and horses were seen on all our tours. Sheep farming exist in all areas of the country. Sometimes our tour drivers had to slam on the breaks because the sheep would cross the road.
Every September Iceland has a sheep roundup. The roundup was due to happen soon after our trip ended. The sheep are free to roam high in the mountains to eat. Before winter sets in the sheep are rounded up and put back into the farm sheds in the valleys. Volunteers and even tourists enjoy this sheep roundup, it is almost like a party. It is a group effort with people on foot, horses, with dogs and 4 wheelers.
Another Iceland farm, with Icelandic Sheep. The plastic wrapped hay is seen on every farm we passed. It was nice to learn, the plastic used for wrapping the hay is re-cycled and made into plastic poles you see along the roads. I have to say again Iceland is a very GREEN country.
Most farm animals found in Iceland now are descended from animals brought by the 10th century Scandinavian settlers.
The farm animals are called Icelandic because they are hardy and have adapted to Iceland's climate. That includes the sheep, horses and cattle.
This farm had dairy cattle. Some cattle are raised for beef, but mostly are dairy cattle.
European Starlings were a common sight to see around Iceland. I heard and saw a few different birds on this day, no luck getting photos or ids.
I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments !
Here is a list of my linky parties; I have a couple of different linky parties this week. Check out the memes below:
Tom's Barn Collective on Sunday
Cath's linky party called Country Scapes on Tuesday
If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!
For better viewing, click on the photos to enlarge them.
The Icelandic Sheep and horses were seen on all our tours. Sheep farming exist in all areas of the country. Sometimes our tour drivers had to slam on the breaks because the sheep would cross the road.
Every September Iceland has a sheep roundup. The roundup was due to happen soon after our trip ended. The sheep are free to roam high in the mountains to eat. Before winter sets in the sheep are rounded up and put back into the farm sheds in the valleys. Volunteers and even tourists enjoy this sheep roundup, it is almost like a party. It is a group effort with people on foot, horses, with dogs and 4 wheelers.
These Icelandic Horses were seen closeup during one of our tour stops. The Iceland horses are best known for their 5 gaits, most horses only have 3. They are a smooth ride.
I tried taking photos of the barns and animals as we drove past many farms in Iceland. A couple horses off the the right look like they were battling.
Below some Icelandic Horses are toward the center and left side near the trees.
Another Iceland farm, with Icelandic Sheep. The plastic wrapped hay is seen on every farm we passed. It was nice to learn, the plastic used for wrapping the hay is re-cycled and made into plastic poles you see along the roads. I have to say again Iceland is a very GREEN country.
Most farm animals found in Iceland now are descended from animals brought by the 10th century Scandinavian settlers.
The farm animals are called Icelandic because they are hardy and have adapted to Iceland's climate. That includes the sheep, horses and cattle.
This farm had dairy cattle. Some cattle are raised for beef, but mostly are dairy cattle.
European Starlings were a common sight to see around Iceland. I heard and saw a few different birds on this day, no luck getting photos or ids.
I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments !
Here is a list of my linky parties; I have a couple of different linky parties this week. Check out the memes below:
Tom's Barn Collective on Sunday
Cath's linky party called Country Scapes on Tuesday
