2308 – animals on Athos

Posted on March 6, 2024 by athosweblog

On the internet I came across this site, iNaturalist, where a checklist has been published with the animals and plants that have been identified on the Holy Mountain.

This gave me the idea to go through my own archive and share the nature photos I have collected over the years. I start with beautiful photos taken by monk T. with his Canon EOS-1DS camera.

Domestic animals

11-06- 2004: horses and mules near Simonos Petras – © Monk T.
20-04-2004: a German shepherd dog – © Monk T.
20-04-2004: a long haired cat at Simonos Petras – © Monk T.
27-04-2004: a black and white cat at Simonos Petras – © Monk T.

Birds

20-04-2004: Blackbird (female) – © Monk T.
A Blue Tit – © Monk T.
24-07-2004: Yellow legged Gulls (Larus michahellis) – © Monk T.
17-05-2004: – © Monk T.
© Monk T.
© Monk T.

Sea animals

24-07-2004: bottlenose dolphins – © Monk T.
24-07-2004: bottlenose dolphins – © Monk T.
Sea anemone – © Monk T.

Amphibia

Toad – © Monk T.
30-09-2022: aqueduct behind Vatopedi monastery – a green frog (photo by Wim Voogd)

Insects

22-09-2023: Sografou – praying mantis – (photo Wim Voogd)
3-10-2019: Xeropotamou: hummingbird bee in ragwort (photo Wim Voogd)
3-10-2019: Xeropotamou: thistle butterfly (Vanessa cardui) in a plant named European heliotrope (photo Wim Voogd)
26-9-2013: Docheiariou – wolf spider (photo Wim Voogd)
26-9-2013: Docheiariou – gekko (in the same room as the wolf spider!) (photo Wim Voogd),
24-09-2023: and last but not least: a video with only the sound of howling jackels heard (and not seen) from a balcony in Iviron

Wim Voogd, 6/3/2024

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