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Canadian Beauty
Canada Goose | Grote Canadese Gans Canada Geese have become an everyday sight in The Netherlands and are hence as a subject for photos often neglected. Nevertheless they are quite beautiful birds, at...
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Mandarin Moments
Mandarin Duck ♂| Mandarijneend Mandarin Ducks are an introduced species in Europe, originating in East-Asia. In The Netherlands they are breeding since the early 80’s. Every now and then I see them in...
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Blending in
Little Ringed Plover with chick | Kleine Plevier met kuiken One of the best places to look for Little Ringed Plovers in an urbanized part of the country is on constructions sites. Especially if the...
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The Reliable Ones
European Stonechat ♂ | Roodborsttapuit Birding and bird photography is a combination between planning, knowledge and luck. Sometimes one comes home with filled memory cards, sometimes empty-handed. So,...
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Growing Pains
Common Kestrel ♀| Torenvalk – Original Location Some 5 minutes cycling from my house is a tree that hosted a pair of breeding Kestrels over the last years. Also this year, they had their nest in this...
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Little Brown Beauty
(Common) Grashopper Warbler | Sprinkhaanzanger Who hasn’t heard of the LBJ’s – the Little Brown Jobs ? An abbreviation for non-descript little warblers, that more often than not can only be told apart...
View ArticleClosing In
As for the past five years or so, a Horned Grebe showed up in February in a lake not too far from my home. Not sure whether it’s the same individual, but this year the Grebe seemed not that willing to...
View ArticleWaxed Invaders
This morning I had just over one hour to spare, before heading off to a work related symposium. I decided to try my luck not too far from home, and see if I could find some Bohemian Waxwings. This...
View ArticleLast Little Ones
After having driven some odd 1100km back from Italy, I needed some time to stretch my legs. Despite the grey skies, I decided to have a short check on the Little Buntings, that have been around for a...
View ArticleSoft rime
Wikipedia says: Soft rime is a white ice deposition that forms when the water droplets in light freezing fog or mist freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, with calm or light wind. The fog freezes...
View ArticleSinging Purple Rain
With Prince having passed away a year ago yesterday and playing “Purple Rain” on my computer, I decided it was time for some tribute. So, I needed something purple and a singer. The first thing that...
View ArticleFluffy Chick
Recently I stumbled upon a breeding Oystercatcher. The bird was very alert, and since I didn’t want to disturb it any further, I kept my distance. I could see however through my binoculars that the...
View ArticleTaking Terns
This weekend I spent with friends in the province of Zeeland. Beside having a great time, walking, cycling and wine drinking, we also checked the surroundings for some birds. The high temps didn’t make...
View ArticleRuddy T.
This time of year is the right time for meeting up with some old friends. Breeding along the northern shore lines, Ruddy Turnstones winter along ours. So, when visiting our coasts and harbours during...
View ArticleBontbek @ the Beach
While shooting Eurasian Oystercatchers, I was lying on the beach. Suddenly a Common Ringed Plover (in Dutch “Bontbekplevier”) landed in front of me. For a brief moment it stood there, scanning the...
View ArticleReliable Ruddy
Sometimes I just want to go out and get some fresh air. Usually I take the camera, just in case. And, at the harbour, there’s one species I can always rely on: the Ruddy Turnstones. Lovely little...
View ArticleThe Dutch Tundra?
Initially we had planned driving up north. Bad weather predictions and not being all that fit, made Menno and me decide to cancel the trip. Still I felt going outside for a while wouldn’t hurt, so I...
View ArticleSlavonian Winter Visitor
For the last years, every winter around this time there’s a Slavonian Grebe on a lake not too far from my home. And although I have already quite some images of the species, I am still drawn towards...
View ArticleStonechat
In my early birding days I found my first European Stonechat. I still can remember how excited I was. And happy with the crap record shots for that matter. Over the years I learned more about this bird...
View ArticleBlack-tailed Back
Since several weeks the Black-tailed Godwits are back from their winter break. Although in strong decline, and nearly threatened, there’s still plenty of opportunities to see them. Even close to home....
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