Most visitors to the island of Curaçao will not expect to see large free roaming parrots in the wild, but the lucky observer will see just that now in many urban locations on the island.
Anyone who walks in the mondi of Jan Thiel on Curaçao during the dry season, and other locations as well, can regularly come across a strange phenomenon; trees, grasses and shrubs that are completely covered with the white Kokolishi di kalakuna (Cerion uva).
Many birds regurgitate remains of their prey as there are usually some parts that are not digestible. We captures this Yellow-crowned Night Heron doing exactly that.
Years ago I had the fortunate opportunity to work with a professional nature photographer, Peter van der Wolf. He had a highly developed sense of animal behavior, and this helped him, for example, to trace nests of breeding birds.
Impress, dance, the most beautiful colors and feathers. It takes quite a bit of work for a male bird to seduce a female. With one species it is even more complicated than the other, as evidenced by the latest documentary on Netflix called ‘Dancing with the Birds’.
As soon as the last human feet leave the beach and the sun sends its last rays onto the land, a completely different world wakes up and starts living its…