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Fox Nation Just like you won’t understand a word, visiting a foreign country for the first time, it will take quite some time to master fox language.But the longer your stay in Fox Nation, the more you will understand their conversations.Of course you will never learn to speak flawless Fox, […]

15. Fox Talk


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The Notorious Fox Foxes have been notorious for decades, consistently put down as a symbol of trickery and deceit.Many of us are raised with fairy tales about this so called sly and ferocious animal and it payed off:  Even I was made to believe that foxes are scary and dangerous […]

14. Reynards, vixens, kits & grooming foxes…. (part 2)


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It must have been about two years ago when I met my first fox and it was love at first sight.I had always been fascinated by fairytale foxes, so well known for their slyness and intelligence.I’d never have dreamt though, that a real fox could be even much more beautiful, […]

13. Fox Cubs (1)



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Fight, Flight or….Dive! Frogs are programmed quite simplistically: as soon as there’s any potential danger: dive!Logical enough, but a bit sad for the photographer the happy party ends as soon as (s)he enters…The enthusiastic quacking abruptly dies and the ditch looks as if there have never been any frogs and […]

12. It’s a Frogs Life


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Dutch Desert Thinking about nature photography you probably picture fresh green meadows, meandering rivers, foggy forests or something like that.At least I did. So when I recently cycled to a deserted piece of land along the highway, my romantic image instantly got killed.This unsightly terrain was supposed to house a […]

11. Rollin Rollin Rollin: Plover Photography for Dummies.


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I could write a whole new story about cute goslings andtheir endless fluffiness, but this time I refer to my former blog about little ducklings.Just replace the word duckling with the word goslings andyou’ll know exactly what my feelings are towards thislittle furry balls on legs…;)

10. Too cute to Blog: Goslings



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I’ve got (at least) two so called weak spots:One is a bizarre attraction towards all that shines.I’m an easy victim for vendors selling way too expensive, but beautifully twinkling fake bracelets and I easily spend my last money on hideous kitsch junk in the Christmas section of Walmarts.My kingdom for […]

9. Too cute to Blog: Ducklings


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On one of the last winter days some colleague photographers and I plotted our new challenge: finding Blue Moor Frogs. The rumor goes that for just a few days a year the male Moor frog dresses completely blue in order to seduce them frog ladies.So it’s just a matter of […]

8. Blue Mission (searching for Moor Frogs)


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Nagging Birds In Dutch Bohemian Waxwings are called Pestvogels, which means something like ‘Nagging Birds’.I often wondered why they got this strange name.Well…I found out the hard way! Bohemian waxwings invade my country every now and then.They appear in large numbers and -being just a little shy- they make a […]

7. Bohemian Waxwings Playing Hard to Get



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In a world muffled by snow, the red fox stands out, yet blends in. Roeselien Raimond’s Red Fox in the Snow series captures moments of quiet resilience and beauty, as foxes embody mindfulness in winter’s stillness. A visual poem of contrast and calm.

6. A Fox Fantasy: Red fox in the snow



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Waxwings & better Weather It doesn’t happen that often in life that you get a second chance when you blew your first.And in this case it wasn’t even me who blew it, but the bad weather that did it for me…But…to put it shortly: I got my second chance to […]

4. Waxwings Revisited