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2023 annual review — Sandy Seal 2023 kicked off with biting some sand. As a powdered seal fills my frame, I realize that this animal was apparently at the back of the line when paws, ears and tails were handed out. It looks like some sort of hairy larva, decorated with these huge eyes […]

Bye 2023, Hello 2024!

This entry was posted on January 1, 2024

Suddenly, while I was innocently enjoying a calm spring evening, this cheerful whistler almost pushed its blue breast into my face. The hint was clear, even I didn’t need ObsIdentify for that! A bluethroat....

38. Photography Bestof 2014

This entry was posted on January 1, 2015

Gosling silhouettes against a beautiful orange sunrise — I’ve always loved the saying: ‘If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.’Because nothing can argue with that, can it? Elaborating on this idea, one could argue, that if it walks like a goose and it talks like a goose…it probably […]

29. If it Walks like a Goose and it Talks ...

This entry was posted on April 24, 2014

BABY ANIMALS — 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

This entry was posted on June 4, 2011

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mallard duckling baby cute overload — 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

This entry was posted on May 16, 2011

Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Pestvogel — 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

This entry was posted on February 22, 2011

White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus cinclus Zwartbuikwaterspreeuw — Foreign visitor Past autumn a White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus cinclus) arrived in the Netherlands.It’s a very rare visitor in our country and it attracted a large audience of photographers and twitchers.I have never seen so many huge lenses pointed at one little bird. To get a more personal shot I […]

5. Dancing, Dipping &…Diving. [a White-throated Dipper in the Netherlands]

This entry was posted on January 30, 2011

4. Waxwings Revisited

This entry was posted on January 24, 2011

Bittern snow fineart animals in the snow — As a newbie when it comes to bird photography I had my first Eurasian Bittern encounter last winter.An overweight, too brownish heron flew out of a reed bed and I realised this must have been one….. Since this find the bird kept me fascinated….A bittern is wrapped in riddles and […]

3. Bittern Times: Facts and Fables about the Eurasian Bittern

This entry was posted on January 22, 2011

2. Bohemian Waxwings in town…!

This entry was posted on December 1, 2010

Weather Forecast: Wind force 9 and strong gusts of wind.A good reason to go to the beach. On arrival it turned out that it was ‘just’ a modest wind force 8, but I got sandblasted nevertheless. I love the sea, the dunes and the beach and when I smell the […]

1. The Small White & the Big Blue: Sanderlings ...

This entry was posted on November 29, 2010