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Odd shot
Larus argentatus Y.BAJ @ Schiphol Airport, March 21 2018, 12:30 (http://timvannus.blogspot.nl/2015/09/herring-gull-ybaj-schiphol-airport.html)
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New balcony birds
Two White storks Ciconia ciconia inspecting a potential place for their nest... in the heart of Amsterdam (De Pijp, March 30, 2018).
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Commuting Peregrines
What I see on a daily basis. Unfortunately also one of many things that will forever remind me of someone who recently passed away. Someone who meant an awful lot to me (and to these birds) the past...
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Roof nesting gulls and terns in Amsterdam
Possibly the first known colony of Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus on a roof in Amsterdam (Hoofddorppleinbuurt, 5 June 2018). The total number of nests remains unknown as they nest there...
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Gulls on solar energy (Update on the roof nesters)
Today a visit to the top floor revealed that both Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus and Common terns Sterna hirundo have large young. A small number of Black-headed gull chicks has fledged...
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While we were in the way
Total lunar eclipse July 27/28, from a Dutch dike, through some dirty lenses, while we were surrounded by a million mosquitoes.
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Urban refugees
A neighbour destroyed their nest just before any eggs were laid. But those eggs were coming and the couple found refuge on our balcony. No time to build a nest. Around here, if not disturbed, exposed...
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Cleaning up the place for science sake
Almost forgot I kept 'm in storage, but thankfully the scientific community also noticed the value of the 883 moulted feathers collected from below an unusual Barn Swallow winter roost, occurring in...
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Holy Grails
Thinking of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I wouldn’t pick any of these two… (thanks Jasper!)
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Built like a tank...
… and rides like a dream. 1977 Batavus Champion, fully restored, 95% original (not for sale:-).
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Korean Wood Work
Early 1990’s Korean made Hohner TE Custom Telecaster: http://www.markwills.co.uk/hohner/I believe this is/was the same model as reviewed in the February 1994 Guitarist magazine (“The imagery in the...
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Nucifraga caryocatactes @ Wageningen!
100 meters from work, bird is there for several days already, an overcast but no rain, cold but not too cold; conditions seemed ok for some serious twitching.
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A very happy new year @ Châtillon-Coligny
Volta!Together we made this one happen, I thank you all.
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Great beachcombing find
Two Bald Eagle chicks on their tide line nest, almost a decade ago on Middleton Island (Gulf of Alaska). The entire family (as well as 5 more nesting pairs and some non-breeders) were subject to a...
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