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The last time I had a completely ‘WOW’ birdwatching experience was in Sulawesi, Indonesia. That was almost 2 years ago. So when we decided to head to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, I knew I wanted to spend my time birdwatching while hubby got his Advanced Open…
Click here for your bird counting sheets of both terrestrial and water birds! Bird counting terrestrial birds Bird counting water birds Join the birdwatching and bird counting fun by going out on May 5th 2018 on Global Big Day and help measure the bird population of Curacao. On Saturday, May 5 2018, thousands of people … More Global Big Day 2018 – Curacao bird counting sheets
DUTCH version will be uploaded later! It is now the middle of April and slowly but surely the breeding season for sea birds and coastal birds is starting again. Whereas some tern species have practically disappeared from the radar in the past months, they are suddenly back, and in huge numbers. Anyone who has … More Breeding season of sea and coastal birds starting!
And yes, we can include another new species on the growing birdlist of Curacao! Standing in the field early Tuesday morning (March 6 2018), for the Curacao Bird Survey, Curacao Backyard Birding noticed a small but very unusually coloured bird. The small, about 13 cm long bird, was bright red with a very distinctive black … More LIFER: the Vermilion Flycatcher
Last Friday, February 2nd, the world celebrated World Wetland Day (WWD). Several activities around the globe were aimed at illustrating the importance of wetlands to wildlife and humans. This year the main theme of WWD was Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future. So we went out and organized a Cross Island Bird Watching Trip on Saturday … More Urban wetlands Island Birding Trip
2017 is going out with a bang! Bird-wise! We uploaded the pictures of our bird watching trip last Saturday on Facebook but with a question mark as to the identification of one of the birds of prey we spotted. What we first thought to be a Merlin clearly wasn’t when we analyzed the pictures we … More LIFER: The Aplomado falcon
Another first time visitor to Curacao! Wednesdays are somehow magical these last few months. Our birdwatching team is in the field often, but on Wednesdays we try to combine spotting birds with bird photography and a good time. Last week we had the magnificent luck to be able to photograph a Purple gallinule in all … More LIFER: the Whistling heron
Emotion is not always a photographers best friend. Especially not when you finally see a species of bird you have been looking for, for weeks, and finally stand eye to eye with it in perfect lighting and perfect background. I am an emotional photographer and I can tell you this, it’s darn difficult to get … More The Purple Gallinule
Two (2) species of Yellowlegs can be found on our island, the Lesser Yellowlegs and the Greater Yellowlegs. The untrained eye will have great difficulty distinguishing these 2, as they look very similar. True the Lesser Yellowlegs only measures about 26 centimeters while the Greater Yellowlegs measures up to 35 centimeters. But once you see … More Greater Yellowlegs
A very rare visitor to Curacao and so fast you almost don’t see him; the Blackburnian warbler is a small ( 13 centimeter long) bird looking a lot like the Blackpoll warbler in winter plumage but slightly different in coloring. Blackburnian warblers have a yellow stripe on the head and the coloring of their feet … More Blackburnian warbler
Blue-crowned parakeets are not not native to the island, but managed to not only survive in the wild (after being released by humans or escaped from their cages) but also breed into a rather large population feeding mostly in urban areas. If you take the time to observe these groups you might me able to … More Scarlet-fronted parakeet
Of course every time we go birdwatching we hope to see a rare bird for Curacao, especially in the migration season. It doesn’t always happen but when it does…. man are we excited. This one was no exception, a rare visitor from North America with only 2 records for Curacao in the bird book*: the … More Upland sandpiper
Willet – Snepi ala di strepi (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) Another visitor from North America, not often seen on the island, is the Willet. This bird is rather large with its 34 to 40 centimeters in length, but will not be noticed easily due to its grayish colors. The bill is about 6 cm long and has … More Willet – another visitor
Colorful, endearing and unexpected. Every time we see these great looking Black-bellied whistling ducks on Curacao, we just realize how lucky we are to have so much variety in our bird wildlife. This species has had an exceptionally great breeding year in 2016/2017 and most of the offspring are most probably now in South America. … More Almost adults
One of the migratory bird species you can encounter now on Curacao; the Bobolink. Bobolinks have now been spotted on several locations on Curacao as well as on Aruba and on Bonaire, often in huge groups of more then 20 individuals (130 individuals at 1 spot on Bonaire) Bobolinks are seed eaters, and love areas … More Bobolink – visiting beauty
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