Where to bird in Curaçao (2) – Troupials
June 5, 2023
Birding locations on Curaçao to find the orange Troupial. This is the second instalment of the series on where to find birds. … More Where to bird in Curaçao (2) – Troupials
Category: Bird behavior
Endemic subspecies: Brown-throated parakeet
July 20, 2022
Brown-throated parakeets are one of the most characteristic birds of the island. And they are an endemic subspecies. … More Endemic subspecies: Brown-throated parakeet
Spring migration has started
April 12, 2022
Spring migration of birds has started and slowly but surely some of the ‘usual suspects’ are coming to the island to replenish their fat reserves before flying back towards North America for the start of the 2022 breeding season. True, the fall migration is the most varied in terms of species and numbers of birds … More Spring migration has started
Warning: Breeding season for coastal and seabirds is upon us again
March 28, 2022
Download the article in Dutch here: Most bird species on Curaçao are very pragmatic with regard to their breeding period. If it rains and there is enough food, birds will breed. Or in some cases such as the Crested Caracara, when it gets drier and there is more bait and carrion they will breed. However, … More Warning: Breeding season for coastal and seabirds is upon us again
RARE BIRD ALERT: Juvenile Scarlet Ibis
February 28, 2022
A juvenile scarlet ibis For four months now, between the mangroves opposite the new hospital in Otrobanda, in what should one day become an accessible mangrove park, a very young Scarlet ibis, has been roaming for food and sleeping. It is unclear how the animal ended up here on the island on its own, and … More RARE BIRD ALERT: Juvenile Scarlet Ibis
NEW RECORD: Cocoi Heron
February 25, 2022
February 16 – Klein Curacao The island of Klein Curacao, a small island of the east coast of the main island, has been a recurring source of joy for birdwatchers in the last couple of years, after starting to really monitor the variety and diversity of birds present here. It is now protected as a … More NEW RECORD: Cocoi Heron
AD article: Breeding behavior of Yellow orioles
January 25, 2022
Yellow Orioles are native breeding birds for the island of Curaçao but are much rarer than the conspicuous orange-collared troupial. These bright yellow birds have a black bib and mask as well as black wings with white markings. In Papiamentu they are called Trupial kachó which translates to ‘barking troupial’, a name which points to … More AD article: Breeding behavior of Yellow orioles
Hiding in plain sight – Wilson’s snipe
December 10, 2021
Short stocky legs, a very long think bill with a very sensitive tip, large eyes, and a rounded stocky body as well. Wilson’s Snipes are one of those birds you will instantly recognize when you encounter them. And that part is what is difficult, encountering them. Cause even with all their beautiful patterns and rufous … More Hiding in plain sight – Wilson’s snipe
Upside down Banaquit – what to present on feeding tables
December 3, 2021
So agile and busy. Bananaquits have a natural diet that consists of more insects than nectar even though their name in Dutch suggests otherwise. They are called Suikerdiefje or Sugar thief in Dutch, aimed towards their taste for refined sugar when it is presented to them in feeding areas. Don’t get me wrong, in nature … More Upside down Banaquit – what to present on feeding tables
An amicable bonding of species or preparations for an attack….?
November 25, 2021
People tend to look at nature with very romantic glasses, and often push certain stereotypes onto certain species of animals. Think of the ‘ferocious King of the jungle Lion’ (where the females are often the ones hunting while the king is chilling somewhere around). It isn’t different with birds, and our name giving or the … More An amicable bonding of species or preparations for an attack….?
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