Kingfisher-experience 2011

The last few weeks I have spended several days observing a couple of kingfishers.
It's a place where they were breeding the last years, so I was hoping to see them again. And I did.
The first day I only saw a kingfisher female, but all the other days male and female were present.

Fish-transfer, caress, preparing the nest and even mating. All happens before my eyes.
I took a lot of pictures in wonderful daylight, that emphasized more and more the beauty of this bird.
Until the last day, I was hoping I could take shots of the climax: the mating. Unfortunately, they only mate on places too far away, or the light was to poor. Eventually, on the last day I was only able to make a film of this event.

Click HERE to see the photo's

And click HERE to see the movie of mating kingfishers

Second meeting with the Red Fox

 Yesterday I was spending the day in the Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen. A great nature-area south-west of Amsterdam.
I was there before in 2010 and now one of my goals was to look for the Red Fox. And I've found him! A great experience again with this beautiful creature. Because this area is vistited every day by so many people, specially in the weekends, this fox isn't anxious as you would expect.
So, this gave me the opportunity to take a fine collections of photographs.

Click HERE to see the photo's

Hen Harrier

After a short break (and finally had the time to go) I visited a special forage-area in the province of Flevoland.
Here are many birds of prey, including the Hen Harrier.
This was the first time I met this wonderful bird, with his special flight and huntingbehaviour. An intriguing bird of prey!

I was happy to have this experience, even more happy with the pictures it yielded me

Click HERE to see the photo's

Just a little big update

This winterperiod I did more than only watching and 'shooting' the bittern.
Today I have updated many birds, most of them in a wintersetting. Below you see a list of the galleries:



Buzzard - Buizerd
Jay - Gaai
Grey Heron - Blauwe reiger
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Grote bonte specht
Goosander - Grote zaagbek
Marsh Tit - Glanskop
Great Tit - Koolmees
Blue Tit - Pimpelmees
Crested Tit - Kuifmees
Fieldfare - Kramsvogel
Kestrel - Torenvalk
Chaffinch - Vink

Most images are also stored in 'Recently Added'

The Bittern

After a long time, finaly a new update.

First of all I wish everyone a very, very happy new year with love, health and happiness...the most important things of life!

The winterperiod has come to an (temporary?) end, snow and ice are almost gone. This long period of wintertime gives the photographer another opportunities.
One of them is the appearance of the bittern. This beautyful bird usually hides in the reeds. But when the water is frozen the bittern will search for an opening in the frozen surface of the water, an airhole, to catch fish.
To do so he has to come more and more out of the reeds and that gives the opportunity to watch this bird.
I was lucky that another bird-photographer told me a place where about four bitterns are living. So, the day before New Year's Eve I took my change. And not without luck.

You will find the new images in the 'Bittern'-gallery

Butterflies

Last week I updated the macro-section with images of butterflies.

Since I've purchased the new version of Canon's 100mm macro lens with image stabilizer in september this year I expanded my collection with some new photographs of butterflies.

You can find the images right here

Forest Birds

The last few weeks I've spent a lot of time in the forest. ´De Hoge Veluwe' National Park and 'Drents-Friese Wold' National Park during a short holliday.

I have photographed many forest birds like Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Robin and Nuthatch.

You will find the photographs on my website in the section 'Recently added':

Recently Added

The complete set of each bird sort you will find in de main menu - portfolio galleries - birds on my website.

Red deer rut

September, autumn, is the best moment of the year to watch the red deer rut.

Autumn in 'De Hoge Veluwe' national park is a very exiting experience. You can watch very closely these majestic animals. The best time to see and hear the annual rut.

For all the photographs see:

Red Deer rut

New news and update-page

Today, 27 october 2010, I will start with a new news and update-page, a blog.

Here you will find my reports of my latest activities, like news, new pictures etcetera.

New series of photographs will always be published on my website:
www.verboom-fotografie.nl

Kind regards,

Aldert Verboom