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Having spent two weeks of May in Belgium & Holland, I'm sending a few photos of birds and other things seen there. These aren't Nova Scotian images, so might not fit some people's idea of the mandate of this listserv. But I thought that since many are of waterfowl--and Nova Scotians have special reasons to be interested in waterfowl--some of you might enjoy seeing them, especially those of you who haven't travelled in Europe (birders who've travelled in Europe will no doubt be familiar with the species photographed here). Many of these species are feral or "introduced" in Europe -- Mandarin Duck, Bar-headed Goose, Egyptian Goose, Canada Goose... Jackdaws are very common, but rather exotic to a North American eye, I suppose as a Red-wing Blackbird might be to a European eye. I found them entertaining to watch.
Many of these photos were taken in a protected forest of The Hague, Clingendael, about a half-hour bike ride from the North Sea. Others were taken by canals in Bruges (Belgium), and in Amsterdam. Coots are common on the canals. In the town of Delft, made famous by the painter Vermeer as well as the pottery, I saw Coots nesting on the canal right across from where Vermeer is suspected to have lived. Notice that this coot, Fulica atra, lacks the bill-shield's red bump on the American Coot, Fulica americana.
I've also thrown in a few miscellaneous photos, including one of the ocean god Neptune (a living busker in an Amsterdam square), two showing the Bear as a symbol for Bruges, a couple of oddly located mirrors in the greenest area of Brussels, and one of a hard-to-define work of art in the main lobby of the Musees des Beaux Arts in Brussels. It was created by Jean Fabre, an Antwerp-born artist descended from the famous entomologist, Jean-Henri Fabre. As far as I can tell, the globe is covered with the bodies of many thousands of dead beetles. (Fabre apparently has done paintings using his own blood and sperm as paint, so it seems likely he would've used real beetles for this oddly disturbing work.)
Brian (thanks to Ian M. for some help id'ng the birds)
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Subject: Invitation to view Brian's Picasa Web Album - Dutch birds
You are invited to view Brian's photo album: Dutch birds
Dutch birds
Jun 4, 2008
by Brian
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Having spent two weeks of May in Belgium & Holland, I'm
sending a few photos of birds and other things seen there. These aren't
Nova Scotian images, so might not fit some people's idea of the mandate of
this listserv. But I thought that since many are of waterfowl--and Nova Scotians
have special reasons to be interested in waterfowl--some of you might enjoy
seeing them, especially those of you who haven't travelled in Europe (birders
who've travelled in Europe will no doubt be familiar with the species
photographed here). Many of these species are feral or "introduced" in Europe --
Mandarin Duck, Bar-headed Goose, Egyptian Goose, Canada Goose... Jackdaws are
very common, but rather exotic to a North American eye, I suppose as a
Red-wing Blackbird might be to a European eye. I found them entertaining to
watch. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Many of these photos were taken in a
protected forest of The Hague, Clingendael, about a half-hour bike ride from the
North Sea. Others were taken by canals in Bruges (Belgium), and in Amsterdam.
Coots are common on the canals. In the town of Delft, made famous by the
painter Vermeer as well as the pottery, I saw Coots nesting on the canal
right across from where Vermeer is suspected to have lived. Notice that this
coot, Fulica atra, lacks the bill-shield's red bump on the American Coot,
Fulica americana.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> I've also thrown in a few miscellaneous
photos, including one of the ocean god Neptune (a living busker in an Amsterdam
square), two showing the Bear as a symbol for Bruges, a couple of oddly
located mirrors in the greenest area of Brussels, and one of a hard-to-define
work of art in the main lobby of the Musees des Beaux Arts in Brussels. It was
created by Jean Fabre, an Antwerp-born artist descended from the famous
entomologist, Jean-Henri Fabre. As far as I can tell, the globe is covered with
the bodies of many thousands of dead beetles. (Fabre apparently has done
paintings using his own blood and sperm as paint, so it seems likely he would've
used real beetles for this oddly disturbing work.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Brian (thanks to Ian M. for some help id'ng the
birds)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 06, 2008 10:51 AM</DIV>
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