Curacao Critters
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Jeff Maass
Updated: 7 November 2009
The following are photos taken in
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles during 2007 through 2009.
As many of the critters pictured are birds, a good bird book is of value. Not
being a dedicated birder (I mostly just enjoy the photography), I don't own a
comprehensive bird book covering the Caribbean and South America. What I have
are specific to the Netherlands Antilles "ABC islands": Aruba, Bonaire, and
Curacao.
The first book is "De Vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen" by Dr. K. H. Voous. This book is long out of print (my edition was published in March 1955), and includes just a few black-and-white photos. The text is in Dutch and English.
There is a Second Edition of Dr. K. H. Voous' book, "Birds of the Netherlands Antilles", published in 1983. This is an English-language version, with expanded coverage of species and better photos. I purchased my copy by searching on Amazon.com which found several copies at used book sellers, where it is priced (at present) between USD $75 and $120!
The third book, which I used to identify most of the birds I saw/photographed, is "Our Birds" by Dr. Bart A. De Boer. This book was written to help educate the people of the ABC islands of their birds, includes color photos of the common birds of the Netherland Antilles, and is available at Amazon.com and other book sources. The description of each bird is written in Papiamentu, Dutch, and English.
The three books are pictured below.
These photos were mostly taken with a Nikon D80 Digital SLR with the Nikkor 70-300 VR zoom lens. Recently, I have upgraded my equipment, and the newer photos will be taken with a Nikon D300 digital SLR and a Nikon 200-400mm f4 zoom. Click on any of these thumbnails to see a slideshow of other photos of that type of critter.
CONCORD TOWNSHIP LOCAL CRITTERS:
For my web page showing birds and other critters around my home in Concord
Township, Delaware County, Ohio, see my "Concord
Critters" web page.
Copyright (c) 2009 Jeffrey A. Maass
All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 2009 Jeffrey A. Maass
All Rights Reserved.
