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The parrot in its full feathered costume, a true king.
A cat climbing the palmtree, with nice camouflage pattern.
A hummingbird balancing in the air to reach out for the honey.
5 young blackbirds just flew out of the nest in my little city-garden. Mother and Father are having an exhausting time.
Finally got the Hummingbird Hawk-Moth captured! Check!
A bumblebee frantically searching for the honey in the purple flower: For the 3D version check: bit.ly/3fQVYrk
A couple of storks share their view of the sunset with us, happy in love forever.
A male stork guarding the nest, curious what I am looking at.
A peacock butterfly in full symmetry with the leaves of the flower, performing her dance.
Two parrots (Speedy and Sunny) fooling and hanging around which each other.
Gracious start of a flight
A view on the cattle from above.
A sparrow looking eagerly for the junipers, getting drunk like Jack.
A blue tit with nesting urge, picking the hair from our cat out of the brush
This bandit seems to be well aware that it is being photographed!
A few wasps crawling out of the nest between the walls for the next flight for food for their Queen.
A close-up of a cows eye
A grey Pigeon on the rainbow colored stairs
Cat posing.
What more can a bee wish, flying into the yellow heaven of a sunflower in full bloom?
A butterfly , sunbathing.
Like a fairytale starts with this scene: " There once was a Turtle and a Heron, ....."
The humble bee is a hard worker, day in day out. And these sunflowers are endless honey providers.
A young deer with long eye lashes looks dreamy into the distance
A youn bird is sunbathing, flat on its belly
The bird frantically searching for the seed
The magnificent and graciuos peacock
The blue tits defending their territory
This little guy found the peanut butter pot, we placed for the birds, and now owns the gold.
It's legs in perfect steady grip, focussed to find the best seeds in the pocket.
A falcon, living in the midst of the busy center, dwelling from window to window to attract attention
The classic style of a street dog: find a busy place where lots of people usually walk, lay down and sleep. The whole day.
The street dogs of La Serena, sleeping all day, dwelling all night.
A wild hairy kitten
A pony with a nice haircut
Two goose flying high, on their way to a sleeping place
A butterfly found the honey, beautifully lit by the sun
The structured green center of the sunflower together with its fabulous yellow and orange coloured leafs and stems, is so seductive.
Due to the fact that Humblebees and other insects are threatened with a rapidly decrease of their population, our council decided to buy pieces of land and seeded wild flowers on a massive scale, wonderful initiative.
A bit of bread crums, a small spotlight, and then wait
Wonderful how this little monkey holds tight to mother, slightly drinking while observing what's going on around it.
On a trip to Bali, many monkeys can be photographed, very close.
It's a colorful world in which the humblebee works
A just born praying mantis studying it's new surroundings
A Ladybird ready to fly away
A pair of cormorants showing off how love can change this rotten world.
A busy bee on a sunflower
A resting heron
A baboon in the concrete jungle
A raccoon resting in a high tree
A dead mouse on a crime scene
A litte salamander resting on the stairs
A resting vulture
The parents continiously fly back and forth to the nest to feed the screaming youngsters
The crow with its sharp focussing eye
The domestic sparrow looking friendly and waiting patiently for some crumbles
The first day thatr the young great tits fly out, one is still clamping to the wall, while the other already knows how to fly.
The young bird experiences the first flight, spreading its wings and feels the sensation of flying
The first flight is the most clumsy one, bumpimg against the walls, finding grp and fighting the gravity.
The first flight of a young Great Tit
Stumble during the first flight, it is fun to watch the young birds stumble in the air trying to find the correct flight modus.
The young bird scans its new environment after weeks spending time in the nest.
Hidden in the bush, a sitting duck , warming itself in a ray of sunlight
A young bird flying out and stumbling to get air-born
My beloved dog Zenia was so ill I had to decide to let her sleep forever on the 15th of October. That was a though decision, knocked me off my feet. This photo is from a year ago when she was still so happy and vivid.
My dog Zenia loved the woods and water, running, swimming. Frantic jumping in the mud.
Tired of the day, this ape is relaxing and resting on the tree.
Yes I know, this is pretty depressing. Monkeys should not be traded at all, but live freely in the wild.
Sometimes, when you travel to other countries, you can be shocked. So photography must not always show the most beautiful or outstanding scenes, places, humans or animals. It must also sometimes show, just how it is......
A bumblebee lifting off to target another flower.
An ara cleaning its feathers and claws.
An Atalanta butterfly showing off its textures and patterns
A Wasp Spider typically hangs upside down to catch prays.
A flock of goose travels through the evening sky, maybe already the sign for the change of seasons.
A hare crossing the large field of grass.
An owl flies away in the evening light
A little wasp in the center of the universe, surrounded by most colorful flowers
The birds enjoying the seeds in the bird feeder, passing from father to child.
The lady dragonfly fooling around with two male ones, turning her hips and lifting her majestic body to receive one of them.
Spot the Nuthatch, can you see it?
A blue heron, now in black and white processed, couldn't resist :)
A blue Heron standing on the edge of a little waterfall to catch fish all day long.
A bumblebee with its golden wings.
A cormorant sunbathing in the evening sun, in its favorite mode.
A heron waiting and waiting. Such patience to catch his daily fishmeal.
A little gull standing on the ice.
During a walk in Park - Meerhoven I was surprised to spot four ring-necked parakeets sitting high in a tree, in the freezing cold wind. A tropical surprise!
The first cautious approach into the household of the dog.
A heron flies towards the sunset, its wings strongly lit by the sunlight.
The deep sleep of a kitten.
A resting dragonfly looks up to me in a curious way.
A vulture gracious floating in the hot air
A frelon is dwelling around in my backyard for a few weeks now, sitting on a particular leaf like a boss. The wasps seem to communicate to the giant frequently, probably gossiping a lot.
A swallow at full speed incoming to feed her manic youngsters up there in the nest
A cattle of cows grazing simultaneously, all heads down.
On my tour through Java, I bumped into these special ducks which keep the wet rice fields clean from insects and snails which can harm the crops.
A stork graciously grazes om the field.
A black bull lies in front of his herd protecting it from intruders.
A little palmrat doing peek-a-booh
A butterfly in the sizzling light of the sun, sucking honey out of the tiny flowers
The rim of its wing just very delicate lit by the sun.

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