Hill in dry and wet times - Banda Bou

Dry season.


Century plants on hill.
 Wabi and Brasilia blooming.

Dry season, sun up. In the foreground: Wabi trees.



A few showers and the island is green!

Mata Galiña or Mata Ratu?

Kippenboom of Rattenboom?
De bonen dienden vroeger als geitenvoer.

The beans were used as food for goats.
Flowers and leaves
Flowers and leaves
Flower
The tree with the beans. Some trees can become quite big. But in our garden they are still bushes or small trees. 

We know the people here, speak of Mata Galiña or Mata Ratu. There is no information about these trees, other than that the beans served as goat food.

Chuchubi Nest - Mockingbird on nest - Spotvogel op nest


Update: The nest is empty. One side of the nest is open. We think it might be the big doves that, time and time again, were chased away by the Chuchubi, took the eggs. Could have been a lizzard or the Trupial, or some other bird too.

Grey Kingbird, Grote Grijze Vliegenvanger, Pimpiri, Tyrannus dominicensis



Grey Kingbird - Grote Grijze Vliegenvanger - Pimpiri (Tyrannus dominicensis)The Gray Kingbird is pale gray on the back with a dark mask. It has no white tail tip.

Green Heron - Butorides virescens


Green Heron at Jan Thiel Bay

photos: Femia Cools

Green Heron


(met dank aan J.Zwaaneveld)

Warawara - Northern Crested Caracara


lady beetle Cycloneda devestita



Green bug. Very similar to the Lady Bug. Not very known. There hasn't yet  been a serious study of the insect world of Curaçao. Then green bug acts like the Lady bug and is a useful predator in the fight against pests.


More about local bugs: Caribbean Footprint


Unknown Bug, same size as the green bug above.


Agave Weevils!!
Another invasive species has been observed, one that might pose a potential threat to the ecology of Curacao. Caribbean Foorprint