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!

Oil in Jan Kok Salt Pans

JAN KOK SALT PANS

Flamingos still can find food at the far end of the saltpan.



Antilliaans Dagblad (in Dutch)

Meer foto's: Olieramp Bij Jan Kok (in Dutch)

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.