Crested Cara Cara’s
The Crested Cara Cara's have quite active by us lately both in the morning and late afternoon just before sunset, Seams they are really making the watering hole on the…
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Crested Cara Cara’s
Watering holes
Checked up on the watering holes, since a WaraWara overflew the warerspot yesterday, but did not land. Found the water quite murky, so I cleaned all the water from on…
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Watering holes
Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto (update3)
Last week I placed the Haematoxylon brasiletto seeds in water and this morning after what looks like the seeds germinated, I placed a bunch of seeds in 21 different pots.…
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Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto (update3)
Aquaponics (update)
The airpump for the fish-tank of the aquaponics test system has been quite weak in blowing bubbles lately and yesterday morning I noticed that small mosquito larvi had invaded the…
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Aquaponics (update)
Tomatoes in Watapana tree (update)
Our tomatoplants at the Watapana tree have been doing excellent, untill we had a problem with the drip system last week. Seems like our water supply from WEB caries a…
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Tomatoes in Watapana tree (update)
Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto (update2)
Last monday I was able to get a bunch of seeds of the Brasil plant (Haematoxylon brasiletto) from one of the very few plants growing wild on the island. Very…
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Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto (update2)
Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto (update)
The Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto seedling is doing fine and this morning we planted one more of the seeds that germinated So hopefully we can try to get some of…
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Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto (update)
Watering hole Success!!
Just had a nice sight, when one of the majestic Crested Caracara's (Caracara cheriway) or Wara Wara's landed at the watering hole I made a few months ago. Its a…
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Watering hole Success!!
Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto
We received some seeds of the Brasil plant (Haematoxylon brasiletto) from the Arikok National park to see if we can get some of these very rare Aruba plants to grow…
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Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto
Tomatoes in Watapana tree 😳
This morning I transplanted 2 of the Tomato vines to the Watapana tree in the round about behind the observation deck The vines are in very good shape and have…
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Tomatoes in Watapana tree 😳
Kinikini
Was pleasantly surprised late yesterday when sighted a small Kinikini (American Kestrel/Falco Sparvertus) on top of the new nesting platform I installed a couple of weeks ago. Takes the birds…
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Kinikini
Burroughing Owl nest preparations
Spent this morning doing the prep work for the artificial Burroughing Owls nest Cleaned the location and reinforced the flex ducts so they would not move when they come with…
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Burroughing Owl nest preparations
Nature walk this morning
Spend this morning with Olinda Rasmijn from Stimaruba walking part of the creek bed towards the Ocean. Got about 1/2 way, before turning back. Learned quite a bit and lots…
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Nature walk this morning
Unkown nesting …
Since the last 3 days we noticed something is digging a nesting hole in the yard This morning the hole looked to be about 30cm deep or maybe more. It…
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Unkown nesting …
Bird Pool on Rock
Checked at sunrise and natural waterhole is keeping up 😊
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Bird Pool on Rock
Nature Walk this Saturday
Spoke yesterday to Olinda Rasmijn from Stimaruba, who is a conoisseur of the Aruba Flora and Fauna. We have scheduled a nature walk this Saturday at 6.30am starting at the…
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Nature Walk this Saturday
Bird watering spot
Been thinking about adding to the waterspot I already have and did some walking and exploring close by for a good location. Found 2 good spots, where yesterday Max and…
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Bird watering spot
Kolibrie / Hummingbird update
Yesterday i checked up on the kolibri nest and noticed it was empty ... Hmmm... Started looking around the nest on the flor but no little kolibries. The mother kolibri…
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Kolibrie / Hummingbird update
Bees
Ever since I put the small birdpond on the property, been having lots more activities of the bees, who come after the flowers and also use the birdpond as their…
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Bees
Kolibries
Late this morning a went to check up on the kolibrinest and was quite pleasantly surprised They seamed to be sleeping but also looked very dried out in the hot…
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Kolibries
Aloe field preparation
There is some movement with the Aloe field Removed some Aloe plants from front entrance and looks like I have enough for the 1st section to be planted Max has…
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Aloe field preparation
A pair of Helicopters/Dragonflies
This morning when wetting some of the plants I was surprised by some strong bussing around my head. Seamed like a large something So a pair of "helicopters" (don't know…
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A pair of Helicopters/Dragonflies
Prepping Aloe field
This weekend I'll be prepping the Aloe field behind the observation deck Right now it is full of the Aruban "blad cactus" which has a lot of small and tenacious…
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Prepping Aloe field
Kinikini/American Kestrel
Just saw a nice Kinikini this afternoon when arriving home. They have been fairly rare, but lately been seeing many previously rare birds appearing again in the neighborhood Above picture…
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Kinikini/American Kestrel
Hummingbirds/Kolibri/Blenchi
Yesterday, late afternoon, while tending and wetting the plants in the cunucu, a young hummingbird followed me all over and I noticed it really enjoyed being sprayed with a fine…
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Hummingbirds/Kolibri/Blenchi
Goat problem continues
Just got some more damage from the goats Called the police, but it will be until Tuesday that they can attend. Seems like the owner of the goats is responsible…
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Goat problem continues
Eggplants
The eggplants seedlings are growing and coming up quite nice Luckily they escaped the Goats of a few days ago. Since they are the 1st ones to be seen by…
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Eggplants
Goat problems
Yesterday some goats came through on their daily "return walk" and got in the yard somehow. Within 5-10 minutes a few of them caused quite some damage to the Green…
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Goat problems
Termites
Trying to get the termites under control that are attacking and destroying the watapana trees and cacti on the property
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Termites
Preparing planters/plantenpotten
Here is Max helping me prepare some planterns (plantepotten) so we can start putting some kale, radishes, brussel sprouts and maybe some pumpkins We will do that in combination with…
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Preparing planters/plantenpotten
Pumpkins are starting to flower
Saw some buds yesterday on the pumpkin plants, but thought 🤔 that it would be too early for flowers. It has been only 4 weeks since they sprouted. Anyways, male…
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Pumpkins are starting to flower
Tomato’s from a Watapana tree?
My next project is picking tomato's from a Watapana tree 🤔 Stay tuned!!
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Tomato’s from a Watapana tree?
Aquaponics material 😊
Just got a bunch of used 3/4" marine plywood that will be recycled for the aquaponics setup Have plenty seedlings that need growing space Will share plans shortly
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Aquaponics material 😊
Moving the Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkins
The remaining Jack-oLantern pumkins plants outgrew the little pods and this Morning Mac and I moved them to the new spot Click on link below to see video Click on…
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Moving the Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkins
Plans for WaraWara and Burrowing Owl nests
Since we are in a very rural area of the island and we love to give the local fauna a helping hand, following are some of my plans, that I…
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Plans for WaraWara and Burrowing Owl nests
Fireants attacking a beetle
Just saw some fire ants this morning attacking a beetle in the yard. It was amazing how aggressive these fire ants can get.
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Fireants attacking a beetle
Max describing the WaraWara he just saw
We saw a majestic WaraWara flying around again and Max gave me a description of how to recognise one of the birds of prey that frequent our area.
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Max describing the WaraWara he just saw
Happy days – Eggplant seedlings sprouted
The Eggplant seeds we placed in water on Jan 5th finally sprouted 😎 So between Max and I, we placed the sprouted seeds in little growing pods for their next…
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Happy days – Eggplant seedlings sprouted
Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkins
After an abismal failure 🧐 of planting some Pumkin seedlings last week, where the Lizards, iguanas and posible bunnies feasted on the fresh green leaves of the Pumkin plants, we…
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Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkins