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Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last seven years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Focusing on the island's coral reefs, he has worked hand-in-hand with several businesses and environmental groups, including SECORE, a marine conservation organization based in the Netherlands. His image of a research submersible was recently featured on the cover of DIVER magazine.

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Jun 23, 10     Comments Off

Bird Bath

Good evening friends, I know I said I would send out the little rock crab photo from yesterday but again I can not find a name for him, there is not much info on what lives and grows on this island out there!   So instead I have for you a picture I took out my kitchen window yesterday morning during our early morning downpour!  This is called an Eared Dove or Zenaida auriculata.  All the other doves and birds had flown away to seek some kind of shelter but not this guy he sat there just as happy as could be and the water just ran right off him.  The black spots on the wings and behind the eyes make identification easy and the neck often shows an iridescent purplish color.  These doves are most at home in the desert and I always see them when walking the trails.  When startled or disturbed they fly straight up like they were shot from a rocket disappearing almost immediately.  This behavior has earned them the name “Jumpy Dove”.  Like all doves it is a seed eater and is quite common on all three islands.  Nests are built in bushes, cacti and low trees. 
 
No rain today at least not here at the house but it sure was hot and humid!  I rode my bike home at 1:00 for lunch and was soaked to the bone by the time I got there and I only live a mile away?  One of our security guards came and picked up our car today and took it to be fixed saving me a ton of time, we may have a new best friend!  Aimee is fine and having a wonderful time, it will be two weeks tomorrow, one week to go!  Not much else, I am doing a dive at 9:30 in the morning with friends so I better get moving and get my camera put together.
 
See you again soon, Barry

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