Birding on Santiago Island, Cabo Verde, January 2016

endemic Swift, Apus alexandri

Bekassine

 

endemic Purple Heron

 

endemic Warbler, Acrocephalus brevipennis

behaving like a Reed Warbler

Wellenastrilde

Herr und Frau Jagosperling

our workplace, unser Arbeitsplatz

Löffler

juveniler Turmfalke

Rotschnabeltropikvogel

 

First birding days on Santiago Island, Cabo Verde

endemic Purple Heron now breeds near the reservoir of Poilao

somewhere here there will be our hide

 

Sanderling on the beach near the house

Golden Plover, European or American??

 

the grey underwings prooves it is dominica!!

Kentish Plover eating a dragonfly larva (?)

the big lagoon near Pedra Badejo

Ankunft und Eröffnung des Jugendzentrums. Arrival and Opening of Youth Center.

We find the house in good shape and the garden full of flowers after a summer with much rain. Hopefully the green will survive the winter storms.

The youth group CARETA, whom we support, has cooperated with the local authorities and has managed to renovate the desolate building which was supposed to be a youth center. It now is a "library". The opening ceremony was a big event.

Jaquelino, the poet, Djonny, the leader, Sr. Silva, the mayor.

Nishka in the middle, Fredy on the right, Jaquelino left.

The mayor likes the catchupa!

Catchupa (in the big pot) at sunset

Members of the CARETA group