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A14 LOCAL
Saturday 14 March 2020
Birds of Aruba

ORANJESTAD — On May 11th, 2010, the Aruba Birdlife Conservation was
founded with the aim of protecting the biodiversity in general and birds
in and around Aruba in particular.

Among other things, the foundation will focus on increasing the survival
chances of species of wild birds by promoting their preservation and
conservation. The foundation publishes the most beautiful pictures of lo-
cal birds on their social media that show us the beauty of Aruba’s birds
and nature in general. Aruba Today gives you a little peek with the fol-
lowing pictures and descriptions from the foundations Facebook page.

Aruba’s Kinikini

This falcon is an all-rounder. It will hunt in trees, fish in very shallow waters,
and run down lizards and if a lizard manages to escape into a tiny crev-
ice, this hunter will dig the lizard out of its hiding place with its claws. Its
color patterns are well known, except for the pattern between its wings,
which only become visible when it tilts its body while making a sharp turn.
A Northern Crested Caracara in flight.
Papiamento: Warawara.
Nederlands: Kuifcaracara.

Bubali Black-belied Babies.

Born for our skies. Aruba’s smallest falcon roams open areas for prey,
ranging from insects, and small reptiles, mammals and birds.
Excesses arising from our unplanned and unregulated tourism sector are
also causing Aruba’s Kinikini numbers to decline.
Yet another conservation plan will have to be developed to try and res-
cue this beauty from going extinct in Aruba.
This masterfully beautiful bird also deserves its place in Aruba’s skies and
should not go lost due to greed’s indifference to our children’s future.
What an awesome feeling it brings about when a nest of Black-belied
A Killdeer at Bubali Wetlands. Whistling Ducks is successful.

Born at Bubali Wetlands; worth protecting!
A proud but cautious parent with nine chicks.

A Purple Gallinule

Here to stay. Although, these migratory plovers are known to breed in Nature’s Costume Colors. No lack of inspiration once you turn to nature
the northern areas of the United States, Aruba now has its own resident for some color guidance.
breeding colony. And …. getting those feathers right makes all the difference. A Purple
They came as tourists … and never left. Gallinule getting its feathers in tip top shape!
The eye makeup is to die for.
Colors of the Warawara
Aruba’s to enjoy. Aruba’s to protect!q