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Birds of Aruba

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

Among other things, the founda- Aruba Today gives you a little peek Canadian in the house Cabochon
tion will focus on increasing the with the following pictures and The breeding season is over and it’s In its living form of so much more
survival chances of species of wild descriptions from the foundations getting pretty cold in North Ameri- value than any gemstone. Aruba’s
birds by promoting their preserva- Facebook page. ca. Shore birds have started mov- smallest and most master of flight.
tion and conservation. ing southwards as early as July. This A top pollinator. A hovering Blenchi
The Great Egret wetland beauty wants to keep its inspecting the human who just en-
The foundation publishes the most Serenity in Aruba’s National Park, a toes warm. tered his territory.
beautiful pictures of local birds on Great Egret flying in peace. When English: Blue-tailed Emerald (male)
their social media that show us the it is peaceful and quite, beautiful Our Canadian friends know ex- Dutch: Blauwstaartsmaragdkolibrie
beauty of Aruba’s birds and nature things start happening in nature. actly where they can do so best. (mannetje).
in general. A Greater Yellowlegs rediscovering Aruba’s to enjoy. Aruba’s to
Aruba’s Bubali Wetlands. protect.q

Happy Island miracles in pictures & words

ORANJESTAD - Books, they can shake your A checklist, for scientific and educational pur-
world upside down. A good book is changing poses, is at the end of the book containing the
your mood like that perfect vacation spot that names of all bird species that can be found
energizes your spirit. Take these two together in Aruba. Where possible, the status (resident,
and what you get is a vacation book, a memo- migrant, and vagrant, introduced) and abun-
ry of that wonderful, heavenly place where you dance (common, fairly common, uncommon,
spent your valuable leisure time. Aruba Today scarce, and rare) of the particular bird species
dived into a local book store and wondered will be added to the checklist.
what Aruba books blow the visitor’s mind. Syl-
via Wouters, store manager at Bruna Book Store, Modern Caribbean Flavors by Helmi Smeulders
gladly helped us out and informed us about a This is thé book about the contemporary Carib-
small selection of Happy Island miracles in pic- bean kitchen with healthy recipes made with
tures and words. fresh and local ingredients. With recipes for Trop-
ical Quinoa Salad with Mango & Pomegranate
Seeds, Sweet Potato Salad, Goat Merguez, Wa-
ba truly is... One Happy Island.” termelon Sangria or Plantain Soup, the Carib-
bean vibe enters your kitchen, and you feel for
Bird Wildlife of Aruba Hardcover by Greg Peter- a bit you are back in the tropics again….
son
Popular book that gives an overview of Aruba’s We Are Aruba by Linda Reijnders
birds together with descriptions. The book con- Worldly life tales of islanders that come from 76
tains full page photographs of over two hun- different countries. This is a book that tells the
dred species of birds taken in Aruba's wildlife. stories of immigrants who make up for the multi-
cultural society that Aruba is. A world within an
island, a cocktail of people. The book is visibly
enriched with a picture of each interviewed
immigrant and an image of her/his country as
well as a map with the country’s location. In the
back you will find a list with all nationalities living

Aruba Point to Point by Federico Cabello
“Beautiful pictures of Aruba, this is a perfect
coffee table book to dream away with”, ex-
plains Sylvia. The book has 192 full color pag-
es and more than 400 photos in a landscape
format of 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches. In the words of
the author: “Slipping beyond a dynamic tourist
industry to discover its wild and undeveloped
beauty. Starting at the extreme north of the
island, at California Lighthouse, I travel south
along pristine beaches of white sand and calm,
translucent seas, passing hotels, sailboats and
shipwrecks as I go. At the southern tip, it is hard
not to wish that the island would never end.
Then back up the rocky East coast, where time
and the eternal embrace of the waves have
opened secret bays and stunning beaches in
the shelter of rock walls. From beach to beach,
point to point, cave to cliff to boat to bird, Aru-