Every spring they appear again, the yellow wagtails on the tulips. With their bright colors they often give a nice contrast or you have to look for them among all the colorful tulips. They often hide at the bottom near the stems, but as soon as they get hungry, you can see them catching flies. This Yellow Wagtail saw a fly and kept following it, but it wasn't hungry enough to start catching it.
Why they always visit the tulip fields is not clear to me, perhaps because these attract flies.
It is very nice to follow the birds, flying and playing after each other. To take this picture, my partner and I spent almost a whole day sitting on a chair in the roadside near the tulip fields. It was a beautiful, clear day, which also makes taking a photo more appealing.
Often we go out for a day like this, bag of sandwiches and drinks with us and enjoy everything around us.
For a number of years I have been engaged in photography in nature. The images I make are mostly realistic, like nature shows itself to be. I photograph in The Netherlands, but also in other countries, such as Scandinavia, Iceland, Australia, etc... Read more…