ABOUT BIRDS AND BEAUTY... Jacques van Wijlick July 1, 2019 About birds and beauty… Barn Owl (Tyto alba) with a freshly caught Brown Rat (Rattus Norvegicus) Common Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) stretching elegantly. Three little angels. Mandarin Duck. Barn Owl (Tyto alba) observing the observer. Bathing Great Tit (Parus major). Drinking juvenile Greenfinch. An exhausted Yellow-crowned Bisshop (Euplectus afer) singing on a post. Juvenile Blue Tit. Purple Heron. Jay. Barn Owl (Tyto alba). Yellow-crowned Bisshop (Euplectus afer). The approach… Black-winged Stilts (Himantopus himantopus) Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) lifting from a meadow in the north of the Netherlands. Wood Pigeon. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Going home now…