Out in the field for research and for fun!
Various projects in The Netherlands
Black-necked grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) in De Onlanden 
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) male in De Onlanden 
De Onlanden (Groningen) 
Sampling in the Wadden Sea, summer edition 
Common littoral crabs (Carcinus maenas) 
Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) 
Oostvaardersplassen (Flevoland) 
Red deer males in Oostvaardersplassen 
Catching Moor frogs (Rana arvalis) 
Moor frog (Rana arvalis) 
BirdAlert experiment with geese in Dutch agricultural fields 
A turbine with a black blade, part of the experiment in the Eemshaven (Groningen) 
White-tailed eagle flying in the Oostvaardersplassen 
Bearded reedling in the Oostvaardersplassen 
Spoonbill observed in the Oostvaardersplassen 
After trying to cross the muddy part to reach the avocets island…. 
Pied avocets to be monitored 
Cute Pied avocets chicks to be tagged to follow their fate 
Footprints from sampling in the Wadden Sea with low tide, winter edition 
Black-headed gull colony in NP De Alde Feanen 
Cormorants colony in NP De Alde Feanen 
Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in Warkumerwaard 
Crane (Grus grus) in the nature reserve Fochteloërveen 
The nature reserve Fochteloërveen 
Observing Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) in Klutenplas, Groningen 
Nature reserve De Onlanden 
Monitoring geese at Warkumerwaard 
Holding a tagged Common buzzard (very light individual) 
Pinky sky on the Wadden Sea 
Equipped for sampling benthos in the Wadden Sea (autumn edition) 
Sanderlings (Calidris alba) in the Wadden Sea 
Sampling benthos in the Wadden Sea 
Sunset on the Wadden Sea 
Releasing a tagged Common buzzard
Common buzzards (Buteo buteo)
in Friesland – The Netherlands
Common buzzard chick 
A nest up in the tree 
A very young Common buzzard on his nest at 9m 
Dark Common buzzard siblings on their nest 
Light Common buzzard chicks on their nest 
Me holding two siblings of different morph 
Measuring the head 
Putting a GPS transmitter on a juvenile 
Fixing the transmitter as a backpack 
Checking how tight or lose the transmitter is 
Teamwork 
Knowing glance 
Dark and light siblings 
Holding an adult after ringing 
Releasing the adult 
Juvenile flying with the transmitter 
Full of resin after climbing a tree 
A buzzard chick, an egg and a dead mole 
A camouflaged nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis)
in Abruzzo – Italy
Collared flycatchers. Female (left) and male (right) with caterpillar preys 
Birdwatching 
Nest box 
Female collared flycatcher incubating 
Collared flycatcher’s eggs 
Two chicks just hatched 
Beech forest at 1600 m 
Male Collared flycatcher singing 
Ranunculus acris and Monte Sirente on the background 
Male Collared flycatcher with caterpillar 
The big tree of the movie “Le Renard et l’enfant” 2007 
Male Collared flycatcher with prey (Isopoda) 
Mist and sunrise in the woods 
Wolf footsteps 
Villetta Barrea 
Iris marsica 
Zygaenidae 
Crocus sp. 
Verbascum sp. 
Coleoptera on Anemone appenina 
Muscardinus avellanarius 
Genziana acaulis 
Wood warbler nest with chicks (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) 
Muscari and Ranunculus sp. 
Myosotis sylvatica 
Sunset from Opi 
Anacamptis sp. (Orchidaceae) 
Cerambycidae, Monochamus galloprovincialis 
Carduus nutans 
Lepidoptera on Doronicum 
Malva sylvestris 
A deer over there? 
Lomelosia crenata
Pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)
in Drenthe – The Netherlands
Pied flycatchers with different prey items 
The setting for phototrapping 
Modified nest box 
Male Pied flycatcher inspecting the nest box 
Female Pied flycatcher and her clutch 
Young Pied flycatcher (12 days old) 
Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and her clutch 
Blue tit offspring 
Coal tit (Periparus ater) offspring 
Great tit (Parus major) offspring 
Great tit offspring some days later 
Pied flycatcher brood
Mistnetting
in Amazon rainforest – Peru,
Ponza island and Pizzoc mountain – Italy
Birdwatching in Colombia and Peru
Wild watching in Tanzania
Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus) 
Impala (Aepyceros melampus) 
Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) 
Bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca) 
Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) 
Common eland (Taurotragus oryx) 
Fischer’s lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) 
Northern red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) 
Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis leucoscepus) 
Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) with Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) 
Yellow-throated sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) 
African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) 
Crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) 
Olive baboons (Papio anubis) 
Augur buzzard (Buteo augur) 
Thomson’s gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) 
Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) 
Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) 
Grant’s gazelle (Nanger granti) 
Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) 
Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) 
Hyenas eating the carcass of a hippopotamus 
African spoonbill (Platalea alba) 
Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) 
Red-billed teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) 
Red-capped lark (Calandrella cinerea) 
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) & Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) 
African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) 
Redshank (Tringa totanus)? & Cape teal (Anas capensis) 
Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) 
Common Jackal (Canis aureus) 
Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) 
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) 
Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) 
Common ostriches (Struthio camelus), male and female. 
Little bee-eaters (Merops pusillus) 
Speke’s weaver (Ploceus spekei) 
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) 
Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) 
Baglafechtwever (Ploceus baglafecht) 
Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) 
Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) 
Coke’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii) 
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) 
Common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus) 
Coqui francolin (Campocolinus coqui) 
Cape hyrax (Procavia capensis) 
Lion (Panthera leo) 
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) 
Common Zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) 
Leopard (Panthera pardus) 
Rufous-naped lark (Mirafra africana) 
Kilimanjaro giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelschirki) 
Leopard on Acacia tree 
Purple roller (Coracias naevius) 
Von der Decken’s Hornbill (Tockus deckeni), female 
Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) & Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) 
Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus) 
Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) 
Flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis) 
Silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) 
Serval (Leptailurus serval) 
Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) 
Lion (Panthera leo) 
Secretary bird 
White-bellied bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) 
Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) 
Hooded vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus) 
Martial eagles (Polemaetus bellicosus) 
Dikdik 
Rüppell’s Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) 
Hildebrandt’s starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) 
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus topi) with offspring 
Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
Elena Frederika Kappers 