Hawker
Profile
My name is Robert & I was born in Jersey the largest of the Channel Islands. I lived there for 20 years and left in 1969 to travel the world. I now live in the Netherlands in Purmerend 15 km to the north of Amsterdam.
I’ve been interested in nature since I was about 4 years of age. I love everything about nature and am especially interested in birds, butterflies and dragonflies. I also do voluntary work for a number of nature protection organisations.
I bought my first digital camera in 2000 a Sony DSC V505 and in 2003 a Sony DSC F828. My first SLR camera was a Canon EOS 350d and I wasn’t very happy with this model and changed it for a Canon EOS 30D. At the moment I’m using a Canon EOS 40D.
My other hobbies are travelling, collecting stamps & banknotes depicting birds and messing around with computers.
Groups
Hawker hosts Damselflies - (Zygoptera) and is a member of ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), All Soft and Cuddlies !!, Bee & Wasp Passions, Bug Hunt! (with Location please), Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Dragonflies, Dutch Touch, Earth Keepers (include location and 'green' ideas), Equine Art and Photography, Even-toed Ungulates (Mammals) Artiodactyla, Friends of RedBubble, Fungilicious, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, I Love Birds, Just Butterflies, Landscape Photography, LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Only Orchids!, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, The Birds, The Collector's Corner, The Great Outdoors (no garden shots, limit man made objects to wilderness gear, please) and Western Australia (3 per day).
Journal Entries
Problems with RB
Posted 14 days ago, 14 comments so far.
Bad News
Posted 29 days ago, 8 comments so far.
Honoured
Posted about 1 month ago, 5 comments so far.
RB & UPC
Posted 3 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Three Week Break
Posted 6 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Seasons Greetings
Posted 10 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Homepage Feature
Posted 11 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Backlog
Posted 11 months ago, 3 comments so far.
Thanks Again
Posted about 1 year ago, 6 comments so far.
Butterflies
Posted about 1 year ago, 4 comments so far.
Art
Writing
Butterflies
Butterflies have been an inspiration to many through the centauries, poets, song writers and authors etc. In the 60’s a singer named Bob Lind wrote the song “Elusive Butterfly” and I personal…
Climate Change?
Once the Small Red-Eyed Damselfly (photo 1) could only be found in the countries around the Mediterranean and was in the 1960’s a rare vagrant in the most southern part of the Netherlands. In the 19…
