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 !!, Animal Photography - Limit 1 Photo Submission a Week, Bee & Wasp Passions, Bug Hunt! (with Location please), Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects, Dragonflies, Dutch Touch, Friends of RedBubble, Fungilicious, Just Butterflies, Landscape Photography, LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Only Orchids!, The Birds, The Collector's Corner and Western Australia (3 per day).
Journal Entries
Three Week Break
Posted 2 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Seasons Greetings
Posted 6 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Homepage Feature
Posted 7 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Backlog
Posted 7 months ago, 3 comments so far.
Thanks Again
Posted 8 months ago, 6 comments so far.
Butterflies
Posted 8 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Thank you
Posted 8 months ago, 8 comments so far.
Art
Clothing
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…
