Close to the Poelboerderij in Wormer I found this pheasant. He had to assert himself. He suddenly straightened up, flung his bill wide, and let his sharp sound echo across the field. In doing so, the rooster's wings opened as wide as possible and he struck forward with them a number of times.
The male pheasants are at their best in spring with their bright red earlobes and colorful costume. They then – literally and figuratively – make themselves heard loudly with their fierce cackling.
The pheasant is a protected endemic species. Like all other birds that occur naturally in the wild in the Netherlands, pheasants are protected under the European Birds Directive.
Pieter Struiksma, born in 1967 and based in Wormer, is an avid photographer with a wide range of expertise. His self-taught approach has given him a deep understanding of photography, where he finds it a challenge to create eye-catching images in difficult situations. Pieter has developed into.. Read more…