[...] Today we had an excursion with Natuurmonumenten at Zwanenwater, an area of dunes along the coast with two large lakes. Normally, visitors are only allowed to go to the first of two lakes, but with two rangers we had a 5½-hour / 20 km walk around the second lake, through the dunes, marshes, woodland and heathland. We saw many birds including eight Spoonbill. [...]
[...] Best discovery – Amy and I started a new hobby of birding this year. On 25 February we went down to Vogelplas Starrevaart, just a few kilometers south of Leiden, and discovered it was a great place to watch birds. There is a very nice hide in the middle of the lake, and throughout the year we have seen many birds come and go as we visited the area. During the summer we saw here dozens of Spoonbills. [...]
My name is Amy and I live in the Chicago area.
Besides birding I love to travel. 
May 6th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
[...] Today we had an excursion with Natuurmonumenten at Zwanenwater, an area of dunes along the coast with two large lakes. Normally, visitors are only allowed to go to the first of two lakes, but with two rangers we had a 5½-hour / 20 km walk around the second lake, through the dunes, marshes, woodland and heathland. We saw many birds including eight Spoonbill. [...]
December 28th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
[...] Best discovery – Amy and I started a new hobby of birding this year. On 25 February we went down to Vogelplas Starrevaart, just a few kilometers south of Leiden, and discovered it was a great place to watch birds. There is a very nice hide in the middle of the lake, and throughout the year we have seen many birds come and go as we visited the area. During the summer we saw here dozens of Spoonbills. [...]
September 10th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
[...] Spoonbill [...]