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Vermeer's "Girl with Pearl Earring" is a fine way to brighten an afternoon! Godfried and Jay contend that the luminosity of the paintings of Rembrandt and Vermeer only comes through when one is face to face with the paintings themselves. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
The mornings' birding took the group to wetlands as well as woodlands. As a lowland country dominated by waterways, the Netherlands throng with waterfowl in winter, as well as other species that require wetlands such as Bearded Tit, Great Bittern, and White-tailed Eagle. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
The spectacle of huge flocks of geese, here Barnacle Geese, draws birders from all over Europe to the Amsterdam area, where the chances of finding a rare species among the hordes are good. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
