Pupuce had been there! The Swiss newspaper “24 heures” launched a series of 7 expedition to discover the effects of Global Warming on-site. CAUTION: This will be a “Pupuce” week. My youngest daughter “called...
A Tornado in Legazpi near the embarcadero an impressive waterspout built up yesterday afternoon around 4:40 p.m. A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water. They are connected...
What have Habagat, Yellowfin Tuna and Gaisano to do in one headline. The answer is simple: They are back in Camiguin or will come soon. Habagat Habagat is the south-west monsoon so long awaited here...
The 2016 Drought still haunts the southern islands of the Philippines. Elder people here in Camiguin say that this year is the worst one since 1982. Even 1998 had not been so dry. The...
Rock Fall near Tuasan Falls in Camiguin. Last night I got a message from a friend. He sent me a short movie clip taken last Saturday – April 23, 2016. The title of the...
Camiguin island in the southern Bohol sea has been known for its pristine nature, mountains and sea. I write this in past tense because the concrete cancer is developing at fearful speed. And now...
Mangroves protect Camiguin’s coast and provide us with clean air. One might accuse Camiguin’s government for the ongoing concrete madness and the diesel power plant, but coast protection is not just a word for them,...
This is Camiguin! The little island in the southern Bohol Sea is slowly but steadily developing. While Boracay suffers from mass tourism, Camiguin attracts people who like the real things. Camiguin for kite boarders The white...
The Sunbirds come always back to our garden in Camiguin. Usually mid to end of February the adults fill the air with their songs. Then they start to build the astonishing nests. The olive-backed sunbird...
Solar Eclipse 2016 – a strange kind of light covered our beach this morning in Agoho, Camiguin. A light partial cloud layer reduced the sunlight furthermore. Just before 9 o’clock at “Merinda” time, the sunlight considerably...
Solar Eclipse on March 9 in the Philippines. Although it will be a total solar eclipse accompanied by a Supermoon, the eclipse will be only partial in the Philippines. Below is the exact data...
Whale sharks in Black Forest – we are so lucky here in Camiguin. And just the night before the first sighting of a Butading in Black Forest, the sea had been full of Bioluminescent Plankton....
Last Friday a friend living uphill in Camiguin texted me to ask what was happening. She couldn’t see White Island laying only 2.75 km from her house. Here on the beach an acrid smell...
No it isn’t a Filipino who won the Nobel Prize in medicine, but this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is very important for the Philippines. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
Around our house in Camiguin live several geckos. They love to hide behind the bamboo during the day. In the evening they come out of there hideaways to hunt their prey and much more....
Indigenous people of Camiguin living in the forests know the rather small Hawk Owl well. But it took 15 years to confirm the existence of the 2 subspecies of the Ninox hawk-owls. This is...
3 less or more strong storms are currently whirling over the North-West Pacific. Nearest one is Tropical Storm LINFA/Egay, moving late tomorrow or early Monday morning over most northern Luzon and the Batanes Group of Islands....
Jumping spiders (family Salticidae) are funny companions. My “office” is outside our house on a shadowy veranda. Most of the time when I work on my laptop computer, one of these funny and curious...
‘Poussin Diver’ posted this funny octopus on April 19, 2015. The octopus is moving over sandy ground carrying two coconut shells with him. The octopus uses these two shells like a mobile home. [GARD]
Dry – El Niño is almost here. Over in Bohol they already had water problems begin of April. Here in Camiguin, especially in Agoho, it didn’t rain now for 2 weeks. Spring water levels are lowering and...
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