Bob the flamingo walks through the hallway, back to his room, at the house of veterinarian Odette Doest in Julianadorp, Curaçao.

Veterinarian Odette Doest operates on a flamingo that has been bitten by a stray dog, at Fundashon Dier en Onderwijs Cariben (FDOC), a wildlife rehabilitation center on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

At the end of a long day, veterinarian Odette Doest makes supper, accompanied by Bob, a flamingo, and Willy, a chestnut-fronted macaw she rescued as a chick, in Julianadorp on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Veterinarian Odette Doest checks in with her assistant by phone, as she walks flamingo Bob to a beach resort to promote the work of the Fundashon Dier en Onderwijs Cariben (FDOC), a wildlife rehabilitation center on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Bob the flamingo accompanies veterinarian Odette Doest on a visit to the Dr Albert Schweitzer School in Willemstad on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, to educate children about flamingos and their habitat.

Students at the A. E. Goilo School interact with Bob the flamingo, in Julianadorp on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Bob helps to educate children about flamingos and their habitat.

Veterinarian Odette Doest administers antibiotics to a flamingo found with a broken wing following a suspected dog attack, on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. The presence of Bob, a flamingo habituated to humans, helps calm the wild bird.

Veterinarian Odette Doest takes her rescued birds for a walk on Klein Kip beach, on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Bob,a rescued flamingo, swims in the sea, under veterinarian Odette Doest’s supervision, on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Veterinarian Odette Doest has built a saltwater pool for rescued birds such as Bob the flamingo at her home on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

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Northwest Passages