Friday 26 November 2010

oman - Eagles and a falcon

imperial
 imperial
 short-toed
 short-toed
 spotted
 spotted
 spotted
 spotted
 spotted
 steppe
 steppe
steppe
 amur falcon
amur falcon

oman memories 5, (still snowing on the cape).

indian silverbill
cuckoo
 another rbf
 gg shrike
 african silverbills
 blackstart
 masked wagtail ( motacilla alba personata)
 little green beeeater
 citrine wagtail
indian roller

Thursday 25 November 2010

oman cont'd - eagles, exotica and insects to follow

whilst uploading these files to the blog, this is what I could see out of the study window
 spotted crake
 pallid harrier (f)
     "        "              "
        "         "            "      (m) - very distant
 yellow-vented bulbul
arabian partridge

oman memories 3..............a few passerines

 black-crowned finch lark (m)
       "      "     "     "    (f)
 african rock bunting
 bluethroat
 red-breasted flycatcher
 black-throated thrush (an oman rarity)
 desert warbler
 graceful warbler
 black-headed wagtail
 red-tailed shrike
desert wheatear (m)

oman memories -2

 sooty gull
 spotted sandgrouse
 spoonbill
 glossy ibis
 black stork (oman rarity)
western reef heron (neither 1 morph or the other)

oman memories -1

 red-necked phalarope
 sociable plovers (2 of 4)
 caspian plover
 blue-cheeked beeaters (2 of a flock of 33)
kentish plover