Recién llegados del Club Refugio Ombú con los amigos Javier, Seko Y Luis luego de disfrutar de dos días y medio aprovechando el fin de semana largo en los que el clima estuvo bastante complicado durante la mayor parte del tiempo. Mucha llovizna, viento y nubes no brindaban condiciones óptimas para fotografiar aves, pero a […]
Category: Wildlife
Out East Again
I have been out to some of the sites east of the city quite regularly over the last week and have sometimes ended up at Khawr Rori if I have had time. In the springs (ayns) I have been looking for any rare passerine migrants and at Khawr Khawr for little crake. Unfortunately I have […]
Socotra Cormorant – Dhahran Expro Wader Roost
Whilst birding the seafront next to the Dhahran Expro Wader Roost I found a Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis sitting in a small tree next to the water edge at very close range but unfortunately it flew after I had only taken a single photo. This is probably the best place in Dhahran to see the […]
Admiring a Great Blue Heron
I was admiring this photo of a great blue heron and its shadow when I remembered the poem “Heron Rises from the Dark, Summer Pond” by Mary Oliver: So heavy is the long-necked, long-bodied heron, always it is a surprise when her smoke-colored wings open and she turns from the […]
Well Marked Tree Pipit – Sabkhat Al Fasl
Phil and I found a well-marked Tree Pipit at Sabkhat Al Fasl on Friday 2 October 2015. The bird was seen initially from some distance and caused some thoughts of Olive-backed Pipit. The bird appeared to have relatively plain upperparts, lacking streaking of Tree Pipit and sometimes looking olive toned but other times more brownish. […]
Gavilán mixto (Harris´s Hawk) Parabuteo unicinctus
De una longitud que ronda los 48/49 centímetros en el macho, y 43/56 cm. en la hembra, el Gavilán mixto, o Aguilita colorada, Guamón, o Peuco; es una especie de ave accipitriforme de la familia Accipitridae. Es un ave mediana que habita desde el sudoeste de EE. UU., todo el Perú, Bolivia, Uruguay y hasta […]
Juvenile Montagu’s Harrier – Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm
Whilst birding Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm on 11 September 2015 I saw a juvenile harrier over one of the fields. Luckily the bird flew closer and eventually flew right overhead allowing some good photographs to be taken. Juvenile Montagu’s and Pallid Harriers are difficult to identify with certainty at times and good views are […]
Tour of the east side
As well as visiting local farms on Friday, I toured some sites east of the city starting at Ayn Hamran. The stop at Ayn Hamran was relatively short but it is never uninteresting. Though there were no wintering birds seen yet apart from a couple of common sandpiper and a grey wagtail. It’s always a […]