My 10-year old son Jaden had been asking to go birding and wanting to take some images of his own. There was an upcoming Photographic competition in the UK, so a good reason for him to try and get images for the Junior category. Jahra Pools Reserve is a small inland reserve in Kuwait with […]
Kuwait’s Northern Islands – Boubyan and Warba
I was able to arrange a trip with a small group to conduct a Cetacean Survey around Boubyan and Warba Island (which are in a restricted area of the northern Arabian Gulf) and at the same time look for sea birds. As with all adventures, you can plan all the detail; but the weather is […]
Al Abraq Al-Khabari – a western oasis in Kuwait
Spring migration in Kuwait is in full force and migrants are literally everywhere – foraging, resting and passing by overhead. Al Abraq is a very small dot of green in a vast expanse of open desert in the far west of Kuwait. It is a working oasis and an absolute magnet for migratory birds that […]
Rain of Birds at last…
This spring has been very strange. After such a rainy winter with 4-6 floods in the southern Arava, we all expected that the desert will be filled with migrants. Then came March and by the end of it we were still looking hard to find birds in the Arava. Nevertheless there were many quality species […]
Picaflor de barbijo (Blue-tufted Starthroat)
Mas fotos de esta especie de picaflor obtenidas en mi casa durante el feriado largo de Semana Santa; limpié los bebederos y los acomodé en lugares distintos, ahuyenté las abejas y me senté a disfrutar del show, a pesar de ser siempre las mismas especies que frecuentan el patio siempre trato de experimentar distintas opciones […]
Swainson’s Warbler at Mead Gardens, 4/5/2013
This morning I drove by Mead Gardens hoping to find one of the Swainson’s Warblers that were seen there yesterday. A friend of mine was there too, and we ended up finding both Swainson’s Warblers, plus 12 other warbler species: Ovenbird, Worm-eating Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, […]
Calandria grande (Chalk-browed Mockingbird)
Comedero puesto en funcionamiento nuevamente al finalizar los fuertes calores del verano por ahora con fruta únicamente, alternando bananas con manzanas y naranjas han comenzado a bajar las Calandrias nuevamente al patio, estas no se resisten a las manzanas y muy de vez en cuando le dan algún que otro picotazo a las bananas. No […]
Wood Duck with Ducklings
The Wood Ducks on Grassy Lake, the pond by my office parking lot, are now the proud parents of four little ducklings. This morning I saw the mom with the four ducklings, and as she swam around thelilypads, the ducklings would walk on top of them following her around. It looked like they only entered […]