Golden Sparrow at Oued Jenaa, Aousserd (1 Viewer)

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Acrocephalus

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• Jan 13, 2013

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Golden Sparrow at Oued Jenna, Aousserd

Yesterday, 2 Golden Sparrows (Passer luteus) seen at Oued Jenna, Aousserd (Thomas & Krister) via P. Bergier’s Facebook.

p.s. I think that the observers’ names are first names and most likely refer to the Swedish birders who first discovered the Cricket Warbler in the same region back in early 2008.

 

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jogresh

Bimble and patch

• Jan 13, 2013

• #2

Hi Mohamed, a good record, and perhaps not unexpected after the good amount of rain which you have mentioned. I seem to recall another record of this sp. from that area, is that right?
I wonder what other species will turn up....
Edit: just had a look at Go-South, it seems that things are really picking up along the Aousserd road, eg >150 Dunns Lark, dozens of Tristrams, at least 60 BCF Lark (we had 0 of any of these last Feb), 15 singing Desert Warblers, family groups of Cricket Warblers. Not to mention 2 different W R Heron near Dakhla and a Cape Gull at Khnifiss.
I hope to visit the area again before too long.

 

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Richard Klim

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• Jan 13, 2013

• #3

jogresh said:

I seem to recall another record of this sp. from that area, is that right?

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1st Moroccan record:

• Oued Ad-Deheb, Awserd, 21 Apr 2009: 2 males and 5 females/juveniles, photo (P Vantieghem et al).
  www.go-south.org/08_Go_SouthBulletin/gsb_7_1-14.pdf

Blue-naped Mousebird next...?

 

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• Jan 13, 2013

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Richard Klim said:

1st Moroccan record:

• Oued Ad-Deheb, Awserd, 21 Apr 2009: 2 males and 5 females/juveniles, photo (P Vantieghem et al).
  www.go-south.org/08_Go_SouthBulletin/gsb_7_1-14.pdf

Blue-naped Mousebird next...?

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Here is the photo of the group together, scroll down a bit to the middle of the page or search the species name.
http://pietervantieghem.webs.com/morocco2009.htm

Yes, the Blue-naped Mousebird and maybe some Sahelian larks next.

 

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Acrocephalus

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• Jan 26, 2013

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Photos of the Sudan Golden Sparrow seen at 17 km SW of Aousserd on 12 January 2013

Sorry, the Sudan-Golden-Sparrows were not observed at Oued Jenna, but at a well 17 km SW of Aousserd in a dense tree with 50 Desert Sparrows. Thomas kindly provided the information and the photographs (taken by his colleague) included in this blog-post:

http://moroccanbirds.blogspot.com/2013/01/Sudan-Golden-Sparrows-edge-of-Western-Palearctic.html

 

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• Feb 4, 2014

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2 Sudan Golden Sparrow at Oued Jenna (1 February 2014)

Two (female and male) Sudan Golden Sparrows (Passer luteus) were seen at Oued Jenna near Aousserd on 1 February 2014 by Kalle Larsson (via netfugl.kd)

Aren't they more regular (more or less) now? April 2009, January 2013, February 2014. We will watch and see.

 

Richard Klim

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• Feb 12, 2014

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Acrocephalus said:

Two (female and male) Sudan Golden Sparrows (Passer luteus) were seen at Oued Jenna near Aousserd on 1 February 2014 by Kalle Larsson (via netfugl.kd)

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Photos: seppokjarvinen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Marokko+2014/Sudan+Golden+Sparrow/

[via www.go-south.org]

 

birdieboy123

All The Gear, No Idea

• Feb 12, 2014

• #8

3 Golden Sparrows were seen and photographed by ourselves on Monday 10th, and on Tuesday 11th, another group of birders saw 4

 

MarkHows

Mostly Mammals

• Feb 16, 2014

• #9

some photos of the sparrows from the 10th

Mark

 

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Simon

• Feb 18, 2014

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Here are the pics I managed of the Sudan Golden Sparrows on the 10th February.

 

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• Mar 7, 2014

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4 March 2014

Two Sudan Golden Sparrows (male and female) found by Jorrit Vlot and colleagues at Oued Jenna, Aousserd on 4 March.

Photo of a nice male: https://twitter.com/JorritVlot/status/441323261629333504

Are these birds going to breed at Oued Jenna this year? I feel this will happen.

 

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• Apr 26, 2014

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Birds still near Aousserd (13 April)

The Sudan Golden Sparrows still hanging around Aousserd.

Three birds found in Acacia trees at about 10 km south of Aousserd on 13 April 2014. The birds in January 2013 were found near this area as well.

Exact location and photographs here: http://morocco.observado.org/waarneming/view/83526383