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2012 spring migration in Jeddah (1 Viewer)
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ammadoux
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March 24/ 2012
Hello again
as today i am on my one week Spring vacation, the sky is blue for the first time since six days of a sand storm, the longest i have ever lived.
any way off to a great start with the black bush robin (which is a non migrant) coming to greet me when i went out of the house.
1- a pied wheatear was a real surprise never ever i have them in my region before, it was so active and coming and going between my region the neighbor garden, not having a very good teat in choosing where to perch, always preferring the large street bin.
2- soon my prayers were answered as i spotted a gorgeous male black cap in the water bath, but it was too shady and very poor light to get shots, but it kept on coming to drink and take a bath for all morning. looking mega gorgeous almost blue gray. in the afternoon it became a regular visitor to the spot where i put peanut butter to the other birds.
3- a Hoopoe was around at 4 :00pm, wonder if it the same one that was around last week.
4- many lesser whitethroats only can be seen in the water bath, competing with the black cap for water. not sure if the are also became addicted to the peanut butter.
5- willow warblers as usual in the after noon busy eating from the cotton like flowers of the Tamarisk trees, they just can't stop eating from them. saw about 4 WW.
6- at around 4 : 00 pm finally had a clear view of that mystery bird that was on the wall between me and the neighbor, that keep on disappearing whenever i show up, it finally came down to my region and right in front of me, and its a massive surprise, a Northern wheatear, a gorgeous male. i have never had them in my back yard before, but i had two of them in one empty land in the locality last year.
photos will be uploaded tomorrow inshaALLAH.
Hello again
as today i am on my one week Spring vacation, the sky is blue for the first time since six days of a sand storm, the longest i have ever lived.
any way off to a great start with the black bush robin (which is a non migrant) coming to greet me when i went out of the house.
1- a pied wheatear was a real surprise never ever i have them in my region before, it was so active and coming and going between my region the neighbor garden, not having a very good teat in choosing where to perch, always preferring the large street bin.
2- soon my prayers were answered as i spotted a gorgeous male black cap in the water bath, but it was too shady and very poor light to get shots, but it kept on coming to drink and take a bath for all morning. looking mega gorgeous almost blue gray. in the afternoon it became a regular visitor to the spot where i put peanut butter to the other birds.
3- a Hoopoe was around at 4 :00pm, wonder if it the same one that was around last week.
4- many lesser whitethroats only can be seen in the water bath, competing with the black cap for water. not sure if the are also became addicted to the peanut butter.
5- willow warblers as usual in the after noon busy eating from the cotton like flowers of the Tamarisk trees, they just can't stop eating from them. saw about 4 WW.
6- at around 4 : 00 pm finally had a clear view of that mystery bird that was on the wall between me and the neighbor, that keep on disappearing whenever i show up, it finally came down to my region and right in front of me, and its a massive surprise, a Northern wheatear, a gorgeous male. i have never had them in my back yard before, but i had two of them in one empty land in the locality last year.
photos will be uploaded tomorrow inshaALLAH.
