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<blockquote data-quote="Adin 92" data-source="post: 1785338" data-attributes="member: 71829"><p>Hi Baber i will accept the challenge o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> and infact i just finished from a great Birdwatching day! Me together with another 5 birders of my own age decided to Visit Comino (Malta`s thrid largest Island and no hunting or trapping is permitted as it is a Reserve) and we did get some quality birds <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>3 Cory's Shearwater</p><p>40 <strong>Glossy Ibis </strong>(2 flocks, 19 (1 of these seemed to have a dangling leg) at 16:10 and 21 immediately after at 16:20)</p><p>6 <strong>Great White Egret</strong> (1 flock seen at 7:30 from boat on our way to Comino)</p><p>70 Little Egret (29 resting on Comino, 37 resting on gozo, 4 resting on Comino)</p><p>17 Grey Heron (single bird and a flock of 16 seen at 12:30 migrating in a northerly direction)</p><p>15 Marsh Harrier</p><p>1 <strong>Peregrine Falcon</strong> (seen for about 2 hours, hunting for pigeons)</p><p>2 Common Kestrel</p><p>60+ Yellow-legged Gull</p><p>9 <strong>Cranes</strong> (flock seen at 11:15 over Malta)</p><p>1 Green Sandpiper (heard)</p><p>7 Turtle Dove </p><p>5 Collared Dove </p><p>1 Alpine Swift</p><p>20+ Common Swift</p><p>3 Hoopoe</p><p>8 Wryneck</p><p>1 House Martin</p><p>15+ Swallow</p><p>2 Short-toed Lark</p><p>1 Skylark</p><p>1 Yellow Wagtail</p><p>20+ Tree Pipit</p><p>6 Blue Rock Thrush</p><p>8 Northern Wheatear</p><p>1 <strong>Black-eared Wheatear</strong> (Adult Male ssp. Melanoleuca, see pic)</p><p>4 Whinchat</p><p>1 Common Redstart</p><p>1 Robin</p><p>20+ Nightingale</p><p>1 Zitting Cisticola</p><p>20+ Sardinian Warbler</p><p>3 Spectacled Warbler</p><p>2 Whitethroat</p><p>3 Subalpine Warbler</p><p>2 Willow Warbler</p><p>10+ Wood Warbler</p><p>1 Collared Flycatcher</p><p>1 <strong>Semi-collared Flycatcher</strong> (female)</p><p>5 Starling (1 seen carrying food towards pig farm area)</p><p>1 Linnet</p><p>30+ Spanish Sparrow</p><p></p><p>later in Malta we saw an <strong>Avocet</strong> (lifer) and <strong>Purple Gallinule</strong> (still present <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p></p><p>finished the day with 2 lifers (Great white Egret and Avocet)</p><p></p><p>Pics attached of Comino Island and i will try to continue this thread :t:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adin 92, post: 1785338, member: 71829"] Hi Baber i will accept the challenge o:D and infact i just finished from a great Birdwatching day! Me together with another 5 birders of my own age decided to Visit Comino (Malta`s thrid largest Island and no hunting or trapping is permitted as it is a Reserve) and we did get some quality birds ;) 3 Cory's Shearwater 40 [B]Glossy Ibis [/B](2 flocks, 19 (1 of these seemed to have a dangling leg) at 16:10 and 21 immediately after at 16:20) 6 [B]Great White Egret[/B] (1 flock seen at 7:30 from boat on our way to Comino) 70 Little Egret (29 resting on Comino, 37 resting on gozo, 4 resting on Comino) 17 Grey Heron (single bird and a flock of 16 seen at 12:30 migrating in a northerly direction) 15 Marsh Harrier 1 [B]Peregrine Falcon[/B] (seen for about 2 hours, hunting for pigeons) 2 Common Kestrel 60+ Yellow-legged Gull 9 [B]Cranes[/B] (flock seen at 11:15 over Malta) 1 Green Sandpiper (heard) 7 Turtle Dove 5 Collared Dove 1 Alpine Swift 20+ Common Swift 3 Hoopoe 8 Wryneck 1 House Martin 15+ Swallow 2 Short-toed Lark 1 Skylark 1 Yellow Wagtail 20+ Tree Pipit 6 Blue Rock Thrush 8 Northern Wheatear 1 [B]Black-eared Wheatear[/B] (Adult Male ssp. Melanoleuca, see pic) 4 Whinchat 1 Common Redstart 1 Robin 20+ Nightingale 1 Zitting Cisticola 20+ Sardinian Warbler 3 Spectacled Warbler 2 Whitethroat 3 Subalpine Warbler 2 Willow Warbler 10+ Wood Warbler 1 Collared Flycatcher 1 [B]Semi-collared Flycatcher[/B] (female) 5 Starling (1 seen carrying food towards pig farm area) 1 Linnet 30+ Spanish Sparrow later in Malta we saw an [B]Avocet[/B] (lifer) and [B]Purple Gallinule[/B] (still present :) ) finished the day with 2 lifers (Great white Egret and Avocet) Pics attached of Comino Island and i will try to continue this thread :t: [/QUOTE]
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