Salalah, Oman 4-8th September 2012
Pekka and I went to Salalah, Oman for a four day birding. We met Dr Gary Brown who did bird with us.
Below is a list of the birds we have seen:
5/09/2012 East Khawr
Little Egret 2, House Crow 4, Grey Heron 1, Little Stint 1, Common Moorhen 6 .
5/09/2012 Ras Janjari
Persian Shearwater 15, Pale-footed Shearwater 3, Brown Noddy 2, Masked Booby 20, Brown Booby 3, Swift Tern 36, Sooty Gull 100, Glossy Ibis 4, Eurasian Spoonbill 4, Forbes-Watson’s Swift 8, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 6 (by Gary Brown).
05/09/2012 Wadi Hanna
African Paradise Flycatcher 4, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 20, Blackstart 1, Olivaceous Warbler 1, Shining Sunbird 2, Tristram’s Starling 4, Pale Crag Martin 4, Forbes-Watson’s Swift 5
05/09/2012 Sahnawt Farm
Singing Bush Lark 20, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark 10, Laughing Dove 50, Kentish Plover 2, Little Ringed Plover 3, Tristram’s Starling 3
06/09/2012 West Kawr
Indian Pond Heron 1, Red-knobbed Coot 1, European Redshank 1, Common Moorhen 20, Little Egret 2, Glossy Ibis 2, Striated Heron 2, Grey Heron 2, House Crow 2
06/07/2012 Ras Raysut
House Crow 8
06/09/2012 Wadi Al Mughsayl
Golden-winged Grosbeak 4, Garganey 4, Pale Crag Martin 2, Verraux’s Eagle 3 (by Gary Brown).
06/09/2012 Blow holes
Tristram’s Starling 6
06/09/2012 Ayn Sahnawt
African Paradise Flycatcher 2, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 20, Bonelli’s Eagle 1, Ruppel’s Weaver 5, African Silverbill 5, Golden-winged Grosbeak 1, Tristram’s Starling 5.
07/09/2012 Ayn Razat
African Silverbill 6, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 25, Grey-headed Kingfisher 3, Arabian Partridge 3, Dideric Cuckoo 2, Olive Green Pigeon 1, White-spectacled Bulbul 20.
07/09/2012 Wadi Darbat
Arabian Wheatear 2, Dideric Cuckoo 1, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 1
07/09/2012 Tawi Atyar
Barbary Falcon 1
07/09/2012 Mirbat Port
Persian Shearwater 10, Masked Booby 2, Brown Booby 1, Swift Tern 10, Brown Noddy 4, Bridled Tern 15, Common Tern 10, Whiskered Tern 2.
07/09/2012 Khawr Rawri
Swift Tern 30, Sooty Gull 20, Little Egret 1
07/09/2012 Khawr Taqa
Graceful Prinia 3, Swift Tern 10, Sooty Gull 20
08/09/2012 Qitbit
Brown-necked Raven 3, Crowned Sandgrouse 10, Spotted Sandgrouse 20, Rock Dove 8, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark 10, Green Sandpiper 1, Collared Dove 1
08/09/2012 Muntasar
Spotted Flycatcher 6, Spotted Sandgrouse 3, Ruff 1, Turkestan Shrike 2, Eurasian Cuckoo 1, European Turtle Dove 6, Collared Dove 20, Barn Swallow 4, Sand Martin 4, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 1
08/09/2012 Dahariz Farms
Abyssinian White Eye 2, Shining Sunbird 2, Graceful Prinia 4
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Brown Bobby Sula leucogaster (photo: Pekka Fågel)
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Singing Bush Lark Mirafra cantillans (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus (photo: Gary Brown)
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Barbary Falcon Falco (peregrinus) pelegrinoides (photo: Gary Brown)
Verraux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii (photo: Gary Brown)
Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius (photo: Gary Brown)
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
Ruppell’s Weaver Ploceus galbula (photo: Gary Brown)
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura (photo: Gary Brown)
African Silverbill Lonchura cantans
Tristram’s Starling Onychognathus tristramii (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii (photo: Pekka Fågel)
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Pekka Fågel)
White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Swift Tern Thalasseus bergii (Photo: Gary brown)
Acknowledgement: We would like to sincerely thank Sakhr and Ibrahim whom agreed to take us on a boat trip and afterward refused to take money in return.
Very nice photos! Keep up the good work.
Fantastic images. thank u
hope to join u some day
regards
Dr R Rajagopal