Before breakfast I was in Shulemit Park by the hotel. The bottlebrush tree was a lovely backdrop to the local birds. The migrants were in other parts of the Park.
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| Blackcap - male |
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| Blackcap - female |
After breakfast we went back to the sewage pools at Km 19 where we had been previously. In the reedbeds we saw Dead Sea sparrows, Sardinian warbler, woodchat shrike, red-throated pipit, isabelline wheatear and a fine male namaqua dove nearby.
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| Isabelline wheatear |
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| Sardinian warbler |
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| Namaqua dove - male |
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| Red-throated pipit |
Also present were 2 spotted eagles which drifted off towards Jordan.
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| Spotted eagle |
Next stop was the saltpools of Km20 where there were a couple of hundred slender-billed gulls, 25 ruffs, etc.
It was our last chance to go to the firing range for desert species so we drove north to Ha'Meishar plains. Larks abounded including thick-billed, greater short-toed and bimaculated.
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| Thick-billed lark |
Our main target was crowned sandgrouse and we were lucky to come across a flock of over 100 which allowed us to approach relatively near.
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| Crowned sandgrouse. Female on left, male on right. |
We moved to a different range where we were fortunate to encounter a small flock of bar-tailed larks.
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| Bar-tailed lark |
There was little else of note, despite a diligent search till just before sunset. Ah well! Back to the hotel for another splendid buffet dinner.
Hi,
ReplyDeletevery nice photographs. i too love bird-watching.
vinod