08/10/2020 Indian Roller at Pivot Fields
I paid a short visit to the Sulaibiya Pivot Fields for the Indian Roller, found yesterday by Aju P John. After about half an hour, the bird was just overhead along the road!
Today’s highlight: Five Sociable Lapwings
Today’s bird list:
Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 2, Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 417, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 21, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 8, Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 8, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 3, Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 5, Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1, Black-winged Kite Asian Elanus caeruleus [vociferus Group] 3, Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 2, Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 4, Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 1, Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1, Black-eared Kite Milvus migrans lineatus 4, Common Buzzard (Steppe) Buteo buteo vulpinus 3, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 3, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 2, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 13, Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 1, Isabelline Shrike Daurian Lanius isabellinus isabellinus 2, Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis 3, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 6, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 47, White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis 5, Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 2, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1, Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1.