12/12/2009 Hume’s Wheatear at SAANR

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Brian and me visited SAANR today. Tulha was totally dead and we managed to see  only 4 Bar-taied Desert Larks and 1 Hoopoe Lark + 1 Long-legged Buzzard after long drive out there. However, as a last thing we checked one big wadi near entrance. I spotted a wheatear and without carefully looking it  I  just said Mourning Wheatear but luckily Brian really watched the bird and said that it is Hume’s Wheatear. Then I had to rush back to the car to get my camera. This is 8th record for Kuwait.

Hume’s Wheatear (Oenanthe alboniger)

Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra فَقَاقَةٌ إهْيُومِيَّةٌ
Hume’s Wheatear perched on a mound
Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra فَقَاقَةٌ إهْيُومِيَّةٌ
Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra فَقَاقَةٌ إهْيُومِيَّةٌ