Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
3/12/2007 at JEO. 3 Common Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap (first record for December), 1 Bluethroat, 1 Marsh Harrier. A female Western Marsh Harrier. A Bluethroat. Chiffchaffs, I found these Chiffchaffs difficult to assign to subspecies, the distinct supercilium, darkish...
01/12/2007 at JEO. 2 Common Reed Buntings, a male and female (first found and photographed by Rashed Al-Hajji), 1 Mallard, 2 Moustached Warblers ssp. mimicus, 2 Little Crakes, 1 Bluethroat, 1 European Robin, 10+ Common Chiffchaffs ssp. tristis...
Rashed had found a Saker Falcon. The Saker Falcon has turned out to be an escape, as the jesses were clearly seen when the bird took off. The Saker Falcon photographed by Rashed.
The last day of the month hasn’t left us without Rashed is finding something rare, 1 Common Reed Bunting, The following photographs are all by Rashed.The Common Reed Bunting.
29/11/2007 at JEO. 1 Redwing found and photographed by Rashed, 3 Eurasian Coots, 3 Little Crakes, 2 Moustached Warblers, 1 Long-legged Buzzard, 1 Steppe Eagle, 2 Greater Spotted Eagles, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Osprey. The Redwing found and...
2 European Stonechat, 1 Long-tailed Shrike the 3rd record, the 2nd stayed from 14 Oct. 2006 until 9 April 2007 nearly 6 months, 1 Isabelline Shrike phoenicuroides ssp., 8 Eurasian Curlew of orientalis ssp. The Long-tailed Shrike, a...
26/11/2007 at JEO and SAANR. Pekka Fågel went to JEO and found a juvenile Little Bittern, at SAANR was lucky to find the Macqueen’s Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii and also found a Hoopoe Lark. All Photographs by Pekka Fågel.
1 Buff-bellied Pipits, 6 Richard’s Pipits, 5 Long-legged Buzzards, 1 Imperial Eagle, 1 Pallid Hrrier adult male, 200+ White Wagtails, 100+ Northern Lapwings, 60 Cattle Egrets, 2 Great Egrets, 3 Isabelline Shrike, 150+ Starlings. The Great Egret ...
The Buff-bellied Pipit the fourth record was found and photographed today by A. Al-Sirhan.Buff-bellied Pipit identification: Our bird of ssp. japonicus can be told from Water Pipit ssp. coutelii by bill length and depth and usually leg colour...
22/11/2007 at JEO The following photographs by Rashed at JEO. A juvenile Steppe Eagle.
22/11/2007 at JEO It was found and photographed by Rashed Al-Hajji. In his excellent book “The Birds of the State of Kuwait”, George Gregory wrote: Under the heading “European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)” the following: All or almost...
Today another Buff-bellied Pipit that has darker and more streaks on breast, belly and flanks. 2 Meadow Pipits, 2 Eurasian Skylarks, 1 Citrine Wagtail a different bird from the one of 19/11/2007 has more yellow on face and...
A Buff-bellied Pipit, the second record for Kuwait of ssp. japonicus, was found and photographed by A. Al-Sirhan today. The first Buff-bellied Pipit was seen on 11/02/2005 by A. Bailey, B. Foster and G. Gregory. Description of the Buff-bellied...
21/11/2007 at JEO 2 Greater Spotted Eagles, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Little Crake, 30+ Water Pipits, 2 Yellow Wagtails 1 flava ssp. with a ring on its right leg. 1 Buff-bellied Pipit, the second record for Kuwait of...
19/11/2007 at JEO Rashed had photographed a Steppe Buzzard, a Spanish Sparrow and a Southern Grey Shrike.The following photographs all by Rashed Al-Hajji from left to right clockwise a Steppe Buzzard, the same bird again, a Spanish Sparrow...
3 Great Reed Warblers, 1 Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurus,1 Little Crake, 1 Eurasian Coot, 4 Red-throated Pipits, 30+ Water Pipits, 1 Citrine Wagtail, 1 Little Bittern in juv. plumage, 16 Chiffchaffs, 1 Southern Grey Shrike, 2 Green Sandpipers.