Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
This morning I visited Mutla’a Ranch and then Jahra Reserve. I call it Jahra Reserve because what is called Jahra Pools Reserve and Jahra East Outfall are now one reserve all run by the Environment Public Authority, EPA....
Highlight of the day is Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta, Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia and Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana. Khiran: Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 1, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 1, Crested Lark Galerida cristata 1, White-eared Bulbul...
This morning, Irvin Calicut and Kichu Aravind found an immature Striated Heron Butorides striata at Jahra Farms, I soon went there to find the bird. It is a Kuwait tick for me. Abdulmohsen Al-Surayea and Sajan Raju joined...
A Lesser Flamingo at Sulaibikhat Bay. In the morning we received a filled KORC Form of a Lesser Flamingo found in the evening of yesterday. AbdulMajeed Al-Shatti found the bird at Sulaibikhat Bay. It is the usual place...
The Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor was found yesterday. This is its 4th year since it started wintering in Kuwait with the Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus flocks. The Lesser Flamingo was first record was on 03/12/2007, the second on 16/01/2010.
Yesterday late afternoon we receivet text stating that there was Purple Sunbird at Mutla’a Ranch. However, we were too far to reach Mutla’a in good light. Therefore we deceided to go next morning. The bird was seen very...
Today was an exceptional day, we really had good birds. In the morning at Jahra Pools Reserve we had Moustached Warbler showed well many times allowing excellent photographing opportunities. We also had Mountain Chiffchaff and Indian Reed Warbler...
Rarities today: Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor, the 5th record if accepted by KORC. Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, the 10th if accepted by KORC. Olive-backed Pipit t Anthus hodgsoni, 10th still at Jahra Farms. Hume’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei, still...
A lesser Flamingo was seen today at Sulaibikhat Bay. I rushed there to see this beautiful bird with a Greater Flamingo flock as usual and managed a few photographs.
At Al-Abraq (By A. Al-Sirhan): Hume’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei 1, Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus 1, Pallid Scops-Owl Otus brucei 1, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus 2, Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1, Common Chiffchaff (Scandinavian) Phylloscopus collybita abietinus 5, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa...
I twitched Red Knot with Brian Foster, Mike Newey and Christine Canzanella today. The bird was found by Rashed Al Hajji on previous day. There is only one earlier record in Kuwait and it is from 26 July,...
Pivot Fields: Buff-bellied Pipit 1 (13th record if accepted by KORC), Steppe Buzzard 1, Long-legged Buzzard 2, Eastern Imperial Eagle 2, Greater Spotted Eagle 1, Cattle Egret 71, Water Pipit 30, Isabelline Wheatear 2, White Wagtail 5, Grey...
Eastern Greylag Goose 1, Eurasian Coot 3. Eastern Greylag Goose Anser anser rubrirostri (juvenile)
This is my last posting this year. I went in the morning to check Drongos at Jahra Farms. Yes they are still there and in fact I found them early morning in the same tree top where they...
Ashy Drongos are still at Jahra Farms and Pygmy Cormorant is at Pivot Fieds I visited these sites with Brian. Our task was, believe or not, to find Stock Dove for Brian at Pivot fields in the morning...
I found with Brian this morning 2 Ashy Drongos at Jahra Farms which is the the same place where we had the first record in April this year. This will be second record for Kuwait if accepted by...