Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
On 5/03/2009 Khaled Al-Ghanem has found a first record for Kuwait a Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus. The bird was found in Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve in a flock of up to six, but today on 20/03/2009 the number...
Migration is in full swing though numbers are still relatively small. Semi-collared Flycatcher, White-throated Robin, Eastern Orphean Warbler among other species bring clear message of spring migration. Scops Owls make their way to North as well. Amazingly one tree...
Wintering birds have arrived and settled down. Al Abraq holds Dark-throated Thrush. At least two Red-tailed Wheatears are in SAANR and Jahra Farms has Indian Roller and Shikra. Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
This morning, when temperature was down at around +12C, I wanted to check few wadis. I found 4 Red-tailed Wheatears from three wadis. Red-tailed Wheatear 4, Mourning Wheatear 1, Pied Wheatear 3, Isabelline Wheatear 3, Desert Wheatear 1, Hoopoe...
I spent morning at Tulha with Khalid Al-Ghanem. We were waiting raptors to drop to the pool to drink. Although the numbers of raptors were not high today a good variety f them compensated it. Juvenile Bonelli’s Eagle was a bit confusing but at home with...
SAANR and pool at Tulha allways atracts birds. Juvenile Cuckoo had arrived and it was as exhausted as other migrants in hot weather. An other new migrant was European Nightjar. European Nightjar 1, Common Cuckoo 1, Southern Grey Shrike 5, Masked...
It was a surprise not to see any raptor in Tulha although Al Abraq was flooded with raptors on previous day. With a kind help by Khalid Al-Ghanem I managed to get both photographs shown below. Common Quail...
Tulha produced quite typical species of this time of the year. Isabelline Shrike embraced it’s notorius reputation to hit small birds around. This time one poor Yellow Wagtail lost it’s life. It looks like that Shrike is interested only of...
An other early morning for birding. I saw in Tulha some interesting birds: Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 (First summer bird), European Roller 1, Hoopoe 5, Woodchat Shrike 1, Masked Shrike 1, Egyptian Nightjar 1, Crested Lark 100+, Short-toed...
Today it was very quiet. Birds that were seen included the following: Masked Shrike 1 (the same bird that was seen on 24 June and had lost its tail), Upcher’s Warbler 6+, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Hoopoe Lark...
Black-shouldered Kite 1, Isabelline Shrike 1, Masked Shrike 1, European Roller 2, Isabelline Wheatear 1, Upcher’s Warbler 2, Laughing Dove 1, Collared Dove 1, Lesser Short-toed Lark 2, Hoopoe Lark 2, Crested Lark 20+, House Sparrow 20+ Black-shouldered...
Masked Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 3 (2males & 1female), Upcher’s Warbler 4, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Marsh Warbler 3, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Orphean Warbler 1, European Reed Warbler 1, Rufous tailed Scrub Warbler 6, Tawny Pipit 3,...
At Tulha: Upcher’s Warbler 12, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Marsh Warbler 2, European Reed Warbler 4, Whitethroat 1, Ortolan Bunting 2, Red-backed Shrike 1 (male), Woodchat Shrike 1, Tawny Pipit 2, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 3, Common...
Brian and me decided to try Lappet-faced Vulture today altough the bird wasn’t seen on previous day. After 4 hours search we couldn’t find anything else than several migrants. We saw 3 Upcher’s Warblers, 1 Syke’s Warbler, 2 Barred...
Lappet-faced Vulture 1, White-winged Tern 1, Garden Warbler 1, Barred Warbler 2, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 4, Northern Wheatear 2, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Whinchat 1, Corncrake 1, Comon Redstarts 3, European Roller 1, Red-backed Shrike 3, Spotted Flycatcher 4,...
Al Abraq was once again full of migrants. Best were Corncrake 2, Basra Reed Warbler 2, Common Rosefinch 1, Night Heron 3, White Stork 1, Golden Oriole 1 and late Stonechat. Marsh Warblers were just everywhere. Shooting was this...