Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
The highlight of my visit was to find a Siberian Chiffchaff and Sand Partridge, but missed Plain Leaf Warbler and Variable Wheatear. At Green Mubazzara on 24/01/2013 it was a holiday and many people were arround at mid-day....
I visited with Mr. Leonardo Beghellini Green Island this morning. Our targets were obviously Hypycolius and Red-vented Bulbul. We saw 4 and 2 of these species relatively easily. Searching through Black-headed and Slender-billed Gulls we found 5 Armenian...
At Majma’a farms there were many Chiffchaffs C. 12 in one farm, Indian Silverbill 8, Collared Doves 20, White-eared Bulbul 6, White-crowned Wheatear 2, Black Scrub Robin 1, Green Bee-eater 3, Pallid Swift 5, Pale Crag Martin 6, Steppe...
White-crowned Wheatear has been between Jahra and SAANR for couple of days. Therefore I went to check the place in a hope to get some pictures. Secondly this bird is adult and having white crown. We had few...
Today were not many birds but I managed to see the two Mesopotamian Crows, which are the 1st record of this species which looks as though it is going to colonize Kuwait. Birds seen included Ferruginous Duck 1,...
There were two rare birds found recently at Jahra the Great White Pelican which used to breed in Kuwait early in the previous century and the Peregrine Falcon which also used to breed in Kuwait City for a...
After obtaining the gate pass for Jahra Pool Reserve on Thursday and went on Friday to see the Horned Grebes that were found by Rashed on 1st day of 2013 I couldn’t relocate the birds! (they were two...
Brown-necked Raven has been seen in Suwaikh area c. 10 days time. The bird is relatively tame and it is having some nylon threads tangled to it’s legs. However, the bird seems to be in good health and...
This morning I visited first Al Abraq without seeing anything interesting. After that I visited Jahra Pool Reserve relocating Ferruginous Duck as well as some other species. At Jahra Farms I stopped at the area between the mosque...
I visited with a British group Green Island this morning. When it was difficult to see a Hypocolius last winter now it was really easy. We had already seen 10+ at Jahra farms and this morning on Green...
I went this morning to Jahra Pool Reserve and I met Khaled Al Ghanem. While chatting Khaled received a call from Rashed Al Hajji. He had found Hooded Wheatear at Jahra East Outfall. We quickly drove over there...
Update regarding taxonomy: Depending on the authority the dealing with taxonomy varies. In many sources Carrion Crow is Corvus corone and Hooded Crow is Corvus cornix. If we follow this definition then the race of Mesopotamian Crow is...
This morning Khaled Al Ghanem managed to relocate Mesopotamian Hooded Crow. So it is obvious that this bird has been roaming around in the area since 23/10/2012 when Khaled saw it for the first time. Hopefully it stays...
This morning I received phone call from Khaled Al Ghanem. Khaled told me that Kuwaiti birdwatcher and photographer Ouda had found 4 Long-tailed Ducks from Jahra Pool Reserve. I got excited although I have seen hundreds of thousands...
With kind help from Khaled Al Nasrallah and an other Kuwaiti photographer, Mohammad Shah, I managed to photograph this Short-eared Owl today at Jahra Pool Reserve. Couple of other photographers came over and they were able to photograph...
