07.06.2012 at Jahra East Outfall
I went second time to Jahra East Outfall in hope to see Franklin’s Gull. On previous day I was a bit late what comes to hide tide and I failed to see the bird. However, today I made...
Sightings
13/05/2012 at Jahra East Outfall
Rashed Al Hajji found female Amur Falcon at JEO and kindly informed others including myself. Luckily I wasn’t far away and I had my camera with me. The bird sat on the wire at least 45 mins giving...
04/05/2012 at Abdaly Farms and Fahaheel Waterfront
I’ve been birding with Daniel Mauras in recent days. After failing to see Afgan Babbler in Abdaly yesterday despite hearing them often we decided to get there early in the morning today. This surely paid off and we saw...
28/04/2012 at Al Abraq Al Habari
I visited this morning Al Abraq. Clearly new species were Thrush Nightingale, Red-backed Shrikes and European Nightjar. I wasn’t necessarily prepared to photograph waders in the desert but one isolated farm with nice pool of fresh water makes...
21/04/2012 at Mutla’a Ranch
I visited Mutla’a Ranch this morning with Mike & Sylvie Newey and Christine Canzanella. The main target was Yellow-throated Sparrow which Mike and Sylvie eventually found. We saw the birds nicely. Other good birds were Masked Shrike and...
16/04/2012 at Zour Port
In fact we visited first Green Island in the morning for Red-vented Bulbul which we saw easily. Most common warbler was Blackcap. We saw one Eastern Orphean Warbler too. Next stop, Fahaheel Park, produced at least 4 Wrynecks....
14/04/2012 at Al Abraq Al Khabari
Visitors from UK, France and Sweden headed to Al Abraq this morning since Finnish team saw so many good birds over there on previous day. The place was indeed full of migrants. Probably one of the most sought...
09/04/2012 on Green Island, at Jahra Farms, at Doha Spit and at Souq Sharq
Finnish team was joined today by one more Finn, Markku Santamaa, who happens to be Finnish WP top-lister. However, despite of his desire of Socotra Cormorant we visited Green Island in the morning. Main target was Red-vented Bulbul...
07/04/2012 at Abdali Farms and some other sites
British Canadian group was today joined by Finnish group. We visited Abdaly Farms in hope to find Afghan Babblers and indeed we found breeding birds. We saw at least 3 birds carrying food into one tree. Most probably...
06/04/2012 at Al Shallal’s Farm
I visited Sabriya Farm with British Canadian group this morning. After we had good views of Menetries’s Warbler we gathered in central part of the farm. Then Canadian Todd Pepper spotted interesting looking bird which turned out to...
05/03/2012 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
Visit to Pivot Fields this morning produced few new migrants. Especially interesting was to see two Caspian Plovers which were found by Rashed and Mahmoud. Northern Wheatears as well as Pied Wheatears are already relatively common. Numbers of...
18/02/2012 at Wafra farms
I felt too tempted to twitch Masked Wagtail. Therefore I drove to Wafra in the morning and with the help from AbdulRahman and Khalid Al Ghanem I found the right farm. I managed to relocate the bird twice...
18/02/2012 at Al Abraq Al Khabari
I visited Al Abraq with British group. We saw Buff-bellied Pipit, Menetrie’s Warbler, 4 Dead Sea Sparrows, Hume’s Leaf Warbler, two European Scops Owls, several Red-rumped Swallows, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Blue-cheeked Beeaters.
10/02/2012 a Masked Wagtail the second record for Kuwait
On 10/02/2012 the Swiss group found the second record of Masked Wagtail at Wafra Farms. Also found the following: At Fahaheel park: Masked shrike 1, Woodlark 1, Turkestan Shrike 1. At Wafra Farms: Masked Wagtail 1, Hypocolius 10,...
03-06/02/2012 at various sites
A Swiss group started birding on 03/02/2012 and had seen the following so far: 03/02/2012: Black-crowned Sparrow-lark 5, Crab Plover 20, Macqueen’s Bustard 7, Asian Desert Warbler 4, Menetries’s Warbler 2, Bar-tailed Lark4 and other birds. 04/02/2012: Greater Spotted Eagle...
02/02/2012 on Green Island
Here are some photographs of the Red-vented Bulbul that were photographed on Green Island on 02/02/2012 that I thought I need to share them with others. The Red-vented Bulbul is an established breeder introduced from escapes. It is now...