Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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Tulha was relatively quiet this morning. The most interesting bird was Shikra that landed to drink. Next I visited again Pivot Fields where Pectoral Sandpiper was still around. Juvenile Shikra (Accipiter badius) (Note gular stripe and pale iris)...
Update 19/11/2010 Eversmann’s Redstart was found this morning with some difficulties by Brian Foster et al. I visited Tulha this morning with expat birders Mark & Susan Chichester and German Rainer Ertel. After 15 mins the bird showed...
Update 17/11/2010 the bird is still in Tulha. Today I felt obligatory to follow up Eversmann’s Redstart in Tulha. I visited the place with Brian and within 10 mins we were able to relocate it. How long it...
Morning in Tulha was very pleasant because so many raptors landed to drink from the pool. Vast majority of the raptors were Steppe Buzzards. Others were: Booted Eagle 2, Crested Honey Buzzard 1, Pallid Harrier 2 and Sparrowhawk...
On 29/05/2010 Mohammed Khorshed an OSK member has briefly seen a falcon that stopped at Tulha at Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve only to drink and leave Mohammed only obtained photographs in flight. Later the bird was posted at OSK forum (www.oskonline.org/forum) and...
This morning I visited with Brian Foster Tulha and later on JPR. Birds seen in Tulha: Black Kite 1, Marhs Harrier 2, Quail 1, Isabelline Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 1, Masked Shrike 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Golden...
Just brief visit to Tulha in the morning produced some migrants though nothing new. Little Egret 1, Wood Sandpiper 3, Little Stint 1, Curlew Sandpiper 5, Collared Dove 2, Turtle Dove 3, European Bee-eater 3, Woodchat Shrike 1, Masked...
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...
Still more bird shooter! at Jahra East Outfall. Common Buzzard 10, Marsh Harrier 2, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Pallid Harrier 2. At Tulha: Greater Short-toed Lark 418, Common Buzzard 1, Crested Lark 20, Purple Heron 1, Masked Shrike 1,...
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...
At Jahra Farms: Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1, Upcher’s Warbler 1, Bluethroat 1, Barred Warbler 1, Blackcap 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 3, Clamorous Reed Warbler 1, Rosenecked Parakeet 2, White-eared Bulbul 4. At Tulha: Lesser Grey Shrike 1, Isabelline Wheatear...
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...