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48 species to date
Graceful prinia, prinia gracilis.
This is what birding is about this little bird is smaller than a wren almost like trying to get a photo of a large grasshopper, but today this little one decided it would let me get quite close so i could take a photo only problem was, the reed beds are not a good place for a photo session'
and these are what shots I got today, its ok for me I saw these birds out in the open hunting for food, before they dived for cover, in these reeds.
It decided to have a good scrach. then a good preen making sure there was no small wildlife under its wings.
Then it flew off into a more open area by the Nile.
This is what birding is about this little bird is smaller than a wren almost like trying to get a photo of a large grasshopper, but today this little one decided it would let me get quite close so i could take a photo only problem was, the reed beds are not a good place for a photo session'
and these are what shots I got today, its ok for me I saw these birds out in the open hunting for food, before they dived for cover, in these reeds.
It decided to have a good scrach. then a good preen making sure there was no small wildlife under its wings.
Then it flew off into a more open area by the Nile.
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Photo log of birds to date
71 birds to date 13/5/10
Latest bird
Barbary falcon (falco pelegrinoides) ,
Black Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)27/2/10
Black-winged kite(elanus caeruleus),
Blue-cheeked bee-eater, merops superciliosus. 22/4/10
Bluethroat. Luscinia svecica
Caspian plover Charadrius asiaticus..4.4.10
Cattle egret (bubulcus ibis),
Collared Dove,Streptopelia decaocto 10/1/2010
Clamorous reed warbler , Acrocephalus stentoureus 23/3/10
Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola 4/4/10
Crag Martin (ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Grey flycatcher Muscicapa striata
crested lark ( galerida cristata),
Common Snipe ,Gallinago gallinago ,23/9/10
Common Tern, (Sterna hirundo) 28/11/09
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/11/09
Common bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus.
Great Cormorant, phalacrocorax carbo.
Cyprus warbler, sylvia melanothotax 8/12/09
fan-tailed cisticola. cisticola juncidis
Ailsbury ducks
Kestrel falco naumanni
Graceful Prinia, Prinia gracilis 19/1/10
Great white egret (Egreta alba) 28/11/09 named" 12/09
Grey Heron (ardea cinerea),
Greylag goose (Anser anser),
Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus4/12/09
Gull-billed tern Sterna nilotica
Hoopoe (upupa epops),
Hooded crow(corvus corvone cornix),
House sparrow (passer domesticus),
Honey Buzzard pernis apivorus,22/4/10
Hume's Tawny Owl. Strix butlery 15/8/2010
Laughing dove , streptopelia senegalensis
Lesser spotted Eagle,Aquila pomarina 19/1/10
Lesser whitethroat,sylvia curruca 18/3/10
Little bittern (Ixorychus minutes), i(1) female Aswan
Little stint, Calidris minuta
Little white egret (Egretta garzetta),
Little green bee-eater (merops orientalis),
marsh sandpiper,Triga stagnatilis,4.4.10
Moorhen (gallinule chlorous),
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax),
Nile valley sun bird(Anthreptes metallicus
Olivaceous warbler (hippolais pillada),
Olive-tree warbler (hippolais olivetorum),
Pied kingfisher (ceryle rudis), all year
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) 28/11/09
Purple gallinule (porphyrio porphyrio),
Red rumped swallow (hirundo daurica),
Sandpiper (Actitis hytoleucos) 28/11/09
Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaeus.
ssouthern grey shrike,lanius meridionalis,9/ 2010
Scrub warbler Scotocerca inquita), June
Spur-winged plover (hoplopterus spinosus),
.Streaked Fantail Warbler (Cisticola juncidis)
Squacco Heron(Ardeola ralloides) , may all year
Striated heron (butorides striatus), May
Stork, Ciconia ciconia), August
Temminck's Stint, Calidris temminckii. 4/4/10
Thrush Nightingale,Luscinia luscinia 13/5/10
Turtle dove(stretopelia turtur),
White wagtail ( motacilla alba),
Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 2/12/09
Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus...
yellow-billed kite Milvus aegyptius
Yellow wagtail(motacilla flava), sept/
yellow wagtail ( black headed) 1/may 10
Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta.
Whitethroat, Sylvia communis
Wryneck, Jynx torquilla 8/4/10
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Latest bird
Blue-cheeked bee-eater, merops superciliosus.
Avadavat (amandava amandava),Barbary falcon (falco pelegrinoides) ,
Black Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)27/2/10
Black-winged kite(elanus caeruleus),
Blue-cheeked bee-eater, merops superciliosus. 22/4/10
Bluethroat. Luscinia svecica
Caspian plover Charadrius asiaticus..4.4.10
Cattle egret (bubulcus ibis),
Collared Dove,Streptopelia decaocto 10/1/2010
Clamorous reed warbler , Acrocephalus stentoureus 23/3/10
Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola 4/4/10
Crag Martin (ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Grey flycatcher Muscicapa striata
crested lark ( galerida cristata),
Common Snipe ,Gallinago gallinago ,23/9/10
Common Tern, (Sterna hirundo) 28/11/09
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/11/09
Common bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus.
Great Cormorant, phalacrocorax carbo.
Cyprus warbler, sylvia melanothotax 8/12/09
fan-tailed cisticola. cisticola juncidis
Ailsbury ducks
Kestrel falco naumanni
Graceful Prinia, Prinia gracilis 19/1/10
Great white egret (Egreta alba) 28/11/09 named" 12/09
Grey Heron (ardea cinerea),
Greylag goose (Anser anser),
Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus4/12/09
Gull-billed tern Sterna nilotica
Hoopoe (upupa epops),
Hooded crow(corvus corvone cornix),
House sparrow (passer domesticus),
Honey Buzzard pernis apivorus,22/4/10
Hume's Tawny Owl. Strix butlery 15/8/2010
Laughing dove , streptopelia senegalensis
Lesser spotted Eagle,Aquila pomarina 19/1/10
Lesser whitethroat,sylvia curruca 18/3/10
Little bittern (Ixorychus minutes), i(1) female Aswan
Little stint, Calidris minuta
Little white egret (Egretta garzetta),
Little green bee-eater (merops orientalis),
marsh sandpiper,Triga stagnatilis,4.4.10
Moorhen (gallinule chlorous),
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax),
Nile valley sun bird(Anthreptes metallicus
Olivaceous warbler (hippolais pillada),
Olive-tree warbler (hippolais olivetorum),
Pied kingfisher (ceryle rudis), all year
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) 28/11/09
Purple gallinule (porphyrio porphyrio),
Red rumped swallow (hirundo daurica),
Sandpiper (Actitis hytoleucos) 28/11/09
Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaeus.
Senegal Thick-knee ,Burhinus senegalensis.
ssouthern grey shrike,lanius meridionalis,9/ 2010
Scrub warbler Scotocerca inquita), June
Spur-winged plover (hoplopterus spinosus),
.Streaked Fantail Warbler (Cisticola juncidis)
Squacco Heron(Ardeola ralloides) , may all year
Striated heron (butorides striatus), May
Stork, Ciconia ciconia), August
Temminck's Stint, Calidris temminckii. 4/4/10
Thrush Nightingale,Luscinia luscinia 13/5/10
Turtle dove(stretopelia turtur),
White wagtail ( motacilla alba),
Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 2/12/09
Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus...
yellow-billed kite Milvus aegyptius
Yellow wagtail(motacilla flava), sept/
yellow wagtail ( black headed) 1/may 10
Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta.
Whitethroat, Sylvia communis
Wryneck, Jynx torquilla 8/4/10
Click on the photos to enlarge
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http://egyptwildlife.blogspot.com/ birds of Egypt
http://egyptswildlife2.blogspot.com/ birds of Egypt
http://www.nilelife.blogspot.com/ photos from around Luxor Egypt
http://www.nilelife2.blogspot.com/ photos from around Luxor Egypt
http://egyptdragonflies.blogspot.com/ Dragons and damsels
http://insectsonwings.blogspot.com/ butterflies and bugs
http://myegypttours.blogspot.com Tombs and temples of Egypt
http://mydeserttrip.blogspot.com/ new in the process of building lots of photos of the white desert already on. 30/11/09
http://reflectionsofegypt.blogspot.com/ A trip down the Nile
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- Last day of the year birds
- cormorants and Terns
- Great Cormorant, phalacrocorax carbo.
- Bath time
- 48 species to date
- Scrub warbler, (Scotocerca inquita),
- yellow-billed kite Milvus aegyptius
- Female bluethroat
- Bluethroat. Luscinia svecica
- Fan-tailed warbler (or zitting cisticole) Cisticol...
- wood sandpiper
- Herons & Egrets
- Striated Heron, Butorides striatus
- Scrub warbler
- Yellow wagtail
- Avadavat, Amandava amandava
- Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus.
- Cyprus warbler, sylvia melanothotax
- King fisher
- a mixture of birds
- Barn swallow
- Crested lark , Gelerida cristata.
- Chickens
- Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
- moorhens
- Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus),
- Grey flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pigeons
- Laughing dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Corn bunting, miliaria calandra.
- Grey Heron
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- Pied wagtail
- Hooded crow
- scrub warbler
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- Geese
- Nile valley sun bird
- Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus...
- House sparrow
- Gull-billed tern Sterna nilotica
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- Purple Heron , Ardea purpurea.
- Purple gallinule (porphyrio porphyrio),
- Ducks
- Olivaceous warbler (hippolais pillada),
- Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
- The little green bee eater,Merops orientalis
- Peregrin falcon ??
- Common Sanpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
- Egrets 3 species
- Common bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hoopoe. Upupa epops
- Night heron, Nycticirax nycticirax
- Striated heron, Butorides striaghtos,
- Spur-winged Plover , hoplopterus spinosus
- Little egret, Egretta alba.
- The White stork, Ciconia ciconia
- Lanner Falcon , Falco biarmicus.
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