wimheylen
09-01-2010, 18:30
Pivots:
1 Pallid Harrier (juv)
1 European Golden Plover
1 melanistic Marsh Harrier => I just found out that this is a returning bird.
At first I figured it must be a Montagu's because I thought this was the only harrier species with a documented melanistic form (not true apparently), but the jizz did look wrong for Montagu's and the older photos of the same bird on the forum confirm that it's indeed a Marsh Harrier.
Wadi Masafi:
3 Red-tailed Wheatear (lifer)
2 Plain Leaf-Warbler
2 Scrub Warbler
c10 Striolated Bunting
3 Arabian Babbler
Fujairah Port Beach:
2 distant skuas, I would say Arctic but hard to exclude Pom
4 Western Reef Heron
1 Whiskered Tern (also the usual other terns including White-cheeked)
2 Socotra Cormorant
no Persian Shearwaters
cheers
Wim
1 Pallid Harrier (juv)
1 European Golden Plover
1 melanistic Marsh Harrier => I just found out that this is a returning bird.
At first I figured it must be a Montagu's because I thought this was the only harrier species with a documented melanistic form (not true apparently), but the jizz did look wrong for Montagu's and the older photos of the same bird on the forum confirm that it's indeed a Marsh Harrier.
Wadi Masafi:
3 Red-tailed Wheatear (lifer)
2 Plain Leaf-Warbler
2 Scrub Warbler
c10 Striolated Bunting
3 Arabian Babbler
Fujairah Port Beach:
2 distant skuas, I would say Arctic but hard to exclude Pom
4 Western Reef Heron
1 Whiskered Tern (also the usual other terns including White-cheeked)
2 Socotra Cormorant
no Persian Shearwaters
cheers
Wim