around dubai on 26th april 2010

[drrezakhan]

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Mamzer, Al Warsun, STP and Pivot 26<SUP>th</SUP> April 2010



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Mamzer



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--3 Barred warbler- all feeding on the fruits of Pithecellobium dulce or Manila Tamarind



--3 Spotted Flycatcher



-- RT Rock Thrush



--2 Red-backed Shrike, 1 juv?



--4 Common Sandpiper under trees of the garden, not near water



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-3 Grey heron<O:p></O:p>



-3 sTREAKED bAYA, POSSIBLY BREEDING, saw subadults in the reedbeed<O:p></O:p>



-6 wt lAPWING WITH 3 CHICKS<O:p></O:p>



-3 cOMMON cOOT<O:p></O:p>



-4 iNDIAN mOORHEN, 1 WITH CHICKS<O:p></O:p>



-4 bw sTILT, 2 CHICKS<O:p></O:p>



- hEARD BOTH caspiAN AND cLAMOURUS rEED<O:p></O:p>



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STP<O:p></O:p>



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-11 WT Lapwing<O:p></O:p>



-3 Little Stint<O:p></O:p>



- 1 Terek Sandpiper, very unusal for the STP and possibly first in the past 5 years or so<O:p></O:p>



-30 Blackheaded gull<O:p></O:p>



-6 lr plover<O:p></O:p>



-2 kentish plover<O:p></O:p>




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-7 yellow wagtail<O:p></O:p>



-? water pipt 1<O:p></O:p>

[Sandman]

Well done on the Terek!
Was it Baya or Streaked Weavers, Reza?

[drrezakhan]

Streaked Weaver