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Saw this Great Reed feeding in the lawn at Green Mubazzarah today. Suddenly it nestled down in the grass for a while. I looked up, didn't see any passing raptors.
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Hi Khalifa,
Seen most in this tree 24.106636° 55.745454° , but was active both sides of the road out to about 60 meters.

Shows white in the primaries, but otherwise resembles Red-Backed.

Relocated this morning, and Greg might have some flight/better shots to add.

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I had a pleasant surprise today in the Green Mubazzarah when we found this Spiny-tailed Lizard sitting atop its burrow.
Would this be Uromastyx leptieni?
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Hi Huw
Here is the eBird page detailing photo embedding.
Essentially you just put html code pointing to your photograph in the species comments....

Can we count them now? ;)
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Today in the C chalets at G Mub

At about 10:30 this morning I was stopped grilling a wheatear on my last pass through the field when a worker approached me and pointed out that the cranes are sitting in the road in front of me! He...

working the bluff along the farm just before sunset in a large group of Pallid Swifts, Barn Swallows, and a single Sand Martin.

Hi Khalifa,
I initially saw the swallow around 08:30 on the 30th.
Greg and I relocated it between 14:30 and 15:30 on the 31st.

Greg and I just refound the swallow both flying over the lake and perched on the same wire by the small goat farm. Jacky's Pochards are still here as well.

Found on the wires near the small goat farm on the north side of the lake.
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Greg was here when I arrived and put me right on the bird. It is about 200 meters straight out from the picnic tables on the south side of the lake. It was flushed by a harrier but only moved west,...

24° 4'19.88" n
55°42'45.23" e

AL AIN // A lake popular with anglers, nature-lovers and swimmers has had a fence built around it after the drowning of two people over the past few...

Hi Mark,Greg and I would like to join on Saturday, but neither of us has a 4x4. Will there be room for us?Thanks,Scott

I always used The Sibley Guide to Birds, although it is a bit large for the field. There are also The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, and The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of...

After the installation and subsequent removal of 1.5 kilometers of fencing last year, the fence installation has begun again.
The lake is also ~2.5 meters lower than it was the last time I was...

Hi Tommy,
I made it out there, but was called away just as I arrived.
The gate to the pivots is unmanned and blocked by a traffic cone. The sign says Al Ain Wheat Farm, Elite Agro CO.
The gate...

Looking at Google Earth just now and am completely surprised to find these pivots on the north side of Al Ain. Anyone know anything about them? I am going to try and head over there later this...

A drive through the park this morning produced the following. The Masked Shrike was in the same tree as it was on the 26th

1 Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
1 European Bee-eater...

I made a quick dash for the Corncrake this morning at 09:00. It is still behind the maze.
Didn't spend any time searching the trees, but walking to and from the Corncrake I did see
2 Common Cuckoo...

This morning at Zakher I found some nice birds in the small pond on the north side of the lake. In addition to the usual suspects

Terek Sandpiper 2
Spotted Redshank 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1...

Hi Khalifa,
We arrived Safa around 10:00 and left at 16:00 (with a break for lunch at midday) and we did not see the accentor.

The Caspian Plover and 23 Collared Pratincoles were still present this morning from 09:30-10:30.

Gray Francolin
Common Quail 1
Cattle Egret 1
Red-wattled Lapwing 15
White-tailed...

While not approaching Oscar's numbers, the Green Mub was full of Wheatears today. I found 27 in a walk from the mosque to the C chalets and back with my 3 year old in tow. No telling how many I...