Pelagics 25th May & 1st June

[wimheylen]

Excellent.

Question - could I hitch a ride with anybody from Dubai to Kalba ?
I will pay the fuel. Otherwise I'd have to rent a car.
I'm staying at Holiday Inn Al Barsha (near Mall of the Emirates) but I'm happy to meet up at any location in the greater Dubai area.

thanks and best regards
Wim

[ahmed al ali]

There was One Crab Plover At FPB at around 12:00...

[Huw]

Hi

Here are some pics from Friday's (much better) pelagic.

Any further thoughts about the two birds we chased after late on? 2070 & 2072 were the two different birds that were flying together as night fell.

Btw the heron in the harbour turned out to be a Striated, not Night.

Cheers

Huw

[Huw]

+ 2 more of one of the 7pm skuas.

Cheers

Huw

[simonpeterlloyd]

Question - could I hitch a ride with anybody from Dubai to Kalba ?

Hi Wim,
If you still need a lift, I can take you over on Friday.
I live in Barsha so a pick up from where you are staying is fine.
I'll PM my mobile number to you.
Cheers

[simonpeterlloyd]

+ 2 more of one of the 7pm skuas.

Nice shots of the skuas, Huw.
The 7pm birds do look slim and long-winged in these shots but I'm still thinking Arctic for both. Bills are too long for Long-tailed, in my opinion.

[andrew]

I agree with Simon that these are Arctic.
More than 1 or 2 primary wing shafts show white and long bill with only the very tip dark.

[wimheylen]

> If you still need a lift, I can take you over on Friday.

Thanks for that, much appreciated.
I will contact you privately.

WH

[ahmed al ali]

any ideas about this ???

[MarkS]

Pom - you can see the two central "spoons" - the right one is slightly twisted, making it look pointed.