A nice three hours walk in Wadi Masafi produced this list:
Streaked scrub warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Laughing Dove 4
Eurasian Hoopoe 2
Green Bee-eater 2
Great Gray Shrike 1
Brown-necked Raven 2
Desert Lark 3
Rock Martin 1
White-spectacled Bulbul 8
White-eared Bulbul 4
Scrub Warbler 2
Plain Leaf Warbler 1
Common Chiffchaff 1
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Black Redstart 3
Hume's Wheatear 4
Red-tailed Wheatear 2
Striolated Bunting 8
House Sparrow 100
Congrats on the cutie
Thank you Tommy :)
Hi Fouad, nice photo. I was thinking of going to Masafi Wadi, and I was wondering if you had any tips. I guess the best bet is to park at the mosque (bottom of photo below) and then walk up the big wadi. Where did you see the little scrubbies?
Thank you Tim, well the first thing to do is to try to be there early (6:50 am), park at 25.344570N,56.171250E and cross the street and strat walking the wadi, you’ll encounter the wheatears, s.buntings, bulbuls and d.larks everywhere, look into the acacia trees for warblers, and this location is where I found the scrub warblers.
https://maps.google.com/?q=25.351025,56.170517
@Fouad Itani excellent thanks!
Hi guys, I've always entered in a different place, here's the coordinates ( 25.361516, 56.163416 ), you'll see the track goes in to the wadi, you can drive in if you dare, then park up and go for a walk, i've only ever entered the wadi on the other side once (this is where the eBird hotspot is located) and can't remember the way in, I was with Mike Barth that day and we drove in pretty far. If taking the road to the right, there is a speed camera and on your right you'll see a kinda farm, the trees around this are usually rife with Spectacled Bulbul.
Great Stewart, I'll try it in my next visit.
Fouad , loved the Streaked scrub warbler , congrats buddy.
Thank you Vipin :)