Sunday, May 2, 2010

1st may birds in Luxor Egypt

All the birds on todays walk,    I blog what I see  not just for you  but for what I should be looking for next year. like the European bee eater  only here for a week so now will have to wait for next year that's if they stop here in Luxor,  for instance last year I only glimpsed and got 3 shots of the rare visitor the striated Heron this year I have seen many and got some good shots.  the book says they do not always visit the Nile delta preferring the mangroves of the red sea area, so I was a lucky seeing them in my area,        
Turtle dove
With the reeds growing its hard to tell how many herons in this photo I saw 30 lifting when I walked through the field. mainly squacco herons, 

Squacco heron
Two

 Two night herons and a young squacco heron

 Common bulbul

Young Nile valley sun bird  Female.
young yellowwagtail

Young Ring necked plover

Little white egret with its catch
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 Young Scuacco heron
Little tern

White egrets and  squacco heron 
hoopoe bird several today 


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European bee-eater in full flight 

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Barn swallows 
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European bee-eater

1 comment:

Mary said...

You are keeping a great record of all the birds you see and such great photos to show of them. Love those herons....unusual.