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

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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

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Two

 Two night herons and a young squacco heron

 Common bulbul

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Young Nile valley sun bird  Female.

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young yellowwagtail

Young Ring necked plover

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Little white egret with its catch

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 Young Scuacco heron

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Little tern

White egrets and  squacco heron 

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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

Cuddly donkey

Not exactly wildlife. but this cuddly looking baby was with its mum on the marshland, I even had a cuddle just to check if it was as cuddly as it looked,  soooo  nice.
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looking for another stroke off the human. 

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She seemed to enjoy a bit of nicety from a human  only about a week old so she was not tethered
 and followed me  into the marsh land for a while before she realized mums milk was a bit to far away.