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And then continuing our incredible run of awesome birds, we found the 6th Common Hawk Cuckoo for Oman in Haima Park….! Oman rocks!
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In #Oman, Collared Kingfisher is incredibly rare. Known only from a couple of sites, there’s less than a handful of pairs in isolated patches of mangrove. This is the Arabian race - kalbaensis, showing the obvious, large white supercilium. Oman rocks!
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Brown Shrike continues its stay around the car park of the Golden Tulip Hotel, near Nizwa….
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Brown Shrike still present at Golden Tulip Hotel nr Nizwa.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail at Al Mouj Gokf Course, Muscat.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Mahout Golf Course.
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There’s a probable Brown Shrike at The Golden Tulip near Nizwa. Found today by Søren Haaning. The large, bulbous bill, rufous rump and graduated tail are all good pointers….
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Great seabird passage today off Hasik, Dhofar :
50+ Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax)
3 Persian Shearwater (Puffinus persicus)
5 Swinhoe's Storm Petrels (Hydrates monorhis)
3 Wilson's Storm Petrels (Oceanites oceanicus)
200 Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
20 Bridled Terns (Onychoprion anaethetus)
50 Socotra Cormorants (Phalacrocorax nigrogxlaris)
many Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus)
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Latest News:
Al Ansab Wetlands - Black-headed Heron (6th for Oman)
Haima Park - Oriental Skylark
Masirah Island - Sykes’s Warbler, Thrush Nightingale & Rufous Bushchat
Let’s keep our fingers crossed that Omani Owl can be seen during the next few months. Please make sure the welfare of these birds comes first and try not to blind them in your spotlight!
Photo copyright Ali Alieslam.
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Alarm: 5:30am.
Weather: questionable.
Coffee: essential.
Binoculars: ready.
Birds: hopefully cooperative. 🤞🐦
If this sounds like your idea of a good morning, we probably have something for you.
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Sometimes just sitting down and letting the birds come to you works a treat. This Terek Sandpiper walked right up to me at Khawr Raysut and wasn’t bothered a bit. What a stunner!!
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After last year’s mini invasion of Rufous-backed Redstarts, where we found them at Shisr Fields, Jabal Akhdar & their regular wintering site at Musandam, let’s hope we can find them again this autumn!
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Crab Plovers everywhere!! That’s what Masirah Island offers. Oh and rarities - Common Hawk Cuckoo, Shikra, Paddyfield Pipit, Brown Shrike, Lesser Noddy, Blyth’s Reed Warbler & Forest Wagtail are just a few of the #megas seen there in the last couple of years.
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You simply have to love the variety of migrants that can turn up in #Oman We phonescoped this Malachite Kingfisher at Wadi Ashawq in November 2024.
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