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Tags: voegel
Friday birding at the Jolie ville golf course, Maritim Hotel, Sharm el Sheikh
Sunrise at the Jolie ville golf course
Cormorants and Grey Heron watching the sunrise
Female common Kestrel watching for prey
Collared doves hoping not to become prey
Redshank
Greenshank (a Lifer for me) & Redshank
Hoopoe (a second one was perching underneath on a window frame)
Ringed Plover (another Lifer)
Ringed Plover in flight (I didn't see most of them, before they took of)
Rock Doves
Grey heron
Black coots (who would have thought they look THAT plum when out of water?)
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Tags: aegypten, birding, birds, birdwatching, egypt, expat, fotografie, golf course, jolie ville, leben, life, maritim hotel, nicoleb, photography, sharm el sheikh, sinai, south sinai, voegel, vogelbeobachtung
by NicoleB
2010-01-24. 16:50:51. 87 words, 839 views. Categories: Birdwatch , 20 comments » • Send a trackback »
2010-01-24. 16:50:51. 87 words, 839 views. Categories: Birdwatch , 20 comments » • Send a trackback »
Blue Swallow, Hirundo atrocaerulea, Stahlschwalbe
I saw this metallic blue Beauty when we drove down the Nile to our Lunch boat.After Lunch I couldn't resist and tried to get a shot.This is the Best I could come up with.Well, better than nothing.I's a Lifer for me and so, I'm most def. hap… more »
Tags: aegypten, birding, birds, birdwatching, blue swallow, cairo, egypt, fotografie, hirundinidae, hirundo atrocaerulea, in flight, kairo, nicoleb, nile, passeriformes, photography, stahlschwalbe, voegel, vogel, vogelbeobachtung
by NicoleB
2010-01-15. 17:17:43. 130 words, 859 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Hirundinidae / Swallow / Schwalbe , 17 comments » • Send a trackback »
2010-01-15. 17:17:43. 130 words, 859 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Hirundinidae / Swallow / Schwalbe , 17 comments » • Send a trackback »
Tristram's Grackle, Tristramstar, Onychognathus tristramii
While visiting St. Catherine's monastery last Saturday and listening with half an ear to our tour guide and snapping pictures, I got Sidetracked by some motion and noise above our heads.At first glance I thought it's some sort of a small raven, but t… more »
Tags: aegypten, birding, birds, birdwatching, egypt, estornino de tristram, nicoleb, onychognathus tristramii, passeriformes, rufipenne de tristram, sinai, st. catherine's monastery, stare, sturnidae, tristram's grackle, tristramstar, voegel, vogelbeobachtung
by NicoleB
2009-12-11. 05:59:04. 191 words, 1161 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Sturnidae / Stare, Passeriformes , 25 comments » • Send a trackback »
2009-12-11. 05:59:04. 191 words, 1161 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Sturnidae / Stare, Passeriformes , 25 comments » • Send a trackback »
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus Ibis, Kuhreiher
This heron is small (50cm / wingspan 90cm), stocky and white.It's usually seen in flocks on fields or meadows, associated with Livestock.Unless most other herons, it is usually found away from water.During the breeding season, the plumage on head,… more »
Tags: aegypten, ardeidae, birding, birds, birdwatching, bubulcus ibis, cattle egret, ciconiiformes, egypt, fotografie, hadaba, kuhreiher, nicoleb, photography, sharm el sheikh, sinai, voegel, vogelbeobachtung
by NicoleB
2009-12-02. 08:00:01. 73 words, 1178 views. Categories: Heron / Reiher , 12 comments » • Send a trackback »
2009-12-02. 08:00:01. 73 words, 1178 views. Categories: Heron / Reiher , 12 comments » • Send a trackback »
Little acrobat
This little Beauty was giving me a flight show last Friday on the Golf course.It took me a while to find him in my books and my gallery.But I knew I had seen him (and IDed him) before.It amazes me, how far I did come in identifying birds.I wo… more »
Tags: aegypten, birding, birds, birdwatch, birdwatching, chlidonias hybridus, egypt, fotografie, golf course, in flight, jolie ville, maritim hotel, nature, nicoleb, sharm el sheikh, sinai, voegel, vogelbeobachtung, weissbart seeschwalbe, whiskered tern
by NicoleB
2009-11-22. 06:04:51. 120 words, 882 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Tern , 15 comments » • Send a trackback »
2009-11-22. 06:04:51. 120 words, 882 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Tern , 15 comments » • Send a trackback »
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