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Friday birding at the Jolie ville golf course, Maritim Hotel, Sharm el Sheikh

Sunrise at the Jolie ville golf course
Sunrise at the Jolie ville golf course
Cormorants and Grey Heron watching the sunrise
Cormorants and Grey Heron watching the sunrise
Female common Kestrel watching for prey
Female common Kestrel watching for prey
Collared doves hoping not to become prey
Collared doves hoping not to become prey
Redshank
Redshank
Greenshank (a Lifer for me) & Redshank
Greenshank (a Lifer for me) & Redshank
Hoopoe (a second one was perching underneath on a window frame)
Hoopoe (a second one was perching underneath on a window frame)
Ringed Plover (another Lifer)
Ringed Plover (another Lifer)
Ringed Plover in flight (I didn't see most of them, before they took of)
Ringed Plover in flight (I didn't see most of them, before they took of)
Rock Doves
Rock Doves
Grey heron
Grey heron
Black coots (who would have thought they look THAT plum when out of water?)
Black coots (who would have thought they look THAT plum when out of water?)
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by NicoleB
2010-01-24. 16:50:51. 87 words, 839 views. Categories: Birdwatch , 20 comments »Send a trackback »

Blue Swallow, Hirundo atrocaerulea, Stahlschwalbe

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 »
by NicoleB
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

Tristram's Grackle, Tristramstar, Onychognathus tristramii
Tristram's Grackle, Tristramstar, Onychognathus tristramii
Tristram's Grackle, Tristramstar, Onychognathus tristramii
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 »
by NicoleB
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

Cattle Egret, Bubulcus Ibis, Kuhreiher
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus Ibis, Kuhreiher
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 »
by NicoleB
2009-12-02. 08:00:01. 73 words, 1178 views. Categories: Heron / Reiher , 12 comments »Send a trackback »

Little acrobat

Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus, Weissbart Seeschwalbe
Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus, Weissbart Seeschwalbe
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 »
by NicoleB
2009-11-22. 06:04:51. 120 words, 882 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Tern , 15 comments »Send a trackback »

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