Right now’s highlights included Hypocolius, Lichenstien’s Sangrouse, Nile Valley Sunbird, Hooded Wheatear, African Collared Dove, African Silverbill and the primary Blackstarts of the journey. An actual Afro-tropical really feel to the avifauna now and as we handed over the mountains into the Salalal plain we left the barren desert behind for a inexperienced sub-tropical coastal paradise. An incredible sudden ecological transformation.
Male Lichienstien’s Sandgrouse
Feminine/imm Hypocolius
African (decrease hen) and Eurasian Collared Dove. African is barely smaller with white undertail coverts (gray in Eurasian as proven right here) and proportionally shorter tail
Male Hooded Wheatear
Desert Warbler on Frankincense
Juvenile/first winter Steppe Eagles (photographs above displaying some variation)
Second-cycle (?) Steppe Eagle
Third-cycle (?) Steppe Eagle (above)
Grownup Steppe Eagles (above photographs)
Juvenile/first-winter Imperial Eagle
Juvenile Better Noticed Eagle (above)
First winter Steppe Eagle (left) and presumed juv Better Noticed Eagle variant
Eagle sp- nonetheless engaged on this
