Whilst
birding the NADAC Farm area of Haradh 14 October I saw some good desert birds
and migrants. One of the first birds seen was an Eastern Morning Wheatear,
which was good as birds have only just started returning for the winter and I
have not seen one at this location before. Other migrants included a few Common
Kestrels hunting over the pivot irrigation fields and a Collared Pratincole was
along one field edge. Several shrikes were seen including good numbers of
Daurian Shrikes, Turkestan Shrikes and Mauryan Grey Shrike. Birds seen in the
desert included, Namaqua Doves, Greater Hoopoe-Lark and Black-crowned Sparrow Larks with possibly over
100 birds seen, easily the largest number I have seen at one time in the
Kingdom.
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| Eastern Mourning Wheatear |
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| Eastern Mourning Wheatear |
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| Common Kestrel |
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| Daurian Shrike |
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| Greater Hoopoe-Lark |
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| Greater Hoopoe-Lark |
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| Collared Pratincole |
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| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark |
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| Namaqua Doves |