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  1. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Thank you very much
  2. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Just returned from a 2nd three-night trip to Ouarzazate, Morocco courtesy of £60 return flights via Ryan Air from Stansted, in an attempt to claw back some species I missed on my first trip a few weeks back. Failed miserably to see Levaillant’s Woodpecker or get better views of Tristram’s...
  3. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Hi Jogresh Yeah I can't wait to go back to do the area around Boulmalne Dades and nearby, hope to get Thick billed Lark and Pharaoh Eagle Owl and Maghreb Lark. I didn't even go to the Dayet Srij whilst I was at Merzouga, so sorry can't help with that but I suspect it was dry.
  4. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Many thanks Mike. It was disappointingly quiet I must admit, but worth the goodies!
  5. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Thanks Jos, and I agree, and in fact perhaps roads are quieter during the day during Ramadan.
  6. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Cheers Laurie, do all supermarkets sell beer, or just in major cities? Ryan Air flights are so cheap that I've booked to go back for 3 nights to Ouarzazate end of April. Might get another chance for TB Lark, Fulvous Babbler, Maghreb Lark, maybe even Tchagra but also perhaps better looks at...
  7. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Another photo taken by the Spanish ringer ............showing the flooded lake adjacent to Yasmina. This area is dry most of the time, and it is here he erected his many nets.
  8. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Hi Jurek, thank you. Unfortunately I did not photograph them, and I should have done but I was on a fast open road and although I stopped and reversed to look I could see a car coming up from behind. I am annoyed now. They had very white heads and necks rather than light blue I would say, but I...
  9. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Hi Simmo What date did you have Othman on? Not that it makes any real difference now. I had left the Babbler and Desert Warbler to my last day for him to show me. If I'd have known he was gonna bail I'd have made more effort on the day before. If he says he was in hospital I have to believe...
  10. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Thanks Steve. Sometimes it just pans out that way. Tho at Reserve Royale de Chasse I noticed quite a few E-bird reports referred to the Tchagra's as 'heard only'. I do feel much better about Morocco now, not sure why I have left it so long!
  11. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Ha ha, yeah coincidentally I tried to do that in my own mind, but Tchagra's don't perch on wires openly at a place like that, next to a busy motorway, as far as I know. It really baffled me, was it an Azure-winged Magpie I thought? But it didn't have such a long tail. It was pale fronted, dark...
  12. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Thanks James. No worries about the Guineafowl. Yes it seems they were considered extinct in Morocco around 1970s. These must be reintroduced birds, or some feral population.
  13. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    I'm not sure either Jan. Probably not, I don't get too hung up on these things. All I can find about Helmeted Guineafowl is the following: - "Formerly endemic to North Africa, and ultimately confined to north-western Morocco. Widely regarded as extinct in the wild, but perhaps still extant in...
  14. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Cheers Chris, probably back to Morocco in September, but it won't involve anything like as much driving.
  15. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Thats the thing, I have lots to go back for Paul. Enjoyed what I did, but still need a lot!
  16. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    Pete, I worry like mad about silly little things, so if I can do it anyone can.
  17. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    A few more photos from the evocative Hotel Yasmina, in the Erg Chebbi desert.............
  18. wolfbirder

    Morocco Marvels and Meanderings 21 - 28 March 2023

    At the grand old age of 60, I have now travelled to most of the key birding Countries in the Western Palearctic, and Morocco had never really been too high on my wish list for reasons I am not entirely sure of, maybe it was simply because I didn't fancy the heat nor the ability to order a cool...
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