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saudi arabia

  1. Acacia and juniper

    Acacia and juniper

    this is just a part form the area my friend and i spent two days birding and got all those shots i shared in the past days. these are Arabian acacia trees were a couple of Arabian warblers and little group of Arabian waxbills, on the left corner the juniper trees behind them the little stream...
    • ammadoux
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    • arabian acacia arabian juniper opuslocationimage saudi arabia
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Landscapes
  2. Baltic Gull

    Baltic Gull

    love these gulls and feel sad if i missed there passage here. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • baltic gull flight fuscus larus fuscus lesser black-backed gull saudi arabia
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Middle-East
  3. black kites

    black kites

    had a little trip to the desert near the mountains and found thousands (literally) on trees, on ground and soaring above. spectacular sight indeed. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • 1dt black kite milvus migrans saudi arabia
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Middle-East
  4. real hot morning

    real hot morning

    very humid on that early hour, this lovely one kept on coming to drink. was really worried becuse the garden cats were determined to hunt, i think finally one got a rock pigeon. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • eastern olivaceous warbler eastern olivaceous warbler iduna pallida iduna pallida jeddah saudi arabia
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Middle-East
  5. before sunset

    before sunset

    they decided to come down and rest after flying almost all day resting only at very long and dense trees, they are over the city since yesterday. welcome werwars we love you so much. werwar= bee eater in Arabia. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • european bee-eater merops apiaster saudi arabia
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Middle-East
  6. Collared pratincole

    Collared pratincole

    it seems that all the adults have already left because no one was there only about 7 young ones. really fun birds to watch. they come to Jeddah on April and stay all summer for breeding.
    • ammadoux
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    • collard pratincole / glareola pratincola collared pratincole glareola pratincola juvenile - glareola pratincola saudi arabia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Middle-East
  7. grey wagy

    grey wagy

    so the migration has started officially. in that area there were also many citrine and yellow wagtails. hope you like it, thanks
    • ammadoux
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    • grey wagtail motacilla cinerea motacilla cinerea grey wagtail saudi arabia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Middle-East
  8. Mr not so handsome

    Mr not so handsome

    that what our summer do to Mr Handsome. not until November when he get back his beautiful black freathers. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • black bush-robin. cercotrichas podobe. black scrub-robin cercotrichas podobe cercotrichas podobe black scrub robin saudi arabia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Middle-East
  9. Arabian serin

    Arabian serin

    or olive-rumped serin, and this shot shows the rump, one of the few shots i was able to get for it. thanks so much.
    • ammadoux
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    • crithagra rothschildi olive-rumped seedeater saudi arabia serinus rothschildi
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Middle-East
  10. Queeny Irania gutturalis

    Queeny Irania gutturalis

    first time i see her majesty. she was a bit shy but did not keep me wafting for long, after she came to this perch and gave me a chance for few clicks. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • irania gutturalis irania gutturalis white-throated robin saudi arabia white-throated robin
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Middle-East
  11. eastern olivaceous warbler

    eastern olivaceous warbler

    summer breeding visitor to my garden, there calls are coming form everywhere in the garden, also frequent visits to the water plates. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • eastern olivaceous warbler eastern olivaceous warbler iduna pallida iduna pallida jeddah saudi arabia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Middle-East
  12. line referee - SF

    line referee - SF

    then he called for its mate to come and join to watch that badminton match. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • jeddah pycnonotus leucotis saudi arabia white-eared bulbul white-eared bulbul pycnonotus leucotis
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Middle-East
  13. White‑throated Robin

    White‑throated Robin

    AKA Mr handsome. was really happy when i saw him in the garden around 5 pm. scattered some crushed peanuts in the cactus mini garden and it worked, he like it so much, then i had to leave it and join a zoom meeting, gurrrrrr.
    • ammadoux
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    • irania gutturalis irania gutturalis white-throated robin jeddah saudi arabia white-throated robin white-throated robin / irania gutturalis
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Middle-East
  14. White winged black tern

    White winged black tern

    already losing its black summer plumage, it also looking handsome like this. those are spring and summer breeding visitors to Jeddah. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • chlidonias leucoptera jeddah saudi arabia white-winged black tern white-winged tern white-winged tern - chlidonias leucopterus
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Middle-East
  15. colorful bokeh

    colorful bokeh

    to cover on his really pitmatic look as he is molting now and looking mostly brown and many of his tall tail feathers are not at there best. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • black bush-robin. cercotrichas podobe. black scrub-robin cercotrichas podobe saudi arabia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Middle-East
  16. Upcher's warbler

    Upcher's warbler

    first migrant, also saw the grey wagtail and the marsh warblers, many of our local birders recorded shrikes, so i think we are up to early start of the Autumn migration. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • hippolais languida saudi arabia upcher's warbler upcher\'s warbler hippolais languida
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Middle-East
  17. Little prinia

    Little prinia

    cutie pie here is happy after having a heavy meal brought by Daddy. here is a video of the feeding. https://youtu.be/k1ZZTM9jSUw hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • graceful prinia graceful prinia / prinia gracilis prinia gracilis saudi arabia
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Middle-East
  18. Striolated bunting

    Striolated bunting

    one of those birds discribed as common in my area but i rarely see them. form the Archives of 2015. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • emberiza striolata jeddah saudi arabia striolated bunting
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Middle-East
  19. not talking to you Doux - SF

    not talking to you Doux - SF

    hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • isabelline wheatear isabelline wheatear - oenanthe isabellina jeddah oenanthe isabellina saudi arabia
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Middle-East
  20. Blackstart

    Blackstart

    found this form 2019 Archives. hope you like it. thanks so much.
    • ammadoux
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    • blackstart blackstart (cercomela melanura) jeddah oenanthe melanura saudi arabia
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Middle-East
  21. his gorgeous tail

    his gorgeous tail

    that same one of yesterday, just a mint or two later when he ran a bit far. hope you like it, thanks.
    • ammadoux
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    • black bush robin black bush-robin. cercotrichas podobe. black scrub-robin cercotrichas podobe jeddah saudi arabia
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Middle-East
  22. black bush robin

    black bush robin

    right infront of me just half a meter away form my leg. a very strange angle that completely made his long tail disappear. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • black bush-robin. cercotrichas podobe. black scrub-robin cercotrichas podobe jeddah saudi arabia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Middle-East
  23. Nile Valley sunbird

    Nile Valley sunbird

    form June 2015
    • ammadoux
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    • hedydipna metallica jeddah nile valley sunbird nile valley sunbird - breeding male nilevalley sunbird jeddah saudi arabia
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Middle-East
  24. Eurasian crag martin

    Eurasian crag martin

    finally got him, busy doing the happy dance, LOL. hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • eurasian crag martin ptyonoprogne rupestris eurasian crag-martin flight jeddah ptyonoprogne rupestris saudi arabia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Middle-East
  25. Loving stilts

    Loving stilts

    charming birds indeed, hope you like it.
    • ammadoux
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    • black-winged stilt himantopus himantopus himantopus himantopus black winged stilt jeddah saudi arabia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Middle-East
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