This Western Reef Heron (dark phase) was slowly walking along the rocks on the edge of this pond feeding on whatever came within striking range. It stopped and then suddenly lunged at what I can only presume was a fish in the water. Sadly for the completeness of the sequence it did not emerge with one impaled in its beak, but a nice piece of action nevertheless
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Mike Pope, my good birding friend from Kuwait came to visit for a few days so we spent some time driving around in the heat and dust to see what we could find out there. I took him to see the family of Lilith Owls I have been watching. It looks like the parents are now forcing the adult sized youngsters to disperse and find their own territories. We also saw the parents chase off a fox that had ventured into their turf by dive-bombing it a few times. Adult Lilith Owl looking out over its territory from a vantage point One of a few Bridled Terns seen flying along the coast near Al Ruwais. A new Qatar tick for me. An adult Striated Heron did a fly-by at the same spot A concerned Red-wattled Plover parent flies overhead as the two surviving chicks lie motionless on the ground below The Black-crowned Sparrow-Larks are back on the farm. Here is an image of an unmistakable male Female Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark The first sighting of a Greater Hoopoe-Lark that I have recorded on the farm this Spring A smart looking Corn Bunting Other species included: Crested Larks everywhere, Western Reef Herons, Red-vented Bulbul, White-eared Bullbul, Slender-billed Gull, Lesser Sand Plover, Namaqua Dove, Caspian Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Terek Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Ruddy Turnstone, Barn Swallow, Grey Plover and the rest.
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