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…so here’s a post about some birds at a spring. The spring the birds I’ll show you today is far from the seat of New Zealand’s government where I now work. It’s actually found in a wadi in the UnitedArabEmirates, in the mountains between Dubai and the Gulf of Oman. I’m sorry.
The travel agent mentioned I had a 2 hour layover in Dubai, in the UnitedArabEmirates. I was flying Emirates and that was the hub. But I figured there had to be some birds there. So there would be some birding. So I asked if I could stretch the layover by 24 hours.
The travel agent mentioned I had a 2 hour layover in Dubai, in the UnitedArabEmirates. I was flying Emirates and that was the hub. But I figured there had to be some birds there. So there would be some birding. So I asked if I could stretch the layover by 24 hours.
I managed to actually beat my year list total, as accounted by eBird, by one bird. I also managed to go to 10 different countries, so rather than arbitrarily pick my top 10 birds of the year, I’ll arbitrarily pick a top bird from each country. I’ll also award each bird an award based on why I picked it.
Subspecies kalbansis, UnitedArabEmirates. I’m not sure why Australian birds are given this name, but the Australian subspecies is the Torrresian Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sordidus ). Flickr User Sergey Yeliseev , (Creative Commons, Attribution, Non Commercial, Non-derivs). Subspecies humii , Thailand.
It’s September and time for birds to start their southerly journeys. Please remember to give migrating birds the space that they need. 9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, UnitedArabEmirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Malbup Creek Bird Hide.
The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls , Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to the tiniest details in order to assign an individual to a specific species (if it can be done at all). One such bird is the Collared Kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris ).
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