Sonntag, 25. April 2010

Chapter 8 - Just a few images !

Just a few images from last week:

1. Spur-winged Plover in Luxor
2. Nile-Valley Sunbird
3. A Bridge over the Nile
4. A crowned Sandgrouse.
5. Who finds the Bar-tailed Dessert Lark on the nest?

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Montag, 19. April 2010

Chapter 7 - Reptile and plant special

After a lot of pictures of birds I thought it is time to put some pictures of other
things here on my blog.
Pictures show:

1. A small succulent plant in the dessert.
2. A lizzard hiding under my foot.
3. The same lizzard in my hand :).
4. Another species of lizzard caught.
5. A sere bush.
6. A green bush.
7. And of course, a picture of a White-eyed Gull.











Montag, 12. April 2010

Chapter 6 - Luxor

Last Friday we went on a daytrip to Luxor! Because we only had about 6 hours there,
we had to do intense birding on Crocodile Island in the Nile river.
Pictures show:1. Whiskered Tern 2. Western Reef Heron 3. Red-rumped Swallow 4. Pied Crow, possible first record for Egypt!
5. A fisherman on the Nile river 6. View from the path on Crocodile Island













Freitag, 2. April 2010

Chapter 5 - 2 Weeks already!

Chapter 5 - 2 Weeks already!

Here are some pictures about the time since my last post! First one shows the bird which is my
favourite since my early childhood - the Quail. Second: The guys (Zegi, Erich, Daniel and Tobi)
seabird watching in El Gouna. Third: Me counting birds in the desert. Fourth: An exhausted
Woodchat Shrike in Zafarana. Fith: A lizzard called in German "Dornschwanzagame". Sixth: A
flock of 267 (counted!) White Pelicans soaring.