Wednesday, December 3, 2008

A note for the birds ...




We fly home tomorrow & can hardly wait to be on that plane!  I thought I'd add a note about the past three months of birding & include some of my favourite photos.


















This is a bit of a mosaic & I don't seem to be able to get the pictures in the right place.  Anyway, my list for Qatar now stands at 119 with plenty more ahead.  I took the photo of the Cotton Teal (below) on December 1st.  It is the first known occurrence of this bird (also know as the Cotton Pygmy-goose) in Qatar.   The others are (more or less from the top):  Black-headed Gull, Bluethroat, White Wagtail, Avocets, Little Owl, &  Greater Flamingos.