World and the Wild - Bird Watching and Wildlife Photography

 This weekend on my usual spot for birding near Abu Hadriyah i:e Khafra Marsh, I saw Desert Wheatears. They are common winter migrants to  Eastern Saudi Arabia. Mostly found in Semi-arid deserts and scrubs. My all-over experience with this bird is good, taking a closeup and mostly the bird is not very shy and will allow pretty good shots. Desert Wheatear  sometimes breeds in very barren and infertile desert areas, where no other wheatear species occurs .

Yesterday while on my way to a weekend birdwatching trip near the coastlines i found single Northern Lapwing. The area is a marshy place kilometer away from the sea. The Northern lapwing is recorded herey by me twice. The last was in December 2020. It is an uncommon winter visitor of Saudi Arabia and very rare in the Eastern region.The numbers are large in Haradh and Riyadh in the pivot fields.

  Grey Hypocolius The bird was seen feeding on the dates. The area consists of several date trees and in the background, you can the bokeh of the reef and the shore The birds are easily seen during this  time of the season at the location

 Short Toed Snake Eagle seen perched on a pole around the fields in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia In October 2022