Friday morning walk

[WorldInFocus]

Hi Everyone,

Here are some pictures taken yesterday on a little bimble around the local area. A good day in many respects lots of birds and other creatures around.

A common buzzard

20180112_022.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Little egrets

20180112_030.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

African Silverbill

20180112_079.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Dragonfly

20180112_085.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Graceful Prinia

20180112_089.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Black Bush Robin

20180112_158.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Who said Saudi is all desert

20180112_185.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Black-winged Stilt

20180112_192.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Black-winged Stilt, Moorhen and Common Greenshank

20180112_193.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Black-winged Stilt

20180112_216.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

African Stonechat (Female)

20180112_224.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Pair of Black-winged Stilts

20180112_255.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

White Wagtail

20180112_268.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Black-winged Stilts

20180112_297.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Bee-eater

20180112_322.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Bee-eater in flight

20180112_327.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Bee-eater

20180112_350.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Blue headed agama

20180112_376.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Hoopoe

20180112_460.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Common Myna

20180112_501.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Common Myna

20180112_503.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Shining Sunbird

20180112_527.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Spectacled Bulbul

20180112_539.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Shining sunbird

20180112_545.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Shining Sunbird

20180112_626.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Shining Sunbird

20180112_639.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Wheatear

20180112_650.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Hope you like the pictures.

Ian C

[Nighthawke]

You'd got me interested anyway as always with your posts, but then I saw the open-beaked bee eater shot - fabulous!

Keep posting as there are some really exotic species that I'll probably never see.

[KJ994]

Nighthawke beat me to it - thank you for this and your earlier posts, it's always good to see some very different birds. Your local spring/oasis must be a magnet for them.

Whereabouts in Saudi are you, roughly, and is it OK to wander around with a camera following what I imagine is a very unSaudlike pursuit?

[davekench]

The thorns on the branch of the tree the African Silverbill (No3) look fierce! Would not want to get stuck in those branches.

Dave