Hi All,
The Friday walk was quite at Wej Valley near Taif, Saudi Arabia. The weather was quite cloudy and much quieter than normal for bird life. That said we came across a large group of camels and their herder. For some reason every time we have seen camels at the river, there is always little egrets with them. This week we discovered how close the two get as you can see from the pictures. We also seen some of the regular visitors to the river and a few that I've not seen before.
Red Stilt Family
20180202_013.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Red Stilts in Flight
20180202_024.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Red Stilt and Greenshanks
20180202_036.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Camel cross the river
20180202_046.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Dinner for camel
20180202_076.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Western Cattle Egret
20180202_082.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Camel with his own Western Cattle Egret flock
20180202_091.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Camel Herder
20180202_103.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Baby Camels sharing a lunch
20180202_117.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Western Cattle Egret
20180202_164.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Western Cattle Egret in flight
20180202_196.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Any place to land
20180202_217.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Little Egret, Red Stilt and Laughing Doves
20180202_249.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Duarian Shrike
20180202_254.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Red Stilts
20180202_321.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
20180202_360.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Bee Eater (It's a favourite)
20180202_398.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Fleeting shots of 2 big birds of prey.
20180202_410.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
20180202_420.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Arabian Babbler
20180202_417.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Lizard
20180202_429.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
African Silverbill
20180202_445.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Purple Heron
20180202_463.jpg by Ian Cramman, on Flickr
Hope you like the pictures.
Ian C
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A Friday walk with Camels and Egrets
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Re: A Friday walk with Camels and Egrets
Very nice set
Even a camel herder has an ipod these days!
I can see why that Bee Eater is popular
Egret on camel is a great catch
Even a camel herder has an ipod these days!
I can see why that Bee Eater is popular
Egret on camel is a great catch
Re: A Friday walk with Camels and Egrets
As usual, brilliant but the Red Stilts in flight looks very Star Wars.
Re: A Friday walk with Camels and Egrets
Thanks for posting those, beautiful photos
Re: A Friday walk with Camels and Egrets
Beautiful pics Ian, Especially like the camel close-ups and the bee eater
I've seen loads of bee eaters in northern Spain but could never get close enough for a decent shot
I've seen loads of bee eaters in northern Spain but could never get close enough for a decent shot
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