Little Green Bee-eater
Honeys (click to enlarge).Three of the typical variations of Honey Buzzard can be seen here.
This male Honey Buzzard was found dead by the side of the road
Looking for Temminck's Lark in the baking heat
Wood Sandpiper
Checking the saltpans at Eilat Birdwatching Centre
Scanning the skies
Little Stint
Cruising the Israeli highways
The back of a Thick-billed Lark!
Spur-winged Plover
& Spur-winged Plover chick
Collared Pratincole
Spanish Sparrow
The scenery was impressive
Sand Partridge
Quail - the first time I'd actually seen one, after hearing plenty over the years.
Mourning Wheatear
Up into the mountains we go
North Beach, Eilat
Levant Sparrowhawk
At times I got the feeling we were birding quite close to the Jordan border
Greater Flamingo
Broad-billed Sandpiper - After 15 years of birding I finally caught up with one!
One of the oldies can't keep up with the pace
Alan comes back from nod land
They are brilliant photos, especially the Bee-eater.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos Chris,looks like you had a great time!.
ReplyDeletevery very nice Chris love the Bee eater
ReplyDeleteHi Chris,
ReplyDeleteI found your blog from Bob's one and I'm quite happy I decided to check it out... You have a beautiful blog over here with many wonderful pictures of nice species like the bee-eater in this one...