Week 23, 8 June 07 - Jahra East, SAANR - Tuhla and Kempinski's

It feels like I have been grounded the last month due to work committments. I have finally found time to upload some images from early in June. Images by Mike Pope

I headed back to Jahra East to try and re-locate the Spur winged Plover without luck, but was fortunate to find some other good birds, like these juvenile Cream coloured Coursers

A lone and late Collared Pratincole came soaring overhead

I found two juvenile White tailed Plovers where the Spur winged Plover was last seen

I didnt relocate the Black Tern, but did photograph a White winged Black Tern

A juvenile White cheeked Tern

A Squacco Heron in one of the pools created by the rising tide

Sand Martins are still present in small numbers, sharing the sky with a few Barn Swallows

The Blue throated Lizard escapes the heat of the ground by climbing to the highest point of the sabkha scrub

A brief stopover at Tuhla in SAANR didnt produce too much, athough the Crested Larks were in abundance around the pool. This juvenile seemed oblivious to me

A Rock Dove suddenly appeared - Feral or not is anybodies guess

We spent a morning at the Kempinski Resort and I managed to photograph these White cheeked terns with my 17 - 85mm zoom lens