eBird totals for 2021: 152 species on 188 checklists in Norway. Two lifers: Marsh Warbler and Great Skua on the island of Runde in June. New year list starts tomorrow! #eBird #BirdsSeenin2021
Painted bunting at my feeders today South Florida #BirdsSeenIn2021 #birdwatching @GinaGoesOutside #birding
Fieldfares gleaming in the #helsinki winter sun
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Just got a colorful Northern Tanager round out campsite at Highlands Hammock State Park, Lifer. #BirdsSeenIn2021 #birding #MondayMotivation @GinaGoesOutside
Really tricky photographing this Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in low sun in the Lye Valley a couple of days ago, since whenever it came into the open, it chose a background almost exactly the same colour as itself!
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Beautiful Snowy egret fishing at the Myakka weir #BirdsSeenIn2021 #birding #nature #Florida @GinaGoesOutside
Great blue heron attempting to eat an invasive #plecostomus catfish #nature #BirdsSeenIn2021 @GinaGoesOutside Myakka River State Park #Florida
Last sp for #BirdsSeenIn2021 Jordan, White-eyed Gull (eating chips!). Hoped juv Brown Shrike but as near m Red-backed Shrike, more likely. Beach front date palms & acacias still dripping with familiar #vismig assemblage of L Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap & Bluethroats. #Aqaba
At Aqaba Bird Observatory, a good selection of ducks. Lots of Shoveler and Teal, a few Pintail and a Garganey.
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There were several small flocks of Little Stints - one looked as if just arrived. And plenty of Ruff.
One can never have too many Black-winged Stilts.
#BirdsSeenIn2021 #AqabaBirdObservatory #Aqaba #Jordan #RedSeaCoast #vismig
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Another delight at Aqaba Bird Observatory was several elegant Marsh Sandpipers.
Here with a Grey Plover.
Also some Redshanks & Common Sandpipers (because there are always Common Sands!).
#BirdsSeenIn2021 #Aqaba #Jordan #RedSeaCoast
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The White-winged Terns at Aqaba Bird Observatory were present in both full summer & winter plumage. A real delight.
Also a few Caspian & Gull-billed Terns.
#BirdsSeenIn2021 #Aqaba #Jordan #RedSea
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Big flock Slender-billed & Common Black-headed Gulls roosting at #AqabaBirdObservatory.
Also imm. Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Several Little Grebes, Mallards & some stunning, constantly fishing White-winged Terns.
Moorhen families on the smaller pools.
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Greater Flamingos & Great Cormorants at #AqabaBirdObservatory in the shadow of Eilat. A Yellow-legged Gull is roosting with the cormorants as Coots bob on the water.
Little Egret with Spur-winged Plover, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint and House Crow.
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Spur-winged Plovers guard Jordan/Israel border btw Aqaba Bird Observatory & Eilat. In this #WorkingCoastalWetland innovatively created by RSCN, ASEZA & Aqaba Water Company water reuse from treated sewage Common Snipe kip, Ringed Plover & Little Stint Roost. #BirdsSeenIn2021 3/9
Delighted to meet bouncy family of Arabian Babblers at #AqabaBirdObservatory. There were some noisy Rose-ringed Parakeets. Barn swallows skimmed over the water, here with wigeon. Bushes full Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Lesser Whitethroats, Redstarts & Bluethroats #BirdsSeenIn2021 2/9
Greeted at the wonderful @RSCNJordan Aqaba Bird Observatory by what seems to be a Rough-legged Buzzard. Was bid farewell by a female Marsh Harrier. Here follows some more rubbish photos taken in between, to add species to #BirdsSeenIn2021 #Jordan #AqabaBirdObservatory @_osme
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On Aqaba South Beach, the few trees - date palms, acacias etc - are heaving with warblers and other migrants. Here is a Central Asian Mountain Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca althaea), Blackcap & a delightful Bluethroat. Also a couple of House Crows.
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Eurasian Coot @FeynanEcolodge, Dana, where @RSCNJordan released 2 Booted Eagles back into wild, following rehabilitation after seizure from illegal bird trappers. Look at those boots!
Such crimes will be rarer in Middle East thanks to @birdlife_me workshop.
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At @FeynanEcolodge in @RSCNJordan Dana Biosphere Reserve, Green Bee-eater, Southern Grey Shrike & European migrants, Common Redstart & Siberian Chiffchaff.
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Blackstart a common bird at @RSCNJordan Fifa Nature Reserve in the Rift Valley on the border with the West Bank. Also Crested Lark, Collared Dove & the ubiquitous White Wagtail.
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.@RSCNJordan Fifa Nature Reserve, while receiving exceptionally delicious hospitality (pastries, sage tea, cardamom coffee) from local community, stunning Namaqua Doves, Black-winged Kite, White-crowned Wheatear & (apparently ringed) Red-backed Shrike
#BirdsSeenIn2021 #Jordan 1/2
Tristram's Starlings & White-spectacled Bulbuls gorge in fig? tree, Pale Crag Martins whizz over Dead Sea, Israel the backdrop & Indian Silverbills buzz round garden. In @MarriottDeadSea Middle East govs make big progress towards eliminating illegal bird killing. #BirdsSeenIn2021
Pre-breakfast wander in gardens @MarriottDeadSea enjoying stunning Palestine Sunbirds, pair Eurasian Hoopoes, Northern Goshawk soaring high over Dead Sea, with Feral Pigeons around hotel. Noted in my new @_OSME Region Pocket Checklist - tx @_RobSheldon!
#BirdsSeenIn2021 #Jordan
House Sparrow, Laughing Dove, Common Myna & across view over pool & Dead Sea to Israel, Pale Crag Martins (honest!), at lunch @RSCNJordan @birdlife_me @_OSME workshop to develop Road Map to tackle illegal killing of birds in Middle East @MarriottDeadSea. #BirdsSeenIn2021 #Jordan
Cold looking Helsinki heron highlighting some interesting water patterns
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Goosander brightening up our #Helsinki morning
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Our resident Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis). Rarely far away, yet usually high up in hard to photograph places. Today was no exception!
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Out in the yard mostly all day. The Baltimore Orioles are about and I love these birds. Migrants to South #Florida #BirdsSeenIn2021 #Thursday #witchtober2021 @GinaGoesOutside #BirdTwitter