Showing posts with label Grey Plover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grey Plover. Show all posts

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Birds up close


I finally got a sweet nice shot of a Rose-ringed Parakeet down at a small beach near where we live.

Rose-ringed Parakeet
From Birds Kuwait 2010

And while bending down,looking for sea glass and turning I looked into the eyes of a Juvenile Grey Plover, not even 3 meters from me.

Juvenile Grey Plover
From Birds Kuwait 2010

He stayed put, eying me like a rare species while I eased my camera around my neck and snapped some shots.

He casually strolled away, while King (the Labrador) came tromping down the path.

I am still at awe with this morning.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Yesterdays birds


Great Cormorant, Kormoran, Phalacrocorax carbo
From Birds Kuwait 2010
The weather is absolutely great right now, not too hot during the day and cool, almost chilly in the mornings.
I have spent 3 hours each day for the last 3 days at the beach, collecting sea glass.
Great Cormorant, Kormoran, Phalacrocorax carbo
From Birds Kuwait 2010
I didn’t carry my camera with me and 2 days ago, I paid for it ;)
My friend, the Parakeet flew around in front of my nose and sat down on a powerline in plain sight. Right. Thanks :)
Grey Plover (Black-bellied Plover), Kiebitzregenpfeifer, Pluvialis squatarola
From Birds Kuwait 2010

So, yesterday, I took the cam with me and got some shots, nothing great and no Parakeet, of course.

Common Sandpiper, Flussuferläufer, Actitis hypoleucos
From Birds Kuwait 2010
The loss of my data, including the gallery irks me in ways that just now surface. Birds I take photos of and can’t find in the Collins, but I know I have seen & shot them before…. I can’t go to my gallery and look them up. :(
Like this fellow, he looks familiar, but I can’t place him (thanks to the Birdforum guys I know now it’s a Redshank, sigh :) My first for Kuwait, but I’ve seen him in Egypt).
Common Redshank, Rotschenkel, Tringa totanus - seen in Abu Halifa
From Birds Kuwait 2010
The task of adding all the posts, Infos and photos back here is huge. It will take me a long while, I guess.


Black-headed Gull, Lachmöwe, Larus ridibundus
From Birds Kuwait 2010

I am sad that I lost all the Infos I collected, about parks and birds and also the Infos I had for birders that want to go to Sharm el Sheikh or come here. Maybe I’ll manage to get it all back together, but it’s a daunting task.

Ringed Plover, Sandregenpfeifer, Charadrius dubius
From Birds Kuwait 2010