Slagfalk - Falco biarmicus - Lanner Falcon - Le Faucon lanier

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NF Photo 121114,  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

We spotted the pair from the bus and made the driver step hard on the brake. Everyone shouted STOP!
This is a very beautiful red headed falcon. It was very hard to get shots of it. We was not close them and it was hot so thereas heat shimmer in the air. Still I manage to get something. Acc to our tour guide it was probably one adult and one juvenile.
 

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 Slagfalk, Falco biarmicus, Lanner Falcon, Le Faucon lanier,

Silltrut - larus fuscus - Lesser Black-backed Gull - Goéland brun

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Silltrut - larus fuscus - Lesser Black-backed Gull - Goéland brun 

NF Photo 121115, South of  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

This it not the place where you think you should see a lot of gulls. At a petrol station / café in the middle of the dessert. But here they are. Photo shows different ages.

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Svarthalsad dopping - Podiceps nigricollis - Black-necked Grebe - Grèbe à cou noir

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Svarthalsad dopping - Podiceps nigricollis - Black-necked Grebe - Grèbe à cou noir

NF Photo 121114,  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

In this image the birds are in winter plumage.

 

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Bronsibis - Plegadis falcinellus - Glossy Ibis - L’Ibis falcinelle

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Bronsibis - Plegadis falcinellus - Glossy Ibis - L’Ibis falcinelle

NF Photo 121114,  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

Those birds came out of nowhere and I had no chance of changing the settings. At least I got them on camera. But I wish I had some on the ground too. But I was not that lucky.

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Styltlöpare - Himantopus himantopus - Black-winged Stilt - Échasse blanche

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Styltlöpare - Himantopus himantopus - Black-winged Stilt 

NF Photo 121114, Flamingo Lake,  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

As the sun started to set we reached Layounne and made our last stop at what somebody called Flamingo Lake. It was so beautiful in the light of the setting sun and the stilts was gorgeous.
I fell in love with this bird when I first saw it in Camargue. It does not vsiit Sweden so this was a treat.

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Medelhavstrut - Larus michahellis - Yellow-legged Gull - Goéland leucophée

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Medelhavstrut - Larus michahellis - Yellow-legged Gull - Goéland leucophée
NF Photo 121114,  Layounne,  Western Sahara, Morocco

If I´m not all wrong about this one it is a 3:rd winter Yellow-legged Gull. If you think I´m wrong. Please tell me so. This was sitting on a fortress north of Layounne.

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Silkeshäger - Egretta garzetta - Little Egret - Aigrette garzette

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 Silkeshäger - Egretta garzetta - Little Egret - Aigrette garzette

NF Photo 121114,  Oued Khnifiss south of  Tan Tan Plage,  Morocco

This bird looks soo cool with those feet. I never stop wondering why they are so big and yellow.
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Sädesärla - motacilla alba yarrellii - White Wagtail - Bergeronnette grise

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Sädesärla - motacilla alba yarrellii - White Wagtail - Bergeronnette grise

NF Photo 121114,  Oued Khnifiss, south of  Tan Tan Plage,  Morocco

This race of the White Wagtail difers in color pattern from the one we have in Sweden. In morocco there was also a wagtail with a black mask over the eyes. I saw it once but did not get a shot of it.

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Rödnäbbad trut - Larus-Ichthyaetus audouinii - Audouin's Gull - Goéland d'Audouin

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Rödnäbbad trut - Larus-Ichthyaetus audouinii - Audouin's Gull - Goéland d'Audouin 

NF Photo 121114,  Oued Fatma, south of  Tan Tan Plage,  Morocco

It took a while before I noticed what differed these gulls from others. Mostly it was the color of the bill and legs. It was lots of them but I could not get closer then this. Look at the last shot and you see why. I was on a similar place on the other side of the beach. It was probably about 1000 birds down there.

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