Ökenstenskvätta - Oenanthe deserti - Desert Wheatear - Traquet du désert

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Ökenstenskvätta, hane - Oenanthe deserti - Desert Wheatear, male - Traquet du désert 

NF Photo 121117,  Aousard o Oued Jenna, Western Sahara, Morocco

This day I only saw a male Desert Wheater. Last time I saw this species it was a female. To bad they were not together. This one also has teh beautiful desert color. But with a very dark face.


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Ökensparv - Passer simplex - Desert Sparrow

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Ökensparv,hane - Passer simplex - Desert Sparrow , male

 

Ökensparv,hona - Passer simplex - Desert Sparrow , female

NF Photo 121117,  Aousard o Oued Jenna, Western Sahara, Morocco

To be a sparrow I think it is a beautiful couple. :)  But.....how can they sit among all those spikes?

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Ökensparv - Passer simplex - Desert Sparrow

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Ökensparv - Passer simplex - Desert Sparrow 

NF Photo 121117,  Aousard o Oued Jenna, Western Sahara, Morocco

A sparrow well comoflaged for it´s ´habitat. This is a female.

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Varfågel - Lanius excubitor algeriensis - Great_Grey_Shrike - Pie-grièche grise

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Varfågel - Lanius excubitor algeriensis - Great_Grey_Shrike - Pie-grièche grise

NF Photo 121117,  Aousard o Oued Jenna, Western Sahara, Morocco

This is slightly different from the ones we sometimes see in Sweden. I did not really expect to see it in the middle of the desert of Sahara.

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The lookout in the desert

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 Slagfalk - Falco biarmicus - Lanner Falcon - Faucon lanier

Ökenkorp - Corvus ruficollis - Brown-necked Raven - Corbeau brun

 

NF Photo 121117,  Aousard o Oued Jenna, Western Sahara, Morocco

It seems that lookouts is very popular in Western Sahara. These two birds used the same spot only minutes apart. I think we were lucky to see the falcon though. When I searched for a video it turned out to be no wild ones filmed. Only videos from training camps. :(

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Tjockfot - Burhinus oedicnemus - Thick knee - L'Œdicnème criard

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Tjockfot - Burhinus oedicnemus - Thick knee - L'Œdicnème criard

NF Photo 121117, Aousard o Oued Jenna, Western Sahara, Morocco

Well, according to our tourguide this is Thick Knee or Stone Curlew. I have to trust him. Even if there is a mark on the wing I can´t see in the book I have. We were far out in the desert to see it.

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Strandskata - Haematopus ostralegus - Eurasian Oystercatcher - Huîtrier pie

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Strandskata - Haematopus ostralegus - Eurasian Oystercatcher - Huîtrier pie 

NF Photo 121116,  Dakhla Peninsula, Western Sahara, Morocco

Pictures taken at the Atlantic coast of Western Sahara, Morocco. Birds only passing by.

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Turkduva - Streptopelia decaocto - Eurasian Collared Dove - Tourterelle turque

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Turkduva - Streptopelia decaocto - Eurasian Collared Dove - Tourterelle turque

NF Photo 121116,  Dakhla Bay, Western Sahara, Morocco

A dove is of course a city bird so I found it outside the "supermarket" when we were supposed to buy bread and other necessary things in Dakhla.

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Roskarl - Arenaria interpres - Ruddy_Turnstone - Tournepierre à collier

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Roskarl - Arenaria interpres - Ruddy_Turnstone - Tournepierre à collier

NF Photo 121116,  Dakhla Bay, Western Sahara, Morocco

The birds in their winter plumage.

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