Ökenstenskvätta - Oenanthe deserti - Desert Wheatear - Traquet du désert

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

NF Photo 121113,  lärkslätten,  Morocco

In the middle of a desert plain a beautiful male is checking out the surroudning. Never minding a bunch of swedes.

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Ökentrumpetare - Bucanetes githagineus - Trumpeter Finch - Roselin githagine

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Ökentrumpetare - Bucanetes githagineus - Trumpeter Finch - Roselin githagine

NF Photo 12111,  Oued Boukila, Morocco

The highlight of the day was when we found this beautiful Trumpeter Finch at a waterhole in the desert. For once I include a shot of the surrounding even if there are no birds present. I only had time for that after the birds flew away. :)

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 Ökentrumpetare, Bucanetes githagineus, Trumpeter Finch, Roselin githagine, Bouvreuil githagine, Oued Boukila,

Kohäger - Bubulcus ibis - Cattle Egret - Héron garde-bœufs

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Kohäger - Bubulcus ibis - Cattle Egret - Héron garde-bœufs

NF Photo 121113,  Oued Sayad, Morocco

This place was a dry riverbed south of Guelmim. Not many birds but this Cattle egret flew by.
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Ladusvala - Hirundo rustica - Barn swallow - Hirondelle rustique

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Ladusvala - Hirundo rustica - Barn swallow - Hirondelle rustique

NF Photo 121112,  Barrage Youssef Ibn Tachfin,  Morocco

A common species that also lives in Morocco.  Maybe the same individual I spotted two days ago in sweden. Who knows!!

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