Interesting photos

Some photos I am particularly proud of, pleased with or just like.  Hope you like them too.

steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) North of Riyadh

western reef heron (Egretta gularis) light morph.Dammam

 

 

 common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Sharm El Sheik



desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) on a coastal path near Dammam, not exactly desert but he does not know he's not supposed to be there eh!



 black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)



gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) standing in a row. Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubial.



yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus) Gambia



white wagtail (Motacilla alba) Riyadh.

 

 

Namaqua dove (Oena capensis) Buraydah.

Stonechat



White Eared Bulbul (Riyadh)



Great crested tern  (Thalasseus bergii),



pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)



sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)



white-eyed gull (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus)

brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus)



paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)



red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)