Category Archives: Birding Field Reports

I was a little too hasty in putting the post online, so I am including some other things that I saw. First of all, we saw two female Caspian Plovers land briefly just over the border in Jordan when we … Continue reading →

We are now in the second week of May, and the temperatures are staying above 30 degrees during the day, with quite a few days reaching almost 40 degrees. Summer is definitely coming, and migration is slowly winding down. I … Continue reading →

The past few days we have been overrun by Blackcaps, and there has been the usual influx of European Bee-eaters, but less than in previous years. We have also been getting the annual migration of Levant Sparrowhawks, with thousands arriving. … Continue reading →

I was at Km 76 and saw the following bird. The bill was sparrow-shaped, but the coloration was completely off. The head is rufous, but beside that it was featureless, the tail is of a sparrow. Can anybody venture a … Continue reading →

After coming back from a non-birding guiding tour in the north, it is good to be back in the desert. A group of ringers that has been here before is back again for 10 days, and have put up nets … Continue reading →

So we had a weak migration day again here in the environs of Lotan. Just a few Yellow Wagtails were about, and all the species that we would usually expect at this time of the year were not present. Going … Continue reading →

Once the Black Bush Robins are around, you get to see them in quite a few areas, this time near the Yotvata sewage works. I was there with three Dutch birders, looking at the Yellow Wagtails that have come in. … Continue reading →

As said already numerous times, this spring has been far poorer in terms of volume of migration, compared to last year. I have had to work a lot harder to find the birds around here. Yesterday, a Menetries’ Warbler was … Continue reading →

I went out to Qa es-Sa’eddin (km 76) again today to see what was going on. A large flock of Spanish Sparrows was about flying intricate patterns, Short-toed Larks in the hunderds, a few Tawny Pipits, a few Pale Rock … Continue reading →

We are having a slow migration day today, with some nice species seen today. On Lotan, there are a large number of Lesser Whitethroats, one Wryneck,  and Rueppell’s Warblers. At Qa es-Sa’eddin (Km 76), two birders, Frank and Brian, saw … Continue reading →