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  My bird watching map over Middle East
Wednesday 28th of November 2018 and we left Radisson Blu 6 o´clock and we were soon driving over the mountain on our way to the Wadi Sireen Reserve in the Al Hajar Mountains to look for birds and the very rare Arabian Tahr. And of course, we keep our eye out for other wildlife.
My Guide had to do something so we drove to a gas stop where I changed car and Guide. We continued and we stopped to pick up a Guide for the Wadi Sireen Reserve. We were soon in the mountains and when we reached the end of the road we had to go out and walk.  In the Al Hajar Mountains
 In the Al Hajar Mountains
 In the Al Hajar Mountains
 In the Al Hajar Mountains
 Reaching the end of the road
 Reaching the end of the road
 We have to continue by foot
 We have to continue by foot
 We have to continue by foot
 Walking up the mountains
 We reach a small pool
 My Guide
  Some serious climbing to continue
 Our special Guide for Wadi Sireen
We walked until we reached some kind of well and we stopped there. To continue would have required some serious climbing on the rocks and I really didn´t want to fall and destroy my camera. So we stopped at the well. There were some birds, White-eared and White-spectacled Bulbul and one bird that I think was a Red-tailed Wheatear. I also spotted a frog coming towards me between the rocks. Otherwise there was nothing, except the beautiful surroundings and I enjoyed the stay.  We sit under the mountain tops
 A frog coming to have a look at us
 A frog coming to have a look at us
 A frog coming to have a look at us
 Red-tailed Wheatear?
 White-eared Bulbul
 Would have taken me weeks to reach the top
I don´t know for how long I stayed at the well. My Guides left and I stayed behind enjoying the silence. I left after a while and I didn´t see any birds going back to the car. No birds but an impressive landscape and I enjoyed every minute of it. A little hard to walk on the rocks but I made it back to the car and we could drive back down to go explore other sceneries and  hopefully some birds.
 Walking back to the car
 Walking back to the car
 Walking back to the car
We leave the area and we´re soon on another dust road going up another mountain. We pass a date plantation and I ask the Guide to stop as I see some birds. I get out of the car trying to get some pictures of the birds, but I have no luck. I walk around the area trying to get close to some birds when I suddenly hear loud noises. Sounded like a pump or something coming from the plantation. I learned that it was a bird called Grey Francolin. A very scared bird and I only spotted the bird when they took off making a kind of nice sound flapping their wings. Listen to the Grey Francolin
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 I get some pictures of some small birds, House Sparrows mostly and we were soon leaving the date plantation continuing up the country on a small dust path.  The mountains in the area is green
 We stop at a date plantation
 Pared at the date plantation
    We reach the end of the road
 White-spectacled Bulbul
 We drive down from the mountain again
We decide to go back to Muscat and we drive through a village for the people working in the nature reserve and I ask them to stop when I see some swallows flying around. I get out of the car and I walk around the village. No pictures of the swallow but I get a few pictures of House Sparrows while walking around in the village. We leave and we stop above another plantation and we spot a few Red-wattled Lapwings. I see a few Grey Francolins when I try to sneak up on the Red-wattled Lapwing. There was also a few Indian Rollers sitting on the wire. But no pictures. I decided that I wanted to check out the area behind the mangroves in Muscat. There is a park, Al-Qurm Natural Park and I want to have a look. So we drove to Al-Qurm Natural Park and the Guide was waiting for me at the parking while I was walking around in the. House Crows and Common Mynas everywhere when I entered the park. Of course, plenty of the White-eared Bulbul.   White-eared Bulbul - Al-Qurm Natural Park in Muscat, Oman - 28 November 2018
 White-eared Bulbul
  Red-vented Bulbul
  Common Sandpiper
 Common Sandpiper
 Common Sandpiper
Walking deeper in to the park approaching the mangrove and I run in to a couple of Common Sandpipers and I managed to come very close to one of them. Pleasant surprise as they are usually very scared. So I was happy when I left the Sandpiper behind walking towards a pond / man-made lake. I see a few Indian Rollers but they got scared and they took off when I came closer I chased a group of Indian Silverbills without any luck. I spotted a Tern that I could not identify, might ask birdforum for help.  Indian Silverbill
 Indian Roller
 Unidentified Tern
  Great Cormorant
Time turned quickly and I never reached the mangrove before I turned around going back to the gate for the trip back to Radisson Blu. I passed a few Indian Rollers on the way back and I also spotted a few Common Sandpipers and I tried to record the bird call without success. I meet my Guide that comes to look for me and when we walk back to the car. We are approached by a “reporter” that wanted us for an article, but I turned down his offer and I pointed to two other tourists. They did the photos for the article while I had a look at a Laughing Dove.   I stay well clear of any reportage
I have my dinner back at Radisson Blu and I spend the evening looking at my pictures. I booked a car for the airport tomorrow morning to catch my flight to Dubai. I expect to check in at 12 and I expect to start the bird watching one hour later. Click HERE to find out if I make it to Dubai.
    
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