Photo Magic Hands: Kuwait First quarter birding 2015

It's been a while since i last posted a blog as I was very busy lately. Summer season has started and in no time we will have to bear the summer heat in Kuwait again :P Meaning.. less time to shoot outdoors :P

In this blog, i will be sharing my collection of migratory birds images taken during the first quarter of 2015. As usual, me and my photobuddies spent our friday mornings chasing birds as early as 4am :P we have discovered new areas not known to everyone. A place we can call Kuwait paradise where beautiful flowers bloom, grassy lawn and loads of birds. :)

Let me start by showing you some of my favorite images and information about them.
Earlier this year, there were plenty of birds in the gardens of kuwait. 2 of them are Common Starling and Eurasian Wryneck. Both were captured in Rumaithiya Garden.

Common starling

Eurasian Wryneck

This year, i am very happy to see loads of European bee eaters in several locations such as salmiya, rumaithiya, abuhalifa, jahra, al salam area, funaitees etc...

Luckily, i also managed to capture a beautiful Rose ringed parakeet unexpectedly while shooting bee eaters somewhere in funaitees. :P

More Bee-eaters images

Common kestrel was also sighted this year

And got some good pictures of Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Rufous-tailed scrub robin

It was a great day for birding in jahra reserve, some of my friends moved to kabad desert areas to search for special birds. Afterwards, I got a call from them saying they have found this beauty! - Eurasian Scops Owl

Eurasian Scops Owl

Eurasian Scops Owl

Another beauty resting in a tree

Mauryan Grey Shrike

Exploring jahra reserve this year was great experience for me. This place so far is one of my favorite this year! i have seen plenty of rare species from there and hopefully, i can see more next time. :P

Enjoy more of my collections below!

Spotted eagle

Gray heron

White throated kingfisher

Eurasian reed warbler

Siberian Stonechat - Male

Gray wagtail

Barn Swallow

Willow warbler Juvenile

white wagtail

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male

Tree pipit

white wagtail

Barn Swallow

Eurasian olivaceos warbler

Caspian Stone chat

another pleasant morning in the reserve area the place was enriched by blue cheeked bee eaters.

and after i moved in to dense bush area to find more birds!.

Caspian Stone chat

Caspian Stone chat male

Hoopoe

Caspian Gull

shrike

Isabelline shrike

north Caspian Stone chat

and first time in my birding experience i witnessed some hidden beauties. next images were all new to me..!! i never thought i would see these beauties in kuwait.

Purple Swamphen

Little Crake

One friday we decided to move to capture some fox, because in our previous expeditions we witnessed some fox in mutala area,

there i have got common kestrel.

Common kestrel

and i ended up with Pied wheater.

Pied wheater

one day on the way to my work place, i just entered to a garden near my office, and my visit was a great surprise with kingfisher..

White throated kingfisher

and on the way back i have got a robin.

Common myna is everywhere in kuwait.. but still i added one for this year..

this year kuwait is enriched with wagtails . below are my wagtail hunt images from one of my favorite birding location.

western yellow wagtail

black headed wagtail a sub species of western yellow wagtail

Sykes' wagtail - a sub species of western yellow wagtail

western yellow wagtail

Sykes' wagtail - a sub species of western yellow wagtail

Gray wagtail - a sub species of western yellow wagtail

Over all, this year had given me so much enjoyment shooting birds. However, during one of our trips, we have encountered group of bird hunters, killing birds for fun :( I have seen a kestrel being shot in front of my eyes. I have lost my interest to shoot that day and just decided to return back home. :(

And lastly, during my recent trip to salmi, Al-Abraq Al-Khabari Farm, i am so happy to meet two French birders who came here in Kuwait to record & study the condition & count of the birds in a specific location.