Oman Day Two

Today we spent in the Jebel Al Akhdar area exploring for upland birds of the Al Hajar mountains. We cleaned up on all our targets which included Hume's Wheatear, Plain Leaf Warbler, Striolated Bunting, Scrub Warbler, Arabian Babbler and Persian Wheatear. We also had Hume's Warbler, Desert Wheatear and a couple of Griffon Vultures. Ebird list HERE

Hume's Wheatear (above and below) 

Plain Leaf Warbler (above)

Striolated Bunting (above and below) 

Persian Wheatear

Scrub Warbler

This White-breasted Waterhen was a bonus bird outside the hotel this morning- a local scarcity 

Purple Sunbird in the hotel garden 

Desert Monitor?- had this large lizard today. Also loads of small geckos. Will do seperate posts on the herps when I get a chance to work on id. Also a few decent leps about.