Neu für Ägyptens Vogelliste: die Braunkehl-Uferschwalbe

Wenig später als wir den Bootsanleger in Abu Simbel hinter uns gelassen haben, fahren wir an hohem Schilf entlang. Das Schilf scheint undurchdringlich. Trotzdem sind die hohen Halme des Schilfs voller Leben. Erfüllt vom sonoren Rattern des Stentorrohrsängers (Acrocephalus stentoreus), umschwirrt von Massen an Uferschwalben (Riparia riparia) und Rauchschwalben (Hirundo rustica), die wohl alle auf… Continue reading Neu für Ägyptens Vogelliste: die Braunkehl-Uferschwalbe

Moewenpick-Garden: a Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Promoted as a secluded oasis set in beautiful gardens on Elephantine Island, the  5-star Mövenpick Aswan resort is located on an island in the middle of the Nile in Aswan city right next to the Sahara desert. A vegetable garden, tall trees in the middle of an otherwise densely populated Egyptian city. Here, the Möwenpick… Continue reading Moewenpick-Garden: a Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Plain Martin Riparia paludicola, new to Egypt birdlist

Shortly, after we have left the jetty in Abu Simbel, we drive along high reeds. The reed seems impenetrable. Nevertheless, the tall stalks of reeds are full of life. Filled with the sonorous rattling of the Clamorous Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus), buzzed around by masses of Sand Martins (Riparia riparia) and Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), all… Continue reading Plain Martin Riparia paludicola, new to Egypt birdlist