January out here in the desert is not a great time for ringing, Firstly its damn cold, the nets have been frozen a couple of times when i've been out to them, its also wet this is the wettest month of the year, its rained at least 4 days and one of them was on a scheduled ringing morning, bummer. But the biggest factor is there are very few birds around! still we caught a few and managed to ring the 100th species for the greater Sde Boker region ( all be it the 99th for my main station in the pistachio plot) and what a beauty it was two, a 2cy male great spotted cuckoo. so due to the lack of activity and Chris not sending me the latest photos yet heres some from late last year.
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| Southern grey shrike |
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| yellow wagtail |
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| Isabelline Wheatear |
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| Saharan horned viper |
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| Black eared wheatears |
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| White breasted kingfisher |
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| Blackstart |
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| Palestine sunbird |
