Today was the long drive west to Al Abraq, the desert still has a fine carpet of green and this herder made for a good image just after sunrise
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| Herder in the 'green' desert |
Once at the farm, the first bird I had was this really young Black-winged Kite. Not sure when it would have fledged as we are just coming out of winter?
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| Juvenile Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus vociferus) |
As it turned out, this was the bird of the day as other than an elusive Hume's Leaf Warbler and a couple of Chiffchaff, there were literally no other migrants around.
Again, I had to resort to spending time looking for butterflies amongst the flowers and these were more productive than the birds. Aside from the Painted Lady's which are still present all over Kuwait, I had a Clouded Yellow
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| Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) |
As well as Eastern Clouded Yellow
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| Eastern Clouded Yellow (Colias erate) |
Along with Mediterranean Pierrot
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| Mediterranean Pierrot (Tarucus rosaceus) |
and both male and female Brown Playboy's
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| Female Brown Playboy (Deudorix antalus) |
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| Male Brown Playboy (Deudorix antalus) |
There were a few moths, the highlight being a Striped Hawk-moth feeding on some flowers
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| Striped Hawk-moth (Hyles livornica) |
and a possible Eastern Bordered Straw
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| Possible Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) |
There were quite a few 7-Spot Ladybird's in amongst the greenery. If you look carefully, this one has dislodged the pollen from the flower
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| 7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) |
of course, flowers are still in full bloom
But I also found some parasitic Desert Hyacinth
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| Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche lutea) |
and a trio of parasitic Red Thumb's before heading back home
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| Red Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum) |
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