It had been awhile since Aziz and I had gone out at night and we were still 0-2 with respect to scorpions and adders. We agreed to meet at JPR before sunset to travel together in one car.
While waiting at JPR just after sunset I was treated with an real spectacle of squadrons of Naked-rumped Tomb Bats coming from Jahra to the reserve to feed on the eruption of midges. It was truly a sight to marvel at and although the light was really low, I did manage a few images
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| Naked-rumped Tomb Bat (Taphozoous nudiventris) |
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| Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) |
Once Aziz arrived, we headed to Khuwaisat and started slowly exploring. First up were Gecko's with Desert Gecko being the most common. They really do exude character and those eyes!
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| Desert Gecko (Stenodactylus doriae) |
We stopped often to turn over deserted litter from last years desert camps and then found Blandford's Rock Gecko
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| Blandford's Rock Gecko (Bunopus tuberculatous) |
and finally a sought after little Slevin's Gecko. I was fortunate enough to catch it cleaning it's eye
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| Slevin's Gecko (Stenodactylus slevini) |
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| Why, because I can! |
Of the rodents, we had some Cheeseman Gerbils
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| Cheeseman's Gerbil (Gerbillus cheesmani) |
But mostly we saw Lesser Egyptian Jerboa with one quite confiding individual that allowed close approach
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| Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) |
No luck with any scorpions and adders, despite the humidity which we thought would bring them out - the score is now 0-3!
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