It was great to visit JPR again for a few hours in the afternoon, with the onset of winter it is amazing how quickly the light fades and sunset creeps closer to 5pm.
I spent some time with a female Eastern Stonechat in gorgeous golden light, complimented by the diffused brown of the Sabkha bushes in the background
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| Eastern Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) |
The star of the afternoon was this cracking adult Ring Ouzel that flushed from the side of the road and luckily for me, landed in a tree where it remained for 5-minutes. As much as I would have liked to get a little closer, I didn't try as Turdus species are notoriously skittish in Kuwait. It has been over 10-years since I last saw one in Kuwait, so a common bird it is not!
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| Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) |
JPR is still the place to see Greater Spotted Eagles in winter
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| Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) |
A couple of Western Marsh Harriers seem to overwinter at JPR, more females than males
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| Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) |
I took a drive down to the outfall and saw this Jack Snipe in the open, pretending to be anything but a bird
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| Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) |
At one of the pools, I had this Common Snipe at the waters edge with glorious reflection in the water
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| Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
By now the sun was almost gone, so headed back to the gate and got a bit creative with Common Chiffchaff's foraging on the boundary fence of the reserve
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| Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
There were clouds in the sky and these were reflecting on one of the pools
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| Winter reflections |
Followed by an afterglow as the sun set on another mild winters day in Kuwait
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| JPR Sunset |
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