7th March 2020
At last I got to see Sinai Rosefinch, including tis male only a stones throw from the digs I was staying at.
So this morning I got up late, walked five minutes down road to Wadi Arabian and only a few meters in and flushed 6 Sinai Rosefinch, including a single male! It was as easy as that and I could see my digs from where the rosefinch were, sat on a roof. I decided to climb one of the south west mountains looking down on St Katherine’s after being told by someone that there were Almond Trees covering the slopes and beyond. After an hour I had made it to the top and counted 20 trees!! For my effort I did see more Sinai Rosefinch, Tristram’s Starling and the highlight, a single Bonnelli’s Eagle.
Started walking the entrance of Wadi arabian, hoping to be lucky with Sinai Rosefinch and kicked 6 birds that landed on top of the roof of the building in the photo above
The female Sinai Rosefinch hung out in the shade
While this male Sinai Rosefinch was out in the sun but on the wrong side for me
This Bonelli’s Eagle flew over while I was half way up climbing the mountain
Two species of Lizard that I encountered on my ways up
Looking down at St Katherine’s with the mosque in the center of the city
In the center of the photo above is the digs that I stayed at, Bedouins Camp except it’s not a camp
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