Birding For Birds Of Kuwait

White storks migration passed through Kuwait 2022 November in thousands.  White storks fly south from their summer breeding grounds in Europe in August and September, heading for Africa.  There, they spend the winter in  Savannah  from Kenya and Uganda south to the  Cape Province  of South Africa.

Scares passage Migrant in Kuwait ,This open-country hunter is one of the world's most widely distributed owls, and among the most frequently seen in daylight. Don't look too eagerly for the ear tufts, which are so short they're often invisible. More conspicuous features are its black-rimmed yellow eyes staring out from a pale facial disk. These birds course silently over grasslands on broad, rounded wings, especially at dawn and dusk. They use acute hearing to hunt small mammals and birds.   @irvin calicut

  Short Video on Migrating Black Eared Kites during passage through Kuwait.

  Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)   The Montagu’s Harrier is an elegant bird of prey, often seen flying and soaring above open areas. Very agile in flight, its hunting behaviour is spectacular. These beautiful Montagu's harriers where photographed  while they passed through Kuwait during spring migration earlier this year 2021. yes the desert was transformed by spring in to a beautiful meadow of yellow Al-Arfaj:The National Flower of Kuwait  by the spring season.   Photographs by irvin calicut  #irvin_calicut #kuwait_birders_club irvin sabastian Nellikunnel jose أبو شودة    عرفج

 Common Buzzard & Common Kestrel Rescued  Read the whole story by irvin calicut in Photographs by  irvin calicut  #irvin_calicut #kuwait_birders_club irvin sabastian Nellikunnel jose

The long-eared owl (Asio otus), also known as the northern long-eared owl. A woodland owl that visits  Kuwait irregularly in winter. Photographs by  irvin calicut  #irvin_calicut #kuwait_birders_club irvin sabastian Nellikunnel jose

Journey of The crested honey buzzard s ( Pernis ptilorhynchus ) also called as the Oriental honey buzzard as in every year this year too where seen in large numbers in the preferred migration route of Raptors   Eastern Flyway  connecting Eurasia and Africa was busy in deserts of Kuwait , below are birds spotted in on going migration to tropical Africa for European winters. majority of the these buzzards passed in pairs and within two weeks of migration favorable northern wind, then came the birds that are left behind , saw injured birds which may not successfully complete there annual journey. Total count for honey buzzards was 139 for me of which 100+ count was made on a single day. checklist/S74343449                         Arabic name for the bird is                أو حوام النحل الآسيو...