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Dag 3: Muscat, Muscat Governorate

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Everything around the airport is beautifully landscaped and maintained. We start at "Flamingo's Point"; we didn't see flamingos, but we did see, among other things, squacco herons, reef herons, egrets, seagulls and terns. The crows here have a grey neck, they are house crows. Right next to the airport is a very nice golf course. Our guide knows the manager. The friendly man knows where there is no golf, and that's where the birds are. He gives a tour with golf carts. We see, among other things, small green bee-eaters, crested larks and grey francolins.

We go back into the mountains in the afternoon, to the Sayq Plateau. It was more productive for the bird watchers than for the photographer, but the striped bunting and menetries's warbler were nice new species that I could photograph.

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<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/ardeola ralloides/ardeola ralloides-en.html">Ardeola ralloides</a> / Squacco heron / Ralreiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 41.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/anseriformes/anatidae/anas crecca/anas crecca-en.html">Anas crecca</a> / Green‑winged teal / Wintertaling</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 47.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/egretta gularis/egretta gularis-en.html">Egretta gularis</a> / Western reef heron / Westelijke rifreiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 37.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/ardeola grayii/ardeola grayii-en.html">Ardeola grayii</a> / Indian pond heron / Indische ralreiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 44.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/corvidae/corvus splendens/corvus splendens-en.html">Corvus splendens</a> / House crow / Huiskraai</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 19.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/coraciiformes/meropidae/merops orientalis/merops orientalis-en.html">Merops orientalis</a> / Asian green bee‑eater / Aziatische kleine groene bijeneter</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 5.19 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/alaudidae/galerida cristata/galerida cristata-en.html">Galerida cristata</a> / Crested lark / Kuifleeuwerik</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 11.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/galliformes/phasianidae/ortygornis pondicerianus/ortygornis pondicerianus-en.html">Ortygornis pondicerianus</a> / Grey francolin / Grijze frankolijn</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 37.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/sturnidae/acridotheres tristis/acridotheres tristis-en.html">Acridotheres tristis</a> / Common myna / Treurmaina</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1250, distance 18.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/coraciiformes/coraciidae/coracias benghalensis/coracias benghalensis-en.html">Coracias benghalensis</a> / Indian roller / Indische scharrelaar</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F7.1, ISO 1250, distance 38.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/emberizidae/emberiza striolata/emberiza striolata-en.html">Emberiza striolata</a> / Striolated bunting / Gestreepte gors</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 17.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/sylviidae/curruca mystacea/curruca mystacea-en.html">Curruca mystacea</a> / Menetries's warbler / Ménétriés' zwartkop</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 12.1 m

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