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Dag 4: De kust, een golfterrein en naar het Sayq Plateau.

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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>Ardeola ralloides / 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>Anas crecca / Eurasian 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>Egretta gularis / 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 39.0 m
<h3>Ardeola grayii / 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>Corvus splendens / 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>Merops orientalis / Green bee‑eater / 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>Galerida cristata / 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>Francolinus pondicerianus / 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>Acridotheres tristis / 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>Coracias benghalensis / 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>Emberiza striolata / 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>Sylvia mystacea / 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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