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Dag 11: Wadi Darbat Park en Ain Razat Park

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Today we will visit the parks where the guide expects to find new species. We start with the Ain Razat Park at the Wadi Razat. For me it is a good photo stop because the birds are fed with (what appears to be) food scraps. That always helps, especially in a desert.

Wadi Darbat Park was the first place where there seemed to be enough water. Trees, orchards and a park where you can rent pedal boats. We see a young Imperial Eagle there, and a little further a White-winged Tern. Here too the vireo concert is successful, we see among other things a Hoopoe, a Blackstart and a lot of Abyssinian White-eyes.

We continue east, to an increasingly higher mountain top. The goal is the Jabal Samhan viewpoint, where you can look more than a kilometer into the depths. The target was a Verreaux's Eagle, which sometimes soars along the cliff. And a couple did, but unfortunately I couldn't take a picture.

The last stop is the Tawi Atair Sink Hole. This time we find the Cinnamon-breasted Bunting and especially the Yemen Serin. The Serin is only locally found in Oman, most populations are in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

After that we go to the airport, for a night in airplanes and airports.

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<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/119 motacillidae/motacilla alba/motacilla alba-en.html">Motacilla alba</a> / White wagtail / Witte kwikstaart</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 320, distance 14.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/048 laniidae/lanius cristatus/lanius cristatus-en.html">Lanius cristatus</a> / Brown shrike / Bruine klauwier</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 200, distance 32.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/112 nectariniidae/cinnyris habessinicus/cinnyris habessinicus-en.html">Cinnyris habessinicus</a> / Shining sunbird / Glanshoningzuiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2500 sec at F5.0, ISO 1250, distance 8.55 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/074 pycnonotidae/pycnonotus xanthopygos/pycnonotus xanthopygos-en.html">Pycnonotus xanthopygos</a> / White‑spectacled bulbul / Arabische buulbuul</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F7.1, ISO 800, distance 19.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/126 emberizidae/emberiza tahapisi/emberiza tahapisi-en.html">Emberiza tahapisi</a> / Cinnamon‑breasted bunting / Zevenstrepengors</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2500 sec at F7.1, ISO 1250, distance 11.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/114 ploceidae/ploceus galbula/ploceus galbula-en.html">Ploceus galbula</a> / Rüppell's weaver / Rüppells wever</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 800, distance 19.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/108 muscicapidae/oenanthe melanura/oenanthe melanura-en.html">Oenanthe melanura</a> / Blackstart / Zwartstaart</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 800, distance 8.42 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/aquila heliaca/aquila heliaca-en.html">Aquila heliaca</a> / Eastern imperial eagle / Keizerarend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1250, distance 53.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/105 sturnidae/onychognathus tristramii/onychognathus tristramii-en.html">Onychognathus tristramii</a> / Tristram's starling / Tristrams spreeuw</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1250, distance 11.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/024 charadriiformes/017 laridae/chlidonias hybrida/chlidonias hybrida-en.html">Chlidonias hybrida</a> / Whiskered tern / Witwangstern</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 640, distance 14.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/053 monarchidae/terpsiphone viridis/terpsiphone viridis-en.html">Terpsiphone viridis</a> / African paradise flycatcher / Afrikaanse paradijsmonarch</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 8000, distance 13.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/038 bucerotiformes/001 upupidae/upupa epops/upupa epops-en.html">Upupa epops</a> / Eurasian hoopoe / Hop</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 6400, distance 15.6 m
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<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/plantae/tracheophyta/magnoliopsida/gentianales/apocynaceae/adenium obesum/adenium obesum-en.html">Adenium obesum</a> / Desert‑rose / </h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 250, distance 17.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/aquila fasciata/aquila fasciata-en.html">Aquila fasciata</a> / Bonelli's eagle / Havikarend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 320, distance 55.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/121 fringillidae/crithagra menachensis/crithagra menachensis-en.html">Crithagra menachensis</a> / Yemen serin / Jemenitische kanarie</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1000, distance 14.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/oman/biota/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/coleoptera/carabidae/cicindela campestris/cicindela campestris-en.html">Cicindela campestris</a> / Green tiger beetle / Akkerzandloper</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F7.1, ISO 800, distance 11.3 m

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