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Dag 11: Op zoek naar de Zwarte Arend

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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>Motacilla alba / 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>Lanius cristatus / 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>Cinnyris habessinicus / 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>Pycnonotus xanthopygos / 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>Emberiza tahapisi / 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>Ploceus galbula / 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>Oenanthe melanura / 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>Aquila heliaca / 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>Chlidonias hybrida / 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>Terpsiphone viridis / 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>Upupa epops / 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
<h3>Alectoris melanocephala / Arabian partridge / Arabische steenpatrijs</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 250, distance 54.4 m
<h3>Onychognathus tristramii / Tristram's starling / Tristrams spreeuw</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 200, distance 36.3 m
<h3>Adenium obesum / 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>Aquila fasciata / 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>Crithagra menachensis / 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>Cicindela campestris / 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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