This was a chat, but which chat? I knew my guide wasn't complete. What about the mask and the eyebrow? I'd seen honeyeaters in Oz that had differences of a few extra yellow feathers on the face, I might be jumping to conclusions. I was convinced that the bird was a Stonechat, but I couldn't tik it. I'd get focused, he'd know, and off we'd go again. He'd fly to a perch, flick tail, and I'd get into minimum bin range. I was able to follow the bird this time for about a half hour. When I saw the bird again for the next 30 seconds, I saw a mask and what I took to be an eyebrow. Except what I saw had more of a mask than the bird in the guide. I had looked in the guide the night before and had decided the Stonechat looked the most likely candidate. I saw it again in the same site the next day. I saw an orange red breast and a mask, and a white collar. At first I thought I'd seen a little shrike. how about ALWAYS saw at a pretty good distance.birdy made sure of that), I thought WOW, now there's a distinctive bird, even I should be able to id it! By the time I dropped my sunnies, got the bins up and focused, I had about 30 seconds to see the bird. When I first saw the bird, it was at a pretty good distance (first saw?. On with the Chat chit-chat and what made this bird so hard for me to id. Third, my eyeglasses need replacing, and I'm out of right eye contacts.įourth, my bins are Bushnell Custom Compact 7x26 circa 1967.
Even the doves take off if you get too close.
Second, I've never seen such wary birds in my life as those that I see (glimpse) in El Gouna. The first time I'd heard of them was after arriving in Egypt and buying a small guide. K before deciding between Lesser and Common.)įirst, these birds are not common to me. Think she comes from California." "Ah, well, then." (Yes, it took four hunting expeditions to find and finally see the dark claws on Ms. "Hey, mate, isn't this the dim bulb who recently asked for help id'ing a 'common' kestrel?" "Yeah, Peregrinator. I know from being on this site that the Brits and the Europeans will be amazed that someone would have such a difficult time with so conspicous and 'common' a bird. Yesterday, after four or five sightings, I finally put a tik next to the picture of a Stonechat in my slender Egyptian bird guide.
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