Morocco 6-13 april 2006

Trip report ŧ


Great Cormorant ssp maroccanus Agadir harbour 6th.

Great Cormorant ssp maroccanus Agadir harbour 6th.

Great Cormorant ssp maroccanus Agadir harbour 6th.

Dromedaries along the road to Tamri 7th.

Stop 8,4 km N Aghroad along the road to Tamri 7th.

Digiscoping at Oued Tamri 7th.

Bald Ibis Oued Tamri 7th.

Thekla Lark Oued Tamri 7th.

2nd c.y. Audouinīs Gull Oued Tamri 7th.

Adult Audouinīs Gull among Yellow-legged and Lesser Black-backed Gulls Oued Tamri 7th.

Yellow-legged and Lesser Black-backed Gulls Oued Tamri 7th.

PAB at Agadir 7th.

SC at Agadir 7th.

Magpie ssp. mauretanica Oued Massa 7th.

Common Chaffinch ssp. africana Oued Massa 7th.

European Turtle Dove Oued Massa 7th.

The first desert area we reached on the way to Ouarzazate 8th. Species seen were e.g. Crowned and Black-bellied Sandgouses.

Crested Lark Arazame 8th.

Crested Lark Arazame 8th..

Long-legged Buzzard 5 km E Tassomite 8th.

Crossing the Sous-river SE Aoulouz 8th.

Oukaimeden 2600 m a.s.l. Many interesting mountain species.

Alpine Chough and Red-billed Oukaimeden 9th.

Alpine Chough Oukaimeden 9th.

Alpine Chough and Red-billed Oukaimeden 9th.

Adult male Seebohmīs Wheatear Oukaimeden 9th.

PAB just after he fell in a 30 m long stony slope outside Toufiat 9th. Beaten black and blue, but equipment found and with no damages!

Nice wadi W Ait Saoun 10th. E.g. Roufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Bonelliīs Eagle, Melodius Warbler and Western Orphean Warbler.

Adult White-crowned Wheatear E Ouarzazate 10th.

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin at wadi W Ait Saoun 10th.

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin at wadi W Ait Saoun 10th.

Blue Rock Thrush adult male at wadi W Ait Saoun 10th.

Blue Rock Thrush adult male at wadi W Ait Saoun 10th.

Lunch in small village W Rissani 10th.

Berber omelet - delicious!

Overload.

Sand storm getting stronger when we got closer to Rissani 10th.

At last, on our one, out in the desert at Erg Chebbi 10th. No roads!

From where was this salesman coming? Erg Chebbi 10th.

Morning birding at our hostel Auberge Les Hommes Bleu 11th.

Erg Chebbi moring 11th.

Sand desert behind the hostel.

Female Woodchat Shrike Auberge Les Hommes Bleu, Erg Chebbi 11th.

Adult White-crowned Wheatear with young Auberge Les Hommes Bleu, Erg Chebbi 11th.

Adult White-crowned Wheatear Auberge Les Hommes Bleu, Erg Chebbi 11th.

Adult White-crowned Wheatear Auberge Les Hommes Bleu, Erg Chebbi 11th.

Collared Dove Auberge Les Hommes Bleu, Erg Chebbi 11th.

Auberge Yasmina 11th, a locality holding Desert Sparrow .

Desert Sparrow adult male Auberge Yasmina, Erg Chebbi 11th.

Desert Sparrow adult male Auberge Yasmina, Erg Chebbi 11th.

Locality for Desert Eagle Owl just W Rissani 11th. Unfortunately we could not find that species.

Brown-necked Raven at the same locality.

On the way back to Agadir. Gorge just E Ouarzazate 11th.

Sunset Sous valley 11th.

Twilight in the Sous valley 11th.

Shepard Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Spotless Starling Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Spotless Starling Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Spotless Starling Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Little Egret Adult Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Cattle Egret Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Common Kestrel Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Thekla Lark Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Thekla Lark at Massa bridge Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Yellow Wagtail ssp. iberiae Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Yellow Wagtail ssp. iberiae Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult female Yellow Wagtail ssp. iberiae Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Moussierīs Redstart Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Moussierīs Redstart Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Moussierīs Redstart Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Not easy to photograph Common Bulbul Massa bridge at Pont sur Oued Massa 12th.

Northern shore of Oued Massa 12th.

The mouth is sand covered. Oued Massa 12th.

SC at Oued Massa 12th.

A few of 27 Glossy Ibises Oued Massa 12th.

Adult female Stonechat Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male European Serin Oued Massa 12th.

Black-crowned Tchagra Oued Massa 12th.

Black-crowned Tchagra Oued Massa 12th.

Adult male Common Blackbird Oued Massa 12th. Females have yellow bills and the subspecies is conspicuously long-tailed.