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African Paradise Flycatcher
They were pretty much everywhere. |
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African Rock Bunting
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Al Mughsayl, great spot for sea watching
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Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Muscat
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Arabian Partridge
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East Khawr, just a few minutes from our hotel
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Black-crowned Finch Lark
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Black-crowned Tchagra
Not a good photo, but the best I could get of this skulker |
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Blackstart
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The Blowhole at Al Mughsayl
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Bluethroat
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Breakfast at Al Mughsayl
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Bruce's Green Pigeon
One of the highlights of our trip |
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Camels everywhere.
I like Camels, but on Oman's roads they were a nuisance |
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Camels hanging a left?
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Chameleons were very common
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The second largest Chandelier in the world
At Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Muscat |
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A door to nowhere
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European Roller
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The whole Family
Florian, myself, Ralf, Eva, Juliane, Ha, and Teresita. 5 Nationalities! |
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Greater Flamingoes
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Fishing for lobster.
The seas were amazingly full of fish and seafood |
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My brother Florian
The person, not the Camel |
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Recent rains meant pleanty of flowers in the desert
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Frankincense Tree
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Graceful Prinia
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A Chameleon facing off with a Tristram's Grackle
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Grey-headed Kingfisher
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Unlike in Vietnam the shores were full of birds
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Ha in a Coffe Tent
She was always there, getting stuffed on Dates |
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Ha
Dress code is pretty strict at the Sultan Qaboos Mosque |
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Ha was happy: no risk of leeches when nature called
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Ha in the desert
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And Ha sea-watching
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Hoopoe Lark
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Imperial Eagle
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My mother also had to cover up, of course
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Juliane and Florian
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Laughing Dove
They were everywhere |
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Many of the wonderful old buildings are just left to crumle
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Oriental Honey-buzzard
This bird hung around our hotel for a few days |
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Ralf and friend
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Ralf at sunset
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My parents
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Ring-necked Parakeet
This introduced bird is very common |
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Oman is paradise for rock watchers
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Rueppel's Weaver
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Shining Sunbird
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Sooty Gull
By far the commonest gull, there were hundreds whenever people pulled in their nets |
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Spoonbills
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Steppe Eagles
The smell was horrible, but the rubbish tip was good for birds |
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The family having an (illegal) sun-downer
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Sunsets were spectacular
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Ha took one of my favorite photos
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Teresita and Eva
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This toilet just sat there in the middle of nowhere
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Tristram's Grackle taking a bath in the hotel fountain
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White Storks were everywhere on the farms
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At least a hundred following a tractor
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White-throated Munia
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Yellow-vented Bulbul
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