Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Rufinus, rufinus!

It's getting better.. Today we caught a beautiful Long-legged Buzzard from Ovda airport. In addition to that we had our first Isabelline Wheatears for the season and some nice Rüeppell's Warblers today. Some adult Steppe Eagles are still passing by but Steppe Buzzards haven't started yet. Some mixed flocks of Swifts are seen daily passing north.


Long-legged Buzzard, pale morph adult.


Can a raptor be more beautiful than this one??


Stonechat, male of western subspecies.


Isabelline Wheatear, 2cy male.


Rüeppell's Warbler, 2cy male.