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Spread Your Wings
22 birds caught mid-air, from soaring raptors to diving bee-eaters, in Lebanon and the UAE.
Osprey · UAE
Most of these lasted less than a second: a wingbeat, a turn, a dive. I waited hours for each one, in Lebanon and the UAE, so you can see them the way I did.
Species page →Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Species page →Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus
Species page →Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Species page →Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Species page →Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Species page →Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus
Species page →Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Species page →Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Species page →Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Species page →Arabian Green Bee-eater
Merops cyanophrys
Species page →Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
Species page →Greater Spotted Eagle
Clanga clanga
Species page →White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
Species page →Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Species page →Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Species page →Yellow-billed Stork
Mycteria ibis
Species page →Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Species page →Steppe Buzzard
Buteo buteo vulpinus
Species page →Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka
Species page →Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Read the story →Eurasian Kestrels
Falco tinnunculus
Species page →Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Birding locations
Where I photograph birds in the UAE
From mangroves and lakes to mountain wadis. Each place has its own species, seasons and light.
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