We were on the road by 7:30am after we had consumed a lovely breakfast at Café Yasmina, our first stop was along the Alnif road in the area of rocky cliffs and desert valleys. We drove straight to the Lanner Falcon’s nest that we visited yesterday hoping to see an adult bird. Unfortunately neither of them showed up, in the meantime, we found another Pharoah Eagle Owl sitting in a rocky crag. Other birds of note were Brown-necked Raven, White-crowned Wheatear, Thekla Lark and Trumpeter Finch.
A BAD PICTURE OF A PHAROAH EAGLE OWL - IT WAS DISTANT AND IN THE DARK
AN UNEXPECTED FIND ON THE CLIFFS - RUDDY SHELDUCK, THEY DO BREED IN THIS HABITAT!
During the next 4-5 hours we drove across the country heading towards the west coast at Agadir making several stops along the way. We bought lunch in Agdz and sat to eat it just 5km west of the town. Laughing Dove was a new addition to our list which was seen whilst we ate our picnic, we also saw Black-eared Wheater, Woodchat Shrike and European Bee-eater.
We arrived at Taliouine at 4:30pm, our accommodation was at the Toubkal Auberge on the edge of town, the auberge overlooked an area of woodland, cultivated land and the Oued Zagmouzen (which was virtually dry). Before dinner we took a walk down towards the river and despite the very windy conditions we saw quite a number of birds. Spanish Sparrow was the only new species but we did see a good variety of common woodland species. There were many Laughing Doves, Hoopoe, European Bee-eaters, African Chaffinches, Subalpine Warblers, Woodchat Shrikes, Common Bubuls and several other species.
AFRICAN CHAFFINCH SHOWING THE LOVELY GREEN BACK
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