tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9285078872939736342024-03-14T05:31:41.579+03:30Birding IranAbout nature, wildlife, conservation, and birds of IranEhsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-55731590803728728872018-12-31T21:35:00.002+03:302020-08-13T02:17:47.406+04:30Hormozgan, November 2017, day 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After a one day birding in Bandar Abbas, we headed for Minab city in the east where with its beautiful gardens, mangrove forests and mountainous habitat is a great destination for birdwatching in Iran.<br />
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Along the road we stopped at a small village; Hasan Langi Pain. The checklist can be found here: <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S40713941">https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S40713941</a></div>
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Before lunch in Minab we visited a garden in Bahmani where we found Black-winged Kite and Hume's Leaf Warbler: <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S40714799">https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S40714799</a><br />
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The call of Hume's was a bit resembled the Yellow-browed Warbler: <a href="https://www.xeno-canto.org/399040">https://www.xeno-canto.org/399040</a></div>
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After a late lunch we visited Kulegh Kashi: <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S41049302">https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S41049302</a></div>
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Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0Minab, Hormozgan Province, Iran27.1372211 57.06750280000005727.0241766 56.906141300000058 27.250265600000002 57.228864300000055tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-44321931494330965822018-06-18T19:22:00.000+04:302018-12-30T03:51:57.088+03:30Hormozgan, November 2017, day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I accompanied a Norwegian group on an eight day birding trip in Hormozgan Province in November 2017 and we saw great stuff.<br />
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Located on the north side of the Hormuz Strait, Hormozgan provides great opportunities for birding esp in autumn and winter.<br />
In this trip, we covered the east part of the province from Bandar Abbas to Jask.<br />
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In the first day, we started with the <a href="https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2188801?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec" target="_blank">Velayat Park</a> in the east of BA where in its shore many waders can be seen. With less than 20 minutes from the hotel, it's a good location to start the day.<br />
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One of the target species was the Great Knot which at least 20 of them were present. Also Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, and Terek Sandpiper were present. You can find the checklist <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S40691737" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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On the weekends the park is a bit crowded.<br />
Despite the ban on alcoholic drinks in Iran (the penalty is 80 lashes and if it's done in public a six month prison can be added to the punishment), these youths were drinking beer in public near the waders with the view of a mosque in the background. A very complex society!<br />
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The next stop was the <a href="https://ebird.org/hotspot/L6502170?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec" target="_blank">Jahad Park</a> in the east of BA where is a good place to find the Crested Honey Buzzard, Shikra, and migrant passerines. The checklist can be found <a href="https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S40692229" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran27.1832216 56.26664549999998126.9572376 55.943921999999979 27.4092056 56.589368999999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-86778999341412542262018-03-04T00:36:00.000+03:302018-12-30T04:04:42.085+03:30Quest for the Siberian Crane<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last year I tried to find this most magnificent and famous bird of Iran but to no avail. Fereydoon Kenar wetland, where most of the time he foraging and resting there, has become a unique bird trap area which called "Damgah" in Iran and it's very difficult and even dangerous for birdwatching.<br />
On February 1, finally I could see it. At first it wasn't present in the area where he usually foraging and I nearly gave up to find it but then he flew from nowhere and landed in front of us. What a beauty!<br />
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Here showing the dark primaries:<br />
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Birding in the Damgah:<br />
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Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0Fereydunkenar, Mazandaran Province, Iran36.685839400000013 52.526525336.634905900000014 52.445844300000005 36.736772900000012 52.6072063tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-82965519023450780672016-11-18T16:34:00.000+03:302018-12-30T03:58:24.186+03:30Birding Tehran, February 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Lying in the foothills of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tochal">Tochal</a> mountains, Tehran is providing an opportunity to see montane birds hassle-free. Also Tochal provides a wintering habitat for some interesting migrants such as Black-throated Thrush and Eversmann's Redstart.<br />
There are several valleys that are good for birding; my favourite is Golab Darreh.<br />
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Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran35.823686561136235 51.43391581108403435.810811561136234 51.413745811084034 35.836561561136236 51.454085811084035tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-50823922210410494122016-11-16T22:38:00.000+03:302018-12-30T03:58:41.303+03:30Shahrud, 1 July 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Shahrud lies on the ancient Silk Road with rich culture and rich in nature; surrounded by protected areas, desert, high mountains and not far from Hyrcanian forests.<br />
My parents lives there and in every visit I have a opportunity to birding in one of Shahrud's parks (Abshar Park) which located at the foothills of shahrud's northern heights.<br />
Here is a summary of my birding in there this summer:<br />
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It seems a pair of Shikra breeding in the park. However I couldn't locate the nest.<br />
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I'm not sure about the id of this juv Wheatear. maybe Pied?<br />
Alborz is a hybrid zone for Pied and Black-eared Wheatears<br />
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Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0Shahroud, Semnan Province, Iran36.4062241 55.01626899999996636.2017486 54.693545499999964 36.610699600000004 55.338992499999968tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-3632853087807253692016-11-16T15:42:00.002+03:302016-11-16T15:43:53.267+03:30The last Western Siberian Crane of Iran<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On 9 November, the only Siberian Crane of Iran came back to it's wintering grounds for ninth consecutive year.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It is wintering in Mazandaran province, north of Iran. Most of the time inside notorious "Damgahs" of Fereydunkenar. </span>Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-70738096291054779882016-11-15T00:22:00.002+03:302016-11-15T00:37:21.226+03:30First Brown Shrike of Iran<div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.9333px;">
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On 26 September 2016, Reza Sarkheil saw this beauty in Kish island, south of Iran.</div>
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However Iran bird records committee has considered it as "doubtful record".</div>
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Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-34797949733887322912016-11-12T22:45:00.000+03:302016-11-12T22:53:16.917+03:30Second record of Amur Falcon for IranOn October 28, 2016, Shobeir Fakourian recorded the second Amur Falcon (<i>Falco amurensis</i>) for Iran in Bushehr province, south of Iran.<br />
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3 days later Shobeir recorded another Amur Falcon 7 km away from the first one; probably same bird:<br />
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<br />Ehsanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674539018401415149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928507887293973634.post-33385834122002297302016-11-12T01:31:00.000+03:302016-11-17T21:51:18.944+03:30Abr Forest, 30 June 2016<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Abr Forest is one of my favorite places in Iran. Every year I guide at least one hiking tour in there. Located in north-east of Iran, is an ecotone zone between Hyrcanian forests and semi-desert plains of Shahrud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the heights we saw Rock Thrush, Siberian Stonechat, Red Fronted Serin and ...</span><br />
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