Sat dec 15
Gazelle, 1 hornless grazing in the north walled fields, their favourite area
great tit, bulbuls, house sparrows, laughing dove, blackbird, hooded crows, feral pigeons, jackdaws, white wagtails, syrian woodpeckers, chaffinch black redstart, Eurasian Jay.
Sun Dec 16
range: 9-15 degrees C. 4 p.m. 11 degrees C, humidity ~87% and rising, west, veering SW and NW, ~6kt
2 gazelle grazing behind the cistern. (water is high in it now, they could probably reach it though I 'm not sure if it's good enough for them to drink yet)
Freshly shed black and white Indian porcupine quill on the stream trail. I was pleased to have this find since it confirms they are still around. My son found a den not far from there but since we hadn't seen quills near it in some time we thought they'd abandonned that hole.
(I was a little careless putting it in my pocket and the tip drew blood! Ouch, sharp!)
Freshly shed black and white Indian porcupine quill on the stream trail. I was pleased to have this find since it confirms they are still around. My son found a den not far from there but since we hadn't seen quills near it in some time we thought they'd abandonned that hole.
(I was a little careless putting it in my pocket and the tip drew blood! Ouch, sharp!)
Garden: great tit, white spectacled bulbul, house sparrows, laughing dove light coo, white wagtail nearby, probably foraging on street and nearby rooftops
Wood and field: blackbirds, hooded crows, graceful warblers, Eurasian jay, stonechat, black redstart
raining by nightfall
Mon Dec 17
Range: 8-14 degrees C ~4.30 p.m. 12 degrees C, humidity 75% and rising, wind W and light.
Sunbird in song in Bauhinia tree about midday. Blackbird in song in east part of north valley woods.
Also seen/heard, Hooded crows, house sparrows, jackdaws, black redstarts, chiffchaff (?)Late start, I had a nap.
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