Target Species for Dec, 2010

Target Species for the month of Dec, 2010 (UAE).

Every end of month I create a target list of birds to be ticked for the next month. Normally not even the half of list is ticked. Its quite common. By the time I get into the field, these birds are gone 1000s of miles. I normally only do birding during Fridays and Saturdays. It is mainly because of my job. After work, especially during the winter where day time is less, it is very hard to bird watch.

The Target Species for the month of Dec 2010 is as follows. Let us see how many ticks can I have!!! 14 new species for me. It does look tough. But if I can make 8 or 9 out of it, I would say that I am really lucky. And who knows? You will get new birds that are not in the list!!! This is what normally happens...

1. Bar-tailed Lark
2. Blyth’s Pipit
3. Black-throated Thrush
4. Broad-billed Sandpiper
5. Eurasian Blackcap
6. Eurasian Wigeon
7. Eurasian Wryneck
8. Eversmann's Redstart
9. Northern Shoveler
10. Oriental Skylark
11. Shikra
12. Short-toed Snake Eagle
13. White-breasted Waterhen
14. Houbara Bustard