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| Glossy Ibises migrating over K20 with Aqaba and the Jordanian mountains as a backdrop |
Much of the 27th was dedicated to the climax of #COTF19 (and what a campaign it was.. more of that when I get chance) which began with the traditional group photo on North Beach and was followed by the Awards Ceremony and dinner, this year in the open, bird-filled air at the IBRCE. All of which was as fun, celebratory and inspiring as always - so many good people, and so many friends, old and new.
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| All champs, all stars |
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| Oriental Honey-buzzard doing a celebrity flyover for the awards ceremony |
With a couple of hours of light left, the Mrs and I meandered up to K20 saltpans, via K19 - where we had a very fortuitous run-in with a flock of migrating Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters, which proceeded to swoop around the car before eventually heading off on their way.
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| Blue-cheeked beauties |
K19 held Squaccos, a Night-heron, Cattle and Little Egrets in the same clump of reeds, and a slow crawl around K20 was illuminated firstly by an incoming, low-flying dark morph Booted Eagle, then by a pair of Dorca's Gazelles, and finally by the rare sight of a migrating Egyptian Vulture (our first vulture of the trip) dropping down on a bund between the saltpans to rest briefly, right in front of us. A perfect, very appropriate end to another great day.
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| Night-heron 'hiding' |
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| Booted Eagle over the saltpans.... |
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| ... and an Egyptian Vulture dropping in |
