Morocco, 4-19 December 2005 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Morocco, 4-19 December 2005

After a marvelous time in Kenya the previous year, Rick planned a birding trip with Daan again to Uganda in 2005. Unfortunately,
both of us were unemployed during the most of 2005 so a long holiday break to sub-saharan Africa was a bit difficult to affort.
An internet-quest in search for a more payable option, finally ended with 2 weeks in Morocco. The most trip reports
we had read about it, were most promissing. Our expectations were more then fullfilled; what a beautiful country,
with lots of birds and a very pleasant atmosphere! No regrets for a second! Not even when we were treaded with an extra day,
because our booked flight home gave us some troubles... We stayed in Morocco from December 4th - 19th, 2005.

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Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Putter	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor
Eurasian Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus saharae	Birdwatching from the back of the Car	Blauwe Rotslijster	Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri	Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri	Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri	Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri	Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala melanocephala	European Serin Serinus serinus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita ssp.	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris voousi	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus barbatus	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus barbatus	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Tizi-Mighert	Tizi-Mighert	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Desert Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor elegans
Desert Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor elegans	Desert Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor elegans	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus	Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa	Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa	Spaanse Mus	Spaanse Mus	Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi	Tan-Tan's Desert
Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes	Birdwatching Paradise	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik
Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Tan-Tan's Desert
Diksnavelleeuwerik	Diksnavelleeuwerik	Diksnavelleeuwerik	Tan-Tan's Desert	Tan-Tan's Desert
Tan-Tan's Desert	Tan-Tan's Desert	Tiznit	Stony Dessert	Life in the Dessert
Lesser Black-Backed Gull Larus fuscus ssp.	Tamri	Lesser Black-Backed Gull Larus fuscus ssp.	Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii	Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis cisticola	Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis cisticola	Tamri	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Arendbuizerd vs Hoefijzerslang
Arendbuizerd	Hoefijzerslang	Kloof van Aoulouz	Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii	Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis cisticola
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Riverbed of Tamri	Tizi-N-Taghatine	Table Mountain	Mountain Oase
Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae theresae	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae theresae	Gashaven	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga
White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	Dead end	Woestijnleeuwerik	Woestijnleeuwerik
Woestijnleeuwerik	Woestijnleeuwerik	El Mansour Eddahbi	El Mansour Eddahbi	Rocks as far as the eye can see
Lonesome Tree	Nature playing with lines	Our 'modern camel' for the long ride	Woestijnleeuwerik / Desert Lark	Woestijnleeuwerik / Desert Lark
White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	The last remainings of the last tourists...	Desert and snow, what a contrast	Just loving lonesome trees	Palm Tree against a snowy background
Boulmane	Moroccan Wagtail Motacilla alba subpersonata	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi	Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Temmincks Strandleeuwerik	Civic at rubbish	Diksnavelleeuwerik
Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi	Thekla Lark Galerida theklae theresae
Thekla Lark Galerida theklae theresae	Thekla Lark Galerida theklae theresae	Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila	Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto decaocto	Gorges du Todhra
Gorges du Todhra	Gorges du Todhra	Gorges du Todhra	Gorges du Todhra	Gorges du Todhra
Gorges du Todhra	Palms at sunset	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes	Kasbah Derkaoua	Kasbah Derkaoua	Bruinnekraaf
Bruinnekraaf	Rosse Woestijnleeuwerik	Rosse Woestijnleeuwerik	Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	House Sparrow Passer domesticus tingitanus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus tingitanus	House Sparrow Passer domesticus tingitanus	Erg Chebbi	Erg Chebbi	Erg Chebbi
Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	Erg Chebbi	Erg Chebbi	Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga
Camel Plate	Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus	Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus	Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus	Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis	Rock Bunting Emberiza cia cia
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia cia	High Atlas Mountains	High Atlas Mountains	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	High Atlas Mountains	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Marsh Owl Asio capensis tingitanus	Marsh Owl Asio capensis tingitanus	Marsh Owl Asio capensis tingitanus
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Little Owl Athene noctua glaux	Little Owl Athene noctua glaux	Little Owl Athene noctua glaux	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Palms at sunset	Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus ssp.	Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus ssp.	Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola rubicola	House Bunting Emberiza sahari sahari
Kuifleeuwerik	Kuifleeuwerik	Crested Lark Galerida cristata riggenbachi	Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis cisticola	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita ssp.
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita ssp.	Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita ssp.
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Moroccan Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus	Moroccan Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus	Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus alexandrinus
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus alexandrinus	Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus alexandrinus	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae	Desert Sparrow Passer simplex saharae