Desert Birds

The desert was far scrubbier than we imagined and so the bird watching was easier than I expected. Stopped at the first waterhole to be met with the trilling of Little Grebes! and then later at the camp with the familiar 'gronk' of Ravens. Had I travelled abroad I hear you ask, well in the scrub were loads of White cheeked Bulbuls and Common Babblers and the grassier areas had Short Toed Larks and Tawny Pipits. The stars were the Chestnut bellied Sandgrouse which we flushed in groups at many places, too high to photograph but their bubbling calls were lovely.
The camel riding was great, the last session trotting towards the Fort was especially rewarding. It must have looked magnificent and a welcome site to the caravans of the past.