Scrub Warbler - Scotocerca inquieta
On the final morning of camping in Oman we went on a big looped walk around a series of valleys. I fell back on one occasion to try and get some pictures of a buzzing small warbler that reminded me of a Graceful Prinia. It had a similar shape and a cocking tail but a bright orange tail, a pale supercilium (stripe above the eye) and a darker stripe through the eye. It also had some light streaking on the breast and a warmer colouring on the sides of its breast and flanks.
Like so many new birds the identification escaped me until I was back in Dubai with my books but turned out to be quite simple.
A life tick but probably quite a common bird in the region.
Definitely a characterful bird to end the camping trip with.
All sorts of resolutions were made this weekend including pushing the Daily Bird through 300 and on to 400 as quickly as possible. The 300 celebration should chalk up this week inshalla and the retrospective. 2 1/2 years of the Daily Bird and 300 mostly new birds chalked up is an achievement even if a slow one.
Scrub Warbler, Scotocerca inquieta
Oman, Hajar Mountains
5 January 2013
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