22 December 2010.
Rain in the morning. Unusual for this arid region.
8:18: a rainbow in the direction of the Atlas mountains.
Cattle egrets on a field.
After yesterday, first to the Gorges du Todra mountain canyon.
Various insect species live at the Gorges du Todra.
A grey heron near the stream. House buntings and house sparrows. A grey wagtail along the water. Grey wagtail photo: here.
A blue rock-thrush. Serins.
Many pale crag martins.
A black wheatear.
Later, at 13:15, a white-crowned wheatear on a wire.
A painted lady butterfly.
Dog’s tooth grass in an irrigated area.
15:04: twenty cattle egrets in an oasis.
At 15:40, we reach Erfoud.
Along the road, signs advertising “Devonian and Jurassic fossils” for sale.
In the desert just before Merzouga, we find a dead red fox. Road kill.
Finally, we arrive in Merzouga.
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush photo: here.
Rock sparrows: here. Rock sparrow sound: here.
The importance of reforestation with pine for birds nesting in woodlands – Case of the Woodpigeon in an Aleppo pine plantation in the Central Middle Atlas area (Morocco): here.
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