Today we went for a walk in one of the string of parks that are stranded between an inlet of the Arabian Gulf and Khaleej Al Arabi Road. We have done this before; once when I was so pregnant that it was more of a waddle and again today with baby on the outside. But today was also special for other reasons: our first hoopoe sighting! This is a bird that I saw in "A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Middle East" soon after arriving and immediately declared, "This one I must see!" Strangely coincidental, not more than 30 seconds before seeing this bird, I had been again expressing my desire to get a look at it. We were under the impression that they were mainly found in the more northern emirates, so we were shocked to find one immediately in front of us. We followed him/her for about 15 minutes, zooming and snapping away. Randy actually took this picture :)
Other photos from our walk:
Randy with Aunt Jemima...errr, we mean, Anastasia!
Oh, and by the way, Anastasia is crawling now--and she has at least two teeth coming in!
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