Table 1. Daily raptor totals 
Species 5 March 
Egyptian Vulture 485 
Short-toed Eagle 30 
Pallid Harrier 1 
Montagu's Harrier 1 
Pallid /Montagu's Harrier 2 
Steppe Eagle 1 
Booted Eagle 105+ 
Bonelli's Eagle 
Other Raptors 
Total Raptors 
6 March 
7 March 
Total 
40* 
208 
733 
12 
92 
134 
1 
1 
2 
11 
1 
13 
461 
387 
953 
1 
1 
29 
10 
39 
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* on this day, most of the morning was spent working north along the coast from 
Godoria, 30km south of Ras Siyan, trying to locate the main part of the movement; 
we succeeded at 1pm, about 10km inland from Ras Siyan. As Egyptian Vulture 
passage seemed to be largely concentrated between 8am and lOam, many birds 
could have been missed. 
Geoff and Hilary Welch, 21a East Delph, Whittlesey, Peterborough 
PE71RH,UK 
Photographing birds in the Middle 
East 
Paul Doherty 
To someone who has never visited the area, the Middle East may not 
seem to have much to offer the bird photographer. Certainly, there are 
large areas of rather uniform habitat with birds at a low density. 
Conversely, some of the finest spectacles of the bird world are to be found 
in the Middle East, and this creates some sp>ecial opjx)rtunities, and 
problems, for bird photographers. In this article, I hope to be able to 
provide some information on the special features of bird photography in 
the region. 
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