Abu Huminus

Geography

Located midway between the city of Alexandria and the western branch of the Nile Delta, south of Lake Idku, Abu Hummus spans between the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal. The town has a Local court, City Town Hall, and a railway station. In 1911 Nakhla meteorite landed in the town. Many people witnessed the meteorite approaching from the northwest, inclination about °, along with the track marked with a column of white smoke. Several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth in an area of in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered; the fragments were buried in the ground up to a metre deep.

Most-observed species

• Black-shouldered Kite

  Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
  4
• Cattle Egret

  Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3
• Eurasian Hoopoe

  Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3
• Pied Kingfisher

  Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2
• Black-crowned Night-Heron

  Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2
• Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron

  Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2
• Common Bulbul

  Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
  2