Saudi Birding

Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)

Our Man in Al Jawf: An Interview with Wildlife Photographer Nader Fahad Al Shammari

The first time I heard of Nader Fahad, physics teacher and wildlife photographer from Sakaka, the capital of Al Jawf region in Saudi's...

Back in March, as the COVID-19 infection rate began to climb again almost a year from the first confirmed case in Saudi Arabia, I read an...

Highlights: Harlequin Quail Pied Cuckoo Nubian Nightjar African Palm-Swift Small Buttonquail Crab-plover Jaeger species White-eyed Gull...

Highlights: Lesser Flamingo Bruce's Green-Pigeon White-browed Coucal Pied Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo African Palm-Swift Abdim's Stork Booted...

Yesterday morning and another super early start to arrive to Salwa just after sunrise. This time I was by my lonesome as my primo birding...

Yesterday Adam Harris and I visited the Salwa (سلوى) area on a return expedition to see if we could find Grey Francolin, a non-native...

في أحد صباحات يناير، وصلت قُبيل شروق الشمس إلى قرية صغيرة في الشمال الغربي من بللحمر، الواقعة في مرتفعات منطقة عسير. وحين بدأ شعاع الشمس...

December 2020 broke the spell. After three years of trying, I finally tracked down the Arabian Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni eremodites,...

Yesterday out at Al Ahsa National Park I encountered nearly a dozen Black Scrub Robins (Cercotrichas podobe), which breeds here and can...