Saudi Birding

Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)

Join Saudi Birding for the October Big Day and Help Support BirdLife International!

Update (October 29, 2021): Honoring my pledge, I donated 442 SAR ($118 USD) to BirdLife International--2 SAR for every species the Saudi...

Save the date! October Big Day of Birding 2021

As part of the second Global Bird Weekend and in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, Saturday, October 9 is the Cornell Lab of...

Spotlight on Biodiversity: The Al Ahsa Biodiversity Challenge

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...

Brilliant, Positive, and Funny: Remembering Cliff Peterson*

I was deeply saddened at news today of the death of Cliff Peterson back in April due to complications from advanced Parkinson’s Disease....

Help Needed in Saudi: The Saudi Birding Community’s Effort to Track Down a Tagged Egyptian Vulture

The weekend before last*, Yoav Perlman, an Israeli ornithologist and blogger, forwarded the following email from Ron Efrat, a researcher...