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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...

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...

Birding Jazan Province (Part Two): Sabya and the Farasan Islands

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

Birding Jazan Province (Part One): The Tihama and the Mountains

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

Spring Birding around Salwa, Act Two

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...

Spring Birding around Salwa in the Eastern Province

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...

موعدٌ صباحي مع طائر العقعق في بللحمر: لقاءات حلوة مُرّة مع أحد أندر الطيور في العالم

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...

The Arabian Lark, Desert Enigma

December 2020 broke the spell. After three years of trying, I finally tracked down the Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites, and not once...

Range Expansion of Black Scrub Robin in Saudi

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

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