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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...

Birding Saudi’s Northwest (December 2020)

My family and I spent a fantastic week and half exploring the Tabuk region and the Al Ula Governate in Saudi’s northwest from December 23...

Haradh is Heating Up! Prime Fall Birding in the Eastern Province (October 2020)

Yesterday Adam Harris and I made the two-hour run from Al Ahsa to one of the best areas in the Eastern Province for finding an...

Pale Sand Martin vs. Common Sand Martin

On January 15, my daughter and I were out at Al Asfar Lake in Al Ahsa, conducting the first of a series of shorebird surveys for 2021....

A Late Summer Visit to Makkah Province (August 2020)

After getting back from our week-long birding adventure in the southwest of the Kingdom, Michelle and I were looking at two more weeks of...

A Morning with Magpies in Billahmer: Bittersweet Encounters with One of the World’s Rarest Birds

Magpies belong to the Corvidae family, famously intelligent birds that include ravens, crows, and jays. The name ‘magpie’ derives from...

Jizan to Al Namas: A Saudi Birding Epic (July 2020)

Total Avian Species: 151 Total Endemics and Near-Endemics: 17 Highlights: Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris mitratus Harlequin Quail...

Long-billed vs. African Pipit

Visiting birders to the Asir highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia would do well to familiarize themselves with the two resident pipit...

It Had to Be Done: Birding Tanomah and Al Habala in the Asir region (July 2020)

Trip Highlights: Arabian Partridge Philby’s Partridge Hamerkop Arabian Scops Owl African Paradise Flycatcher Asir Magpie Arabian Wheatear...