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Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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