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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...


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...


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
The Asir Magpie is a stunning black-and-white bird found only in the southwest of Saudi Arabia Magpies belong to the Corvidae family,...


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...
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