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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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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Stalking the Sublime: Target Acquired in Asir Province! (June 2020)
Why do we bird? The standing theory is that our passion is a sublimation of primal predatory instincts. To be sure, birders employ their...
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