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جواهر ذات أجنحة وغناء: رصدٌ لبعض طيور شبه الجزيرة العربية

تتميَّز المملكة بأنها الدولة التي يمكن أن يُشاهَد فيها أكبر عدد من فصائل الطيور المستوطنة على مستوى العالم، إضافة إلى أنها الدولة الوحيدة...

Birding Billahmer (January 2020)

I arrived an hour before sunup to a small village northwest of Billahmer in the Asir highlands. At about 2,700 meters (8,858 feet) above...

Out and about around Al Ahsa (December 2019)

The past two weeks since we got back from Texas the weather in Al Ahsa has been incredible. Nice, cool temps by day and a few substantial...

Possible Breeding Basra Reed Warbler in Riyadh Province

On a visit to Riyadh in May 2019, I headed to Al Ha’ir in the hopes of gathering further evidence Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus...

Jewels in the Crown: Introducing the Endemic Birds of Arabia

While the Republic of Yemen, which includes the island archipelago of Socotra, dubbed the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean”, boasts the...

Saudi Birding?! The Question of Safety

Ten years in the Middle East and, to date, here’s the scariest situation I’ve found myself in… December 2018 I was out hiking at a...

Birding Saudi’s Southwest (April 2019)

Highlights: Arabian Partridge Hamerkop Dusky Turtle-Dove White-browed Coucal African Gray Hornbill Arabian Woodpecker Black-crowned...

A Major Saudi Birding Fail (March 2019)

A short time back I received a message from Louis Regenmorter, who had seen a recent eBird report of mine, which led him to Saudi Birding...

An Interview with Dr. Duha Al Hashimi, The First Female Birdwatcher in Saudi Arabia*

While I can’t speak to the verity of the appellation in the title—”the first female birdwatcher” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—which a...

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