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Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)

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Birding Saudi’s Southwest (August 2018)

Trip Total: 146 species Arabian Endemics Total: 12 / 14 Arabian Endemics Seen: Philby’s Partridge Arabian Partridge Arabian Scops-Owl...

Learn Arabic with Saudi Birding

Lesson 1 In the video lesson below, you’ll learn some Arabic words and expressions around the theme of Saudi birding. You’ll also learn...

Brilliant, Positive, and Funny: Remembering Cliff Peterson*

I was deeply saddened at news today of the death of Cliff Peterson back in April due to complications from advanced Parkinson’s Disease....

Capturing Beauty in the Saudi Wilds: An Interview with Abdullah Hatim

In the time Saudi Arabia opened to international tourism and the pandemic so abruptly shut it all down again, Instagram started to get...

Working Together for Saudi Birds: An Interview with Abdullah Al Suhaibany

There are currently big changes afoot among the governmental organizations that comprise the Saudi wildlife conservation community. I...

Feeling Hopeful with Mansur Al Fahad*

During my first year in Saudi Arabia, while tracking down what literature I could find on the Kingdom’s birdlife, another name besides...

A Kingdom of Birds: Birding in Saudi Arabia

with Gregory Askew السلام عليكم! As-salaam 'alaikum! "The Desert is Not Deserted" The Saudi I Know and Love At the Crossroads of Three...

Locked Down but Not Locked In: Talking Birds, Turtles, and More with Samuel Hodge*

As the eBird reviewer for Saudi Arabia one of my responsibilities is to ensure the validity of the sightings being entered into the eBird...

Kindling the Local Fire: An Interview with Abdullah Al Shaikh Hussain

Back in October of last year I met some members of the Birds Monitoring Group, a group of Saudi bird photographers mostly from the Al...