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...
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...
Saudi Birding in Abha: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! (January 2020)So I spent the morning yesterday doing recces in three wooded wadis around Jebel Soudah in the Asir Province. Both had the tall(ish?)...
Jewels in the Crown: Introducing the Endemic Birds of ArabiaWhile the Republic of Yemen, which includes the island archipelago of Socotra, dubbed the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean”, boasts the...
Birding Saudi’s Southwest (April 2019)Highlights: Arabian Partridge Hamerkop Dusky Turtle-Dove White-browed Coucal African Gray Hornbill Arabian Woodpecker Black-crowned...