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Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
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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...


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 Arabia
While 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...


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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