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Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
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Why Saudi Arabia is the Top Birding Destination in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia is the only country on the Arabian Peninsula where you can see all of the Arabian endemics—from Philby’s Partridge and Asir Magpie to Arabian Woodpecker and Yemen Serin—plus regional specialties and near-endemics like White-eyed Gull, Arabian Lark, and Arabian Golden Sparrow. Not just deserts, Saudi boasts dramatic mountains, wooded canyons, and productive wetlands. Add warm hospitality and rich culture, and Saudi is the Middle East’s top birding destination.
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A Kingdom of Birds: Birding in Saudi Arabia
This is a video recording of an online talk I gave to the Fort Worth Audubon Society in Fort Worth, Texas about birding in Saudi Arabia....
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Trigger Warning! Gear Talk Ahead
The day before flying to Jazan this past summer my Nikon P610 60X superzoom digital camera stopped charging. I suspect the charging port...
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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...
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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...
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