Jizan to Al Namas: A Saudi Birding Epic (July 2020)Total Avian Species: 151 Total Endemics and Near-Endemics: 17 Highlights: Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris mitratus Harlequin Quail...
Long-billed vs. African PipitVisiting birders to the Asir highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia would do well to familiarize themselves with the two resident pipit...
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...
A Weekend of Winter Birding Around Riyadh (February 2020)The weekend before last Adam Harris and I took the SRO train out to Riyadh for his first visit to the province. The train’s become my...