Saudi Birding

Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)

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....

Saudi Arabia's First October Big Day of Birding

In celebration of Global Bird Weekend and World Migratory Bird Day, on Saturday, October 9th, birdwatchers in Saudi Arabia took part in...

eBirders Shining a Brighter Light on the Distribution, Habitat, and Vocalizations of the Asir Magpie

Prior to November 2017, when I first moved to Saudi Arabia, only six observations of Asir Magpie Pica asirensis, a range-restricted...

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...

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...