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A Morning with Magpies in Billahmer: Bittersweet Encounters with One of the World’s Rarest Birds
Magpies belong to the Corvidae family, famously intelligent birds that include ravens, crows, and jays. The name ‘magpie’ derives from...
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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...
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Long-billed vs. African Pipit
Visiting birders to the Asir highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia would do well to familiarize themselves with the two resident pipit...
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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...
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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?)...
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