Saudi Birding

Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)

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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....

Spotlight on Biodiversity: The Al Ahsa Biodiversity Challenge

Back in March, as the COVID-19 infection rate began to climb again almost a year from the first confirmed case in Saudi Arabia, I read an...

Range Expansion of Black Scrub Robin in Saudi

Yesterday out at Al Ahsa National Park I encountered nearly a dozen Black Scrub Robins (Cercotrichas podobe), which breeds here and can...

Pale Sand Martin vs. Common Sand Martin

On January 15, my daughter and I were out at Al Asfar Lake in Al Ahsa, conducting the first of a series of shorebird surveys for 2021....

Out and about around Al Ahsa (December 2019)

The past two weeks since we got back from Texas the weather in Al Ahsa has been incredible. Nice, cool temps by day and a few substantial...

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