North Yemen - November 1989

  • During a one day stopover in Jordan we birded Amman - Azraq
  • Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha) - Qasr Amra, Jordan
  • Magnus and Anders
  • Qat cultivation
  • View of Shibam from Kawkaban
  • Kawkaban
  • Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus)
  • Our drivers, Jamal & Habbas "on the chew"
  • Kawkaban, the gorge where we saw Arabian Accentor
  • Kawkaban
  • Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka vittata)
  • Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka vittata)
  • Jamal
  • Donald with locals
  • Hadramawt Agama (Acanthocercus adramitanus)
  • Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
  • Tristram's Starling (Onychognathus tristramii)
  • Kalle & Lars with some up-and-coming ornithologists
  • Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea)
  • Red-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
  • Red-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
  • Dusky Turtle Dove (Streptopelia lugens)
  • Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
  • Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
  • African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus felix)
  • One of many cities
  • Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
  • Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca) ?
  • Laughing Dove (Stigmatopelia senegalensis)
  • Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
  • Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
  • Ruppell's Weaver nest
  • Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
  • Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
  • Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
  • Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennata)
  • Ta'izz sewage pools
  • Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)
  • Ta'izz sewage pools
  • Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
  • Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
  • Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)
  • Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
  • Ta'izz rubbish dump
  • Mosque in Mocha
  • The restaurant in Mocha where we got a wonderful fish breakfast
  • Mocha
  • Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
  • Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
  • White-eyed Gull (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus) with a Sooty Gull
  • Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
  • Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
  • Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
  • Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
  • Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) ?
  • Sunset
  • Outdoor accommodation in Al Khawkhah
  • The Thinker
  • Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
  • Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
  • Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis)
  • The beach by the hotel
  • Fishermen
  • Breakfast in the open
  • Breakfast
  • Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
  • Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
  • Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
  • Some curious boys were checking us out
  • Nile Valley Sunbird (Hedydipna metallica)
  • Nile Valley Sunbird (Hedydipna metallica)
  • Tihamah
  • Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
  • Black Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas podobe)
  • Ruppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula)
  • White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
  • Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
  • East of Bab El Nacha - here we saw a pair of Verreaux's Eagle
  • Birding in sunset
  • Sunset
  • Fishermen
  • Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis)
  • Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
  • African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus)
  • Bush Petronia (Petronia dentata)
  • Bush Petronia (Petronia dentata)
  • View from Hajjah
  • Salam Aleikum!
  • Haraz Mountains
  • Bruce's Green Pigeon (Treron waalia)
  • Coffee lady
  • Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
  • Wadi flood
  • Terrace fields
  • Monument for road workers
  • Yemeni men
  • Haraz Mountains
  • Market
  • Back in Sana'a
  • Our hotel in Sana'a
  • Sana'a
  • Sana'a
  • Sana'a
  • Sana'a
  • Sana'a
  • Sana'a
  • Sana'a
  • Relaxing in the muffrage
  • Yemeni men with jambiyas
  • Our patient drivers
  • Market
  • Market
  • Old dam area at Marib
  • Striolated Bunting (Emberiza striolata)
  • Waiting for the presidential cortege
  • Me at Mahram Bilqis, Marib
  • Well guarded
  • Arsh Bilqis Temple, Marib
  • Old Marib city, more or less abandoned
  • Old Marib city
  • Old Marib city
  • Some still lived there
  • Bazaar in Sana'a