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 morph
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) vittata morph
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
Rufous-capped Lark (Calandrella eremica)
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 (Spilopelia senegalensis)
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
Rüppell's Weaver nest
Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennata)
Ta'izz sewage pools
Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga)
Ta'izz sewage pools
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga 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)
Rüppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula)
White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Desert Grey Shrike (Lanius elegans buryi)
East of Bab El Nacha - here we saw a pair of Verreaux's Eagle
Birding in sunset
Sunset