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
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe 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
Fishermen
Western Reef Heron - Egretta gularis
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus
African Grey Hornbill - Tockus nasutus
Bush Petronia - Gymnoris dentata
Bush Petronia - Gymnoris 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